Sometimes repairing an oil burner can be extremely easy and everything will go smoothly. Other times it can be highly frustrating to no end.
No matter what brand you have servicing your oil burner can be really frustrating. The basic functionality of this heating component is really simple. And yet, for some reason, repairing and maintaining your oil burner can be the biggest pain you could ever imagine.
It makes no difference if you have a Beckett, Wayne Home Equipment, or Carlin oil burner. All brands can be hard to work on.
I also believe you should start with the nozzle on the oil burner system. It can become clogged or damaged easily. So start off by changing this if you experience problems.
But if after doing this, and it runs smooth for a while, and then you get nothing its time to try something else. Check the transformer. Use extreme caution when doing this! Is it throwing sparks? What about the protectorelay? Is everything else in good shape?
Its annoying because sometimes the motor starts up and stops like it should. Maybe you even have a combustion analyzer and it is showing that the flame is burner great. So what do you do at this point?
If you want to save money you can try to fix the problem yourself. You may or may not be able to do it.
What I would recommend at this point is to call a certified boiler or furnace technician out for a service call. He will have the special tools to properly see what is going on. He can hook a specialized monitor to your oil burner and it will track the component that did not work when it does not light like it is supposed to.
When oil burners fail its oftentimes in intervals and not continuous at all. This drives the most experienced and talented service techs crazy! These guys take pride in not being a parts changer, they want to fix the problem. But sometimes it is just extremely difficult to find that source of the problem in some situations.
Be patient. I would like to remind you that you are not alone if you are in the situation where you cannot figure out the exact cause of the problem with your oil burner.
I have a friend who installs and repairs oil burners for a living and he has fixed tons of every kind you can think of. Sometimes a problem takes twenty to thirty minutes and other times it takes several days.
