HELP - with Warmflow oil burner.....

[rachelfarmer]

My central heating was working perfectly this morning and also turned on at 5pm this evening on the timer. Around 7pm it turned off. Though the burner stills fires up and runs for 5secs then shuts off again. I pressed the wee red reset button and when my husband got home from work he check all the wee bleeding nuts and they have oil coming to them and there is a spark in the burner, he pressed the thermostat reset button thing aswell. Though will still no joy.
What could be the problem, the burner was serviced there months ago and worked perfectly through all the snow etc..we have 500litres of oil in the tank.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Rach

 

[Bartdude]

If you have oil at the flexible hose that connects to the burner,then it could be a few things,oil pump,motor,drive coupling,solenoid....Either way it sounds like you need an engineer.

Have you physically checked the oil level in the tank?Electronic gauges can malfunction and mechanical ones need to be opened manually to give a reading.Always check before you call someone in. I've had many calls like that in the past!

 

[rachelfarmer]

Yup stuck a brush shaft in it, plus we only put the oil in a few days ago so would hope that the 500L is still there! hehe

I will call a engineer in the morning...wish I could have sorted it myself! due to everything bad comes in 3's..(car fuel pump, lost job and now this...) feel like cracking up!

Thanks for the response Bart dude.

 

[tipintim]

Could be muck in the system from having your tank refiled.

 

[rachelfarmer]

Boiler man out this morning and replaces the photocell and now we have heat. Fixed it perfectly