Air Lock in Clyde Climatic 30 Oil Burner

jacknife

I'm trying to clear an air lock in a Air Lock in Clyde Climatic 30 oil burner, I've no manual and cant find anything on the internet.

From looking at other systems, I cannot find the nut to relieve the air, I've attached diagrams.

I was thinking do i need to buy a burner bleed valve and screw that into the plug covered by the 1/4" nut?

https://www.woodies.ie/pro-heat-boiler-bleed-valve-1087752

Can help appreciated

Wearb

Are you burning diesel?

Wearb

Judging by the way the angles have been damages on the plug, someone has been bleeding it regularly. Anyway, its the damaged nut beneath the slotted pressure adjusting screw.

Those bleed valves are unnecessary, though might be handy if regular bleeding is required (which is very bad for the pump-though it doesn't seem to have shortened that one's life-).

jacknife

Wearb wrote: »

Judging by the way the angles have been damages on the plug, someone has been bleeding it regularly. Anyway, its the damaged nut beneath the slotted pressure adjusting screw.

Those bleed valves are unnecessary, though might be handy if regular bleeding is required (which is very bad for the pump-though it doesn't seem to have shortened that one's life-).

Thanks, I was thinking that, i removed that plug there does not seem to be a nut inside it to turn

Wearb

jacknife wrote: »

Thanks, I was thinking that, i removed that plug
there does not seem to be a nut inside it to turn

There isn't. That is the bleed point. You don't remove it, just loosen it about 1 turn.

jacknife

Wearb wrote: »

There isn't. That is the bleed point. You don't remove it, just loosen it about 1 turn.

thanks, as you can tell i have not got the hands to bless myself

Wearb

Maybe a good service would do a lot of good.

JamesM

Wearb wrote: »

Are you burning diesel?

I don't think that the question about diesel was answered. If it's kerosene, the pressure is probably too high - the screw looks way too far in.
Jim.

jacknife

JamesM wrote: »

I don't think that the question about diesel was answered. If it's kerosene, the pressure is probably too high - the screw looks way too far in.
Jim.

sorry its kerosene

I take it i hold the button on the front of the white box while turning the valve?

Billy Bunting

jacknife wrote: »

sorry its kerosene

I take it i hold the button on the front of the white box while turning the valve?

Have you attempted bleeding via the screw? It does look to be screwed in quite further than normal for Kero, adjustment of this screw required an oil pressure gauge.

JamesM

jacknife wrote: »

sorry its kerosene

I take it i hold the button on the front of the white box while turning the valve?

Not sure what you mean - but NO.

As Billy said, If you have turned the screw above the 1/4" nut, you will have changed the oil pressure and this can cause the boiler to soot up.

jacknife

Thanks everyone, the problem was not an air lock after all, some low life stole the heating oil out of our tank.

I've read the threads on heating oil theft, many warn against putting a lock on the oil tank as they cut the pipe or drill the tank, i'm going to build an enclosure round the tank

jimf

ive even heard of stories where they have heated a length of pipe to get at tanks in cages

Billy Bunting

jimf wrote: »

ive even heard of stories where they have heated a length of pipe to get at tanks in cages

Great idea!! Thanks 😉

jimf

Billy Bunting wrote: »

Great idea!! Thanks ��

your welcome