Ok newfie. I will try to help, no problem.
If you are not home until 16th I hope that the wood burner can cope with the cold weather!!
In the UK we use a kerosene burner fuel which is 28 seconds on the "Redwood Viscometer" scale. i.e. its viscosity. In the rest of Europe I believe that 35 second oil is more common. This is closer to the thicker diesel oil and has to be injected with a higher fuel pump pressure. Often Gasoil burners have pre-heaters on to make the fuel more volatile.
We really need to know what type of fuel you use in Newfie.
It sounds very much like the thing you describe as a fuel filter is in fact just that. Is there another one at the Oil Tank? If, when you remove the flexible fuel hose from the burner oil pump the oil flows freely then your filters are OK. If not then you need to turn off the stop cock at the tank and unscrew the filter bowls one at a time and either clean them or if the element is paper, fit new elements. In cold weather the small amount of water in the fuel is often formed in to a solid lump of ice in the filter bowl thus stopping any fuel flow.
Can you get someone to read off the boiler type or model number and if possible anymore information on the Riello Burner i.e. Riello 40 G5 or G10 or similar? The burner has a dataplate on but I think that it is under the red cover. Loosen 3 off philips headed screws, 1 at the top and 1 each on the lower part of each side.
If you are not home until 16th I hope that the wood burner can cope with the cold weather!!
In the UK we use a kerosene burner fuel which is 28 seconds on the "Redwood Viscometer" scale. i.e. its viscosity. In the rest of Europe I believe that 35 second oil is more common. This is closer to the thicker diesel oil and has to be injected with a higher fuel pump pressure. Often Gasoil burners have pre-heaters on to make the fuel more volatile.
We really need to know what type of fuel you use in Newfie.
It sounds very much like the thing you describe as a fuel filter is in fact just that. Is there another one at the Oil Tank? If, when you remove the flexible fuel hose from the burner oil pump the oil flows freely then your filters are OK. If not then you need to turn off the stop cock at the tank and unscrew the filter bowls one at a time and either clean them or if the element is paper, fit new elements. In cold weather the small amount of water in the fuel is often formed in to a solid lump of ice in the filter bowl thus stopping any fuel flow.
Can you get someone to read off the boiler type or model number and if possible anymore information on the Riello Burner i.e. Riello 40 G5 or G10 or similar? The burner has a dataplate on but I think that it is under the red cover. Loosen 3 off philips headed screws, 1 at the top and 1 each on the lower part of each side.