Fitting a tiger loop to Firebird burner

4JAKE

Hi guys.
Just the other night I had to spend nearly 2 hours trying to get my heating back going after I ran out of oil, my system for some reason is really hard to get air out of..

Anyway some has mentioned a Tiger Loop... I have looked online and seem that basically your oil feed goes to the Tiger loop and then to the burner... But there is a return pipe... Where exactly do you take this pipe from the burner??
Does it replace the long brass piece with bleed screw in it??

Appreciate the help thanks

scudo2

Return connection is also on the bottom of the oil pump next to inlet oil line, it should be marked with an arrow pointing out.
You might be better off getting a service eng. to service boiler and fit it due to the fact oil pump will need internal bypass screw fitted, which only comes with new burner or spare new pumps. Most service engineers should have them as there regularly fitting new pumps and bypass screws are often left over as they are only required with a tiger loop.

It's not easy to get a bypass screw by itself.

4JAKE

Ah ok, so you don't get everything you need with the tiger loop... Say a retro fit kit..

Are they worth the hassle to get fitted?
I remember a guy on dragons den came up with a kind of primer set up that just screwed in place of bleed screw..

My line comes along way running flat along the the ground, so the height of tank is tested by the length it comes running level

agusta

4JAKE wrote: »

Ah ok, so you don't get everything you need with the tiger loop... Say a retro fit kit..

Are they worth the hassle to get fitted?
I remember a guy on dragons den came up with a kind of primer set up that just screwed in place of bleed screw..

My line comes along way running flat along the the ground, so the height of tank is tested by the length it comes running level

Yes,The tigerloop is a good job,It just depends on the cost of getting it fitted plus the additional cost of changing two flexible oil hoses every two years.An alternative solution is a suction pump for when you run out of oil http://www.anglonordic.co.uk/gok-oil-suction-hand-pump.html
The boiler bleed as shown in dragons den is just a bleed screw.Its not what your looking for

scudo2

Or just fit an OIL WATCHMAN or APOLLO oil tank gauge, you can even get an app for your phone showing the oil level.

It's cheaper.

Wearb

4JAKE wrote: »

Hi guys.
Just the other night I had to spend nearly 2 hours trying to get my heating back going after I ran out of oil, my system for some reason is really hard to get air out of..

Anyway some has mentioned a Tiger Loop... I have looked online and seem that basically your oil feed goes to the Tiger loop and then to the burner... But there is a return pipe... Where exactly do you take this pipe from the burner??
Does it replace the long brass piece with bleed screw in it??

Appreciate the help thanks

While a deaerator will do the job, this is not what it is designed for and using it regularly in this way will damage your pump.

scudo2

Wearb wrote: »

While a deaerator will do the job, this is not what it is designed for and using it regularly in this way will damage your pump.

Also sometimes you have to prime the tigerloop, pump and hoses to get it to work after running out of oil.

Get a gauge.

4JAKE

I know just keeping oil in the tank is the cheapest solution, but you know yourselves some times you just might not have the few quid or it would stop before you get the oil...
I was thinking of a worst case scenario of when you do actually run out.. Something that would make it easier to get going again.

Thanks for all the ideas