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restarting an oil furnace
Posted by Beth D on December 22nd, 2003 05:15 PM
In reply to ran out of oil and need to bleed the lines to get oil to furnace again by mike young on April 12th, 2003 08:05 PM [Go to top of thread]
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You are playing with fire & fuel here.. so be careful.
swiped from a website elsewhere - worked for me:
Probably on the left side of the burner unit is the fuel pump. That's the thing the fuel line leads to. On the side of the pump,maybe at 4 or 8 o'clock position there is a bleeder. It looks sort of like a grease fitting. It has a hex shoulder on it,like a nut or bolt. Might be 3/8" inch.
Shut the furnace off,loosen the bleeder then tighten it loosely.
Put a can or cup under the bleeder to catch the fuel oil. At the same time you start the start the burner,loosen the bleeder. It should spit fuel and air,then solid fuel.
Tighten the bleeder,and the flame should catch. If not,do it again. Sometimes it takes a couple tries.
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