Posted by Paul in MN on April 12, 2012 at 09:31:54 from (174.20.126.116):
In Reply to: Boiler life expectancy posted by Zachary Hoyt on April 11, 2012 at 06:41:11:
Zach,
Our house has an older Tarm boiler than yours. I installed it in 1977, pulling out the cast iron American Standard boiler that had been new in 1973. A friend wanted to buy the American Standard, and installed it in his farm house next to his Tarm "add on" unit. All 3 of these boilers are working fine today, and the 2 that have fuel oil burners are still using their original burners. With the small number of gallons of oil you burn per year, your burner does not have many total hours on it. I have seen many burner guns exceed 20,000 hours of burn time on them. I highly doubt that your oil pump is shot. As others have suggested, check for oil flow to the pump, check the filter and pump screen, and check the plastic drive coupling that drives the pump. Your pump has an 1/8" pipe plug that can be pulled and a pressure gauge temporarily put in its place. The pump pressure to the nozzle is adjustable with the screw and locknut on the pump. A sticker on the side of the pump tells which port does what. An airlocked pump will not pump oil or develop pressure. A single oil supply line to the pump can be difficult to purge the air from, and maybe you have some piece of rust or insect part blocking the oil line at the base of the oil tank. A double line oil supply to the burner will self bleed, but will still shut down about every 30 seconds (press the reset button again until you have good steady fire).
And yes, there are poor quality boilers that can corrode through the firebox in less than 5 years. I suspect that boiler steel is different from mild steel plate.
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