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Faulty piston in oil boiler - would this cause increased oil usage?

  • 07-12-2014 12:27pm
    #1
    QuiteInterestin
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    Hi all,
    First of, don't know alot about oil boilers so if my thread title doesn't make sense, I'm sorry! I'm living in a rented house with 2 others and our landlord had the oil boiler serviced a few weeks ago. The LL called over during the week and noticed alot of soot around the boiler, on the wall above it etc and got the serviceman to come back. It turns out he installed a faulty piston when servicing it which he has now rectified. However it seems we are now running low on oil. My LL did ask the serviceman if the faulty piston would have caused it to use more oil then normal but he said no. I'm doubtful myself though so I was wondering what peoples opinions on here are?


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  • #2
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Probably means a faulty nozzle. It could be hydraulic air actuator, but it would take extraordinary circumstances for this to cause sooting. Even when leaking they usually open fully.
    Anything that causes soothing will cause more oil to be used. In the short period of a few weeks, it would not be very significant.

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  • #3
    QuiteInterestin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭QuiteInterestin


    Wearb wrote: »
    Probably means a faulty nozzle. It could be hydraulic air actuator, but it would take extraordinary circumstances for this to cause sooting. Even when leaking they usually open fully.
    Anything that causes soothing will cause more oil to be used. In the short period of a few weeks, it would not be very significant.

    Thats great, thanks. With 3 of us in the house all here at different times its hard to know how much oil is being used so wasn't sure if we had genuinely used all the oil or if the faulty piston had contributed to it. It looks like its down to us though!


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