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You are definitely due for a burner rebuild. The burner needs to be completely disassembled and the pre-heat block scrubbed out until it is shiny on the inside.   

Ontario is the head office for DSI. They cover all of Canada and like 7 states here. They are the dist for your area and if you call the 800# they can get you all the parts you need.

I do not like hanging heaters and if I do I mount it so the bottom of heater is no higher than 8 foot off the floor.

The new heaters are a big improvement all the way around.

I am a Clean Burn dist. and I will share with you how I do burner rebuilds.

I remove the preheat block from the burner, remove all plugs and elements then I use solvent and gun cleaning brushes to clean all passages. A couple of years ago I bought a ultrasonic cleaner and this has made the process easier. Dremel with a brush can be helpful in some areas.

When you go back together use blue medium strength Loctite for the plugs, elements and nozzle holder. Also do not forget you put a new O-ring on the nozzle holder. 

I am a Clean Burn distributor here in Montana. You have posted earlier the oil pressure would drop, was that before the Primary locked it out ?
The oil pressure gauge on the burner needs to remain steady, if it is bouncing up and down you are sucking air, it keeps building pressure you have a restriction past the regulator.

The digital readout Primary is useless and regular old ones work great. You have spark so it is not the igniter.

When it does fire for those couple of seconds what does the flame look like ?

Clean Burn recommends burner rebuilds every year with a service kit installed. I recommend every 2-3 years with a service kit as long as you turn the power off in the Summer. I make sure the inside of the preheat block is shiny in every passage otherwise any carbon left behind will break loose and cause a restriction. This also includes the solenoid, regulator bodies and nozzle holder all need to scrubbed shiny on the inside.

9x out of 10 it is usually not a part failure but some little simple thing that causes a problem. 

Quality of oil ? Does oil gauge bounce up and down when it is trying to fire ? Can you light it with a torch or paper and it works fine after that ? Your preheat block should be around 150 degrees.

Black Gold was sold by Wayne Robertson to Rob Stevens. Rob Stevens changed the name because Black Gold had a bad rap. Rob was hoping to fool some people into buying a new Energy Logic.

Shenandoah was sold to I believe it was CTB. The old man wanted to retire so he gave the company to his son. Son was lazy so he sold the company. Waste oil heaters was a small part of Shenandoah, they were purchased because of the poultry equipment. Firelake manufacturing is part of CTB. CTB did not want the waste oil heater part of the company but bought it anyways because the son lowered the price.

Lanair has filed for bankruptcy more than once. Just look at how they have changed the spelling of the company name over the years.

Wedco was dissolved due to the fact the company that made the fireboxes was not making any money so they pulled out before they had to file. Tom Kagi is still making burners and uses Heatwave fireboxes.

Supreme Heat is a new burner design and firebox.   I have one of there burners on a boiler and I am not happy with it.           

We have been selling AND servicing waste oil heaters in Montana for 18 years. We know every brand inside and out as we are the only business in the state doing this. Energy Logic is not a premium brand. Like I tell my customers if it was the best we would be selling them.