Boiler needs bleed

danniemcq

right time for my now nearly annual call for some sort of repair man and seeing it worked for a washing machine guy and a sky guy gonna try my luck with this one!

So ran outta oil before i could get a refill (woooo) so the boiler is airlocked.

Now i know how to bleed it and i've been trying but alas due to some fantastic planning the oil tank is below the boiler level so its a nit of a nightmare to get the oil through.

What i think i need is someone with a suction pump or something to help pull the oil through alas i don't have the tools and with limited knowledge i don't want to start messing with it!

Anyone know of anyone in the LK area? Rather ask on here than trying random people on google!

Cheers

fasttalkerchat

If it has a Tiger loop:

You can hold a vacuum cleaner nozzle to the hole in the top after covering the outlet hole and suck the oil up... although opening the bleeding valve and starting the burner over and over again should do it.

My boiler is on the 1st floor!

danniemcq

no tiger loop, was told before that it would be a great thing for the boiler but couldn't afford it,

when i can spare the cash i will get one installed, they are about 80 quid arent they plus installation and labour?

I've tried the whole bleeder valve open and resetting but after initial success (had oil and air bubble out) but its all gone quiet now.

fasttalkerchat

Did you totally refill the tank?

muffler

Sent you a PM dannie

danniemcq

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Did you totally refill the tank?

no, again money kinda tight so could only get 200L so i know there isn't a wile lot of pressure coming from the tank as the level is likely around the height of the boiler.

Flibbles

When we added oil to ours from empty, we just had to try to get it going a few times, then the oil was sucked up by the motor.