Afternoon All,
New here so be kind!
We’ve got an Oil boiler for our central heating and hot water and ran out of oil 4 days ago (I know, I know, already had it in the ear from the missus who is currently in labour!).
The long and short of it is that having topped the tank up and attempted to bleed the burner pump, no oil or air was coming through.
Undone the fitting before the fire valve outside, and there is no oil in the line.
Having inspected the tank, I have seen we have a very old and battered Atkinson Tankmaster fitted. The filter has probably never been changed, as with everything in this house it seems bodged and reused within an inch of it’s life.
I’ve pretty heavily researched the valve and think I’ve got my head around how it works. I wanted to check the filter on it and the pipework around it to try and establish if any oil was coming through the valve or if the block is between the Atkinson valve and the fire valve.
On further inspection and attempts to turn the hand wheel. It spins freely in both directions and doesn’t seem to pull the spindle in or out. When I press the spindle it moves in about half a centimetre indicating that the plunger is shut.
Obviously we didn’t have this problem before (that I’m aware of) as our oil was flowing freely.
Any ideas for the best way to rectify it or next steps. Should have the plumber coming back at some point but with an imminent newborn on top of Christmas this could be tricky.
TL;DR: Atkinson Tankmaster wheel spinning freely, spindle is out all the way and oil line is blocked somewhere.
Thanks again! C
New here so be kind!
We’ve got an Oil boiler for our central heating and hot water and ran out of oil 4 days ago (I know, I know, already had it in the ear from the missus who is currently in labour!).
The long and short of it is that having topped the tank up and attempted to bleed the burner pump, no oil or air was coming through.
Undone the fitting before the fire valve outside, and there is no oil in the line.
Having inspected the tank, I have seen we have a very old and battered Atkinson Tankmaster fitted. The filter has probably never been changed, as with everything in this house it seems bodged and reused within an inch of it’s life.
I’ve pretty heavily researched the valve and think I’ve got my head around how it works. I wanted to check the filter on it and the pipework around it to try and establish if any oil was coming through the valve or if the block is between the Atkinson valve and the fire valve.
On further inspection and attempts to turn the hand wheel. It spins freely in both directions and doesn’t seem to pull the spindle in or out. When I press the spindle it moves in about half a centimetre indicating that the plunger is shut.
Obviously we didn’t have this problem before (that I’m aware of) as our oil was flowing freely.
Any ideas for the best way to rectify it or next steps. Should have the plumber coming back at some point but with an imminent newborn on top of Christmas this could be tricky.
TL;DR: Atkinson Tankmaster wheel spinning freely, spindle is out all the way and oil line is blocked somewhere.
Thanks again! C
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