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Firebird boiler - Problem firing

  • 25-11-2009 10:44pm
    #1
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Guys
    My Dads boiler is playing up, its a Firebird Riello 40 Series.

    It has been turned off for last 4 months as its my Grans old house. Dad would be very handy, fixing our washing machine, tumble dryer etc so he has done a lot of checking out.

    Full tank of fuel.
    Oil is getting to the pump and he has bleed the pump at the both pump and side, oil is getting through at both points.

    He has taken off the pump and cleaned it and the same with the motor.

    He has tried another controller box off a working boiler.

    What does happen is that the burner starts, buzzs and the motor gets very hot but never cuts in.

    The Dad is thinking that its either the pump or the motor but we don't want to buy either before we got an idea of what it might be.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    Is the motor turning at all? You should be able to see if the fan is free to rotate and if it is rotating when the burner is switched on. It is possible that it has seized if it has been switched off for a while.

    Also, Have you changed the nozzle?


  • #3
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    No turn out of the motor or the fan.

    It maybe the capacitor which has given up, its over 10 years old so MAYBE this is the issue but we also suspect the motor.


  • #4
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Turned out it is the capacitor. Took a one off a working boiler and it solved the problem.


  • #5
    corsav6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭corsav6


    yop wrote: »
    Turned out it is the capacitor. Took a one off a working boiler and it solved the problem.

    Thank you. 5 years after you had your problem your thread saved me the price of a plumber.
    Buzzing, hot motor but no firing, turns out it was a capacitor on ours today and not the motor as I first thought.


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