2007-12-06 09:55:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
bad oil pump
2007-12-06 12:21:49 · answer #1 · answered by candyman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How much oil is in the tank ?. Is the fuel line to the furnace buried in the ground? Has the filter been changed lately. How old is the gun burner? It does sound like it has enough fuel to get started and run a minute or two and then slowly runs out. I would guess it's time for a routine service call. The tech can check the pumps pressure and make sure the lines and filter are clean. We had that problem when we had a new tank installed. The old one was weeping and had to be replaced. The old oil line went under ground to the furnace. After they installed the new tank the installed the new copper line up the wall across the ceiling and down to the burner. At this time we had them fill the tank and everything was fine. We came home one day and the furnace was off, there was a quarter tank of oil in the tank. We hit the reset on the gun and it fired up for about two minutes. Oil tech showed up and said he thought the area the new tank was in was colder than the other and added 5 gallons of diesel anti freeze to the tank. Beauty, it fired up and worked for about two days. The tech came back and added more anti-freeze. It ran and died two days later. When I called for the third time I questioned him on the old burners capabilities of sucking the oil up the new line and across the ceiling, he said that he didn't think that was the problem. I went to home Depot and bought a new copper fuel line and hooked it up to the tank and along the floor to the burner. Guess what? It's been working for over 7 months. Everytime he added anti-freeze to the tank gave it just enough pressure for the old pump to work. This is what I think is your problem, either the pump or a blocked fuel line or filter. Updat if you have any more
2007-12-06 13:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does it always start up after reset and burn OK for a short time or long time? My guess is in order of probability, bad CdS cell (the device that senses if the flame is present), bad control, clogged oil filter, clogged oil line. You'll need to get an oil burner tech out to look at it.
2007-12-06 10:05:41 · answer #3 · answered by robertdr60 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reset where? In the thermostat? Electrical disruptions in your power. You need a battery backup to keep the power going to the thermostat to keep the memory.
Fire goes out in the furnace itself.? Air feed to the furnace from the outside is inefficient. Should be a separate 3-4" pipe from the outside wall to the furnace to feed the fire. With houses being so air tight the fire starves for air and will snuff out until a window or a door to the outside is opened letting air in. Ask the oil man or furnace guy to check it out. I can only guess from here(in Hawaii)
2007-12-06 10:06:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The furnace probably needs routine maintenance. It could be a dirty sensor or electrodes. For more info, check out the furnace page at my source.
2007-12-06 10:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bad reset , have a repair man look at it, its part of the motor.
2007-12-06 10:00:44 · answer #6 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋