Waste Oil Heater Forum - Your definitive source for burning waste oil for heat.

Ok, cool thanks.   so all these other O-rings and such, where are they located exactly?  just so I am prepared.  are they all within the block, or the disassembly of the block? 

Ok, thank you for the help guys!  yes i will clarify with him more on the exact story with the oil.  I know that ethanol does 'gel' up over a long period of time, which is why carburetors on small engines get plugged up when they sit for a real long time and they need cleaning.  however, i dont know much about ethanol and if it should or should not be in heating oil. 

and yes, this would go into my storage for next winter, after i get the burner rebuilt and the lines/plumbing redone.  and i sort of planned on not taking the stuff on the bottom, just in case.   

thanks for all the help everybody!

Great, thanks for the help!

Ok, so the only place for it to be sucking air would be between the pump and the tank, correct?

I do not see a check valve or a pick-up screen.   is the pick-up screen separate from that filter?  would the check valve be in the line somewhere? - if so, then i dont see one.    just copper tubing into that filter, then into the motor, then into the spin filter, then over to the furnace.   

Ok.  I understand initially that the pressure will need adjusted as the oil heats up inside the block.  but then after that, mine still constantly needs adjusted.  or it just shuts off.   i use it when I am going to be away for a day or more.  I get it running fine well before I am leaving, like 12-24hrs before hand it works the whole time before i leave.  but then when i come back home i find it tripped off and the house is cold - thankfully no broken pipe situations yet haha.   when i come back home, i turn it back on, and usually it fires up fine - maybe a slight adjust of oil pressure initially, but it works fine.  So i am trying to find out why it keeps tripping off, so it can become something a little more reliable.   

You think it may be a viscosity issue?  My oil is stored inside, in the furnace room.  if its a viscosity issue, then i cant do anything about that.   

what about this filter, pictured?  I was told that as long as the gauge didnt get into the red then i didnt need to do anything.  but the gauge has never moved in two winters, so i wonder if that is even working.  should this filter be replaced?  cleaned?  removed? (I also have a large spin on filter in the line - are two filters necessary?)

Next question, last week I took the nozzle off to clean it, and i must have bumped the two points (whatever exactly they are called, im not sure, the two points where the spark arks across) because it wouldnt fire after that.  So i pushed them a little closer, and then they worked.    Is there a way to measure or know if they are set right?  or as long as its sparking and igniting the flame,  is that good enough? 

thanks for your help shopspecialties, and anybody else!

Hey everybody, I have an old style Clean Burn waste oil heater, bolted onto an old old coal boiler - something i inherited with the purchase of a property.   anyways, I think i could use a new oil pressure regulator - for one thing, my gauge is not working at all, and plus, i constantly have to adjust the pressure, i think its cutting in and out.  so my question is, where should i shop for one?  im guessing i dont have to get it straight from clean burn, i feel like that might be an expensive route?  any aftermarket ones available?  sites to shop?  im relatively new to burning waste oil, this is only my second year, and I haven't purchased anything for it yet! haha.   

thanks for the help!

yes, the pump sits on the floor, and the copper line goes up and through a micron filter, then into the top of the tank and down, i have the line set a few inches from the bottom.

what do you all think about my sand idea?