oil burner making black soot

[@jamesa6272]

I pushed the button 3 times (which is really 10 times). It didn’t start up thats when I called you oh do you sell eggs.....???

[@chrismezzacappa3248]

You're a saint for dealing with the small talk lol. Thanks for posting

[@moonshiner2977]

@Grey Wolf Look, his sandwiches were getting cold so he didn't have time first time round !

[@lisacourt7269]

Filter flow is not linear with regards to trapped particulates. If the filter is 70% clogged, there won't be much reduction in flow. By the time the burner locks out, the filter is 100% plugged.

[@Ripperx121]

Thank you Steven! BTW I admit I pushed the button 10 times once. I got a stern lesson on not to do that ever again. My guy replaced the transformer and then said watch! It filled my cellar with smoke lol.

[@rachellecambra4554]

We need many ,many more Lavimoniere 's in the USA ! My boiler has been turned off here in Upstate NY in NOVEMBER since 8am today and it's 10pm now and there is NO ONE to call ! Had to get 7 propane heaters and tanks for this emergency situation

[@frankcrowley2602]

you should change all filters while your there to prevent future probblems its not all about job security when you go back to charge the customer next time do it right the first time

[@robert1745]

One time my dad was cleaning out the ol oil burner boiler and grabbed the wrong shop vac with no filter in it. Boy was that a mess...

[@Shadow-n-Light]

I'm cleaning up the mess from a cleaning four days ago and I am not near finished. Looking for ways to get the best results to clean up soot all over everything, even the cat!

[@Sctronic209]

What a nice old man.

[@spyrocete11]

ikr I was thinking the same thing. I love old people like that.

[@Fireship1]

Nice job Steve. You can see the difference with how well she’s breathing now. When you open the port to check draft, your not getting blasted in the face with hot air and smoke anymore! I think his relief valve was dripping. A job for another day.

[@CraftyDus]

Draft over fire is so important and so often overlooked. Good to see you take it seriously. We haven’t switched to the low sulfur fuel up here in NH, still a lot of sludgey filters strainers and having to blow out oil lines and treating tanks. Can’t wait for the cleaner fuel.

[@CraftyDus]

We tried Beckett ultra guard additive for a few years, mixed 1/2 gallon to 2000 gallons at the truck, similar result, filters like new, less oil supply problems, less night/weekend calls.

[@pauleohl]

If you install an additional filter right at the tank, you will never have to blow out the entire oil line, but you may have to blow a small amount of sludge back into the tank.

[@benzboston]

steve you got the cutest dog.she really seems to love going to work everyday.she is a doll.awesome videos.keep em coming

[@anthonygasparini1734]

Lmao, your comment "these snotty ass little kids living in Momma's basement" your right on target Steve..Love Miss Molly's pink sweater!

[@davegirard7376]

I like watching someone who really knows what they are doing. Thanks for your videos

[@jamesrenzulli1837]

Hey Steve, Thank you for all the videos. Happy St. Patrick's day to you Molly and all of the subs.

[@WitchidWitchid]

Hi. I love that New England / Massachusettes scenery in winter. I've been interested in furnaces, boilers, and heating systems since I was a kid. Your videos are quite interesting and informative. And I agree, why change the filters if they don't need to be changed.

[@seanmckay3392]

dude i knew he sounded so new england boston-ish

[@raynulife3569]

Steven just a note from the U. K. We have to use double skin plastic tanks with the outlet two inches up on the side to stop all the crud blocking every thing up. Never seen a oil tank inside all ours are outside.

[@erikj.2066]

Most tanks around here are indoors to keep the fuel from turning to gel when it gets really cold out. We have plastic lined Roth tanks here too, which have the oil drawn from a line that goes in from the top. They are considerably more money, so most stick with the standard bare steel tank.

[@edwinespinal1054]

Steve I love all your very videos very educational every day is something new I just became a plumbers helper after I retiring from the New York City Department of sanitation and I have been learning a lot with this gentleman that has his own business like you it is amazing how you learn things every day and I talk to him about you all the time and I believe he started following you also he’s been in business for about 14 years he just put a new boiler water storage tank in my house what a difference anyway thanks and keep up the good work eventually I’ll get my plumber‘s license I have a mentor but you have been my mentor thank you and keep up the good work.

[@uxwbill]

That is an impressive arc coming off of that transformer!

[@Footrotflats251]

I know this is a boiler and not a Common rail diesel but for the price and the time it takes to change the filter I think it’s just worth doing regardless - because as you know filters can disintegrate and cause issues further down the line

[@zerodegrees8]

Yup, preventative maintenance but hey then again if he does change it he doesn’t get the next service call for a clogged filter. = lost income

[@CL-ty6wp]

@@zerodegrees8 sad but true. Nozzle and filter always changed. What another 10$ at a minimal 75$ service fee.

[@danield.manziuc3860]

Buddy, you're a truly professional I can say..I just stumbled over you as I had some funky heating phone call that a hot wate boiler suddenly stopped working ..and outdoor temperatures were ( still are!) well bellow -10C..As I went there I had to deal with an honeywell aquastat L8148E, with vent damper connection but the intermittent spark module got fluctuating 24V to B1-B2 burner contact of the L8148E..had 25v for 2 minutes then all of sudden it was flickering down to 19V upa nd down..the transformer had a good steady 24v output to K1 relay and through B-R high limit of the L8148E but when reached B1, it eas flickering!

[@totalcardetail5035]

I know i'm late to this video. But, Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I've learned alot watching you in a short time, then all my years. Especially, when it comes to regular maintenance.

[@pete2076]

" aarp, they send me shit all the time" it kills me. he is a dieing breed

[@50clint85]

This guy and his chickens I love customers they make me smile inside sometimes anyway sounds like a very sweet old man

[@GriddleMeThis]

Mine started blowing black smoke today and kicked off... thanks for just showing me how to check it all out

[@SovereignTroll]

My two cents...The fact you check oil flow and it is good shows the oil tank and the supplier is good too so unless they change who they buy oil from the situation probably won't change. Love your series.

[@danield.manziuc3860]

As soon as I established aquastat L8148E trsnsformer was good, I simply put a wire from R contact of the BR high limit and installed onto spark ignition module! DONE!

[@Maysin777]

It just goes to show you your not ripping people off by putting filters and all the addons! Thats why you have us fans! Keep um coming Momma! Hiya Molly!

[@johnr2872]

I’m in California and yes she is choked, good one not much oil here but love the video. Tempture today was about 74 with high taxes 😏

[@ednadeau7384]

Hi. thanks S.L. .with respect to filter changes : big temp changes can make a storage tank breathe ,, water comes in, . Thanks again Steve Lavimoniere

[@thomascoolberth2648]

HVAC student here ... on the filter issue .. I guess I'll just defer to what the supervisor says. I'm hearing that introducing percentages of biofuel into an old system will clog things up good. Too many variables with this customer playing with things, calling a different tech.

[@octane4life683]

Biofuel requires different filters and gaskets due to it being less viscous.

[@danield.manziuc3860]

I work most of my jobs on gas fired appliances and dual fuel combustion appliances ( NG and oil), as hospitals have, power backup oil fired generators.

[@jfrancis98]

I don’t miss doing oil burners one bit. You can have my Z gauge. Looks like you need one...lol

[@petergriffin1546]

Changing the filters all depends on what you charged for that service call. But great work getting him going......I would have also put screws in the vent pipe (not sure if you did) and changed the pump/tank filter.

[@fenceman53]

Does that oil from the prime container go into the diesel truck to get to the next job?

[@coldfreon2077]

I dont like dealing with it, but hits the button 3-4 times, lol. He makes everyone nervous

[@maninthevan53]

NICE JOB, I just put in a new furnace one year ago and now getting black dust

[@DynamicSeq]

Absolutely love the accent..

[@alanwinemiller9858]

My hats off to you, I worked on a few of those, can still smell that fuel oil and soot, can’t wash it off!!!!

[@rtoweprojects9072]

😂 Don't call it a furnace!! 😂

[@danield.manziuc3860]

So I search the web to see if similar conditions setvice techs encountered and saw an interesting site heating wall where a technician says he had tons of exact heating calls due to loose wires on B1-B2 contacts! But to take the controller apart and solder would've been for me big hussle as house was getting colder and colder by the hour..

[@Eddy63]

Stevie Boy got him a KZbin fan ... You ain't gonna go all Hollywood on us are ya , driving with them 20" Chrome rims on the Lav Mobile and a hair stylist for Miss Molly riding to each job ... Just don't forget us little people ... Lol ... Good vid as usual ...

[@MrDoeboy356]

You didn’t need new kwool gasket for the top?

[@commonsense3673]

@@1fasteddie64 , not really because it was adjusted through the damper which equals the same thing as the dampers inside the boiler box ! It's not a big deal

[@yrtuag]

It would be a good idea to seal the breach plate with gasket material. The top of the boiler vessel and the breach plate don't necessarily make a complete seal, therefore, air pulled in at the gaps can affect the co2 reading by making it inaccurate.

[@frankdinaro3220]

The insulation keep's heat from burning the top of the jacket , also keep's boiler from spilling CO ...Good idea to replace it .

[@octane4life683]

@@frankdinaro3220 its also creates a seal preventing dilution air before the regulator producing more accurate combustion analysis. I think this guy is an amateur doing what he has seen and been told in the past, not what he has researched and learned for himself. Too many dampers wtf?! Clearly doesn't understand as he makes up his own theories. Too much back pressure! Lol haaaaacccckkkkkk. Nate certified oil and hydronics.

[@octane4life683]

@@oilburner9989 😉

[@travisbruno1988]

I like when you dig deeper into the units the more the merrier for me

[@mescanto89]

Don’t you need to vacuum the fire box after brushing the top. But I know that fireproof material is very delicate in the box and can’t be altered.

[@stepheneggert7388]

My dad was the same way a good flow no need to change filter. .your right in the 50s and 60s 70s dirty oil..dif today..im retierd..boiler guy.from chicago..my dad was the same. But a heating co..50 s 60 s 70 80s..

[@1baja1977]

Question for you Steve. Have you ever run across a choked power venter? Do they need occasional cleaning as well as the furnace? Thanks.

[@jbpost52]

Steve, I was a HVAC technician years ago and only spent a few months with an oil service company. What I do remember was many of the tanks being old had accumulations of sludge in the bottom of the tank which I guess may contribute to filters becoming clogged or dirty. We did have a policy of changing the filters and nozzles on yearly cleanings. I was wondering if the newer fuels effect the sludge present in the tanks, that is with the detergents and low sulfer, will it effect sludge deposits already present there?

[@octane4life683]

#2 is #2 duder

[@50clint85]

I've been servicing oil burners for 15 years you need to change the oil filter every time as a good rule of thumb a 2 to $5 expense will save you a call back with dirty filters no one ever gets them serviced every year it seems like they always like to get their money's worth out of you I think it's time HVAC text started getting our money's worth out of the customer

[@elia2441]

Customer- hey Steve you sell eggs, you got chicken Steve - .................... 😂😂😂😂😂 Totally ignored the dude I love it

[@aaronsweet8032]

Great video, learned a lot and successfully serviced my furnace today... Good thing I did too, I was tracking a soot problem and found my chimney nearly completely plugged. So between my mom and wife complaining and your video, a dangerous situation was averted... I still got to replace the nozzle but it's a lot better than it was... Thanks!

[@kenkroll5642]

Steve I enjoy watching your videos I am ex serviceman from Long Island

[@amirdieselx64]

AARP is the biggest lobbying group in the country.

[@amirdieselx64]

No one wants a wimpy flow hahahaha,

[@J-Colt]

So far 2 snot nosed, sheep owning, chicken stealing mama's boys thumbed this video down! Thanks Steven, great video.

[@WeatherNut27]

Great Sunday morning video. Keep up the great work and uploads. Hope you're having a good weekend Steve. Spring is coming!

[@ureasmith3049]

He cleans the parts with the heating fuel?

[@igfoobar]

I used to live in a home with oil heat ... this video reminds me how bad it was. Constantly breaking, lots of service calls, and the whole basement smelling like oil and soot after every service call.

[@pauleohl]

Your basement smelled like oil because the boiler/furnace was not properly installed and maintained.

[@igfoobar]

@@pauleohl My basement smelled like oil because there was oil. My new house has electric heat and it never smells like oil.

[@xX_Kryptis_Xx]

You got a better chance of being hit by lightning then winning the lotto. Great fix as always..

[@dgpuig45]

Miss Molly sure is getting her long coat. It takes up to 3 years in some cases for them to get a full coat. I know that the old guy didn't put all that soot in there with just 3 resets.

[@chaplint70]

I imagine Steve hears a lot of stories about cancer and diabetes. Old guy down there pushing buttons and turning valves. Steve's going to see him again.

[@robertbegley6858]

Good morning Steve and moly

[@Papalegba22]

This home owner needs to go upstairs!!!!!

[@kevhen5557]

Hi Steve, I was wondering what you do with the oil from cleaning and testing the oil flow.

[@mikefromuniontown3809]

Good Golly Miss Mollie I sure like her coat!!!! woooh!

[@toddberner9198]

The old guy talks about the news , family's birthdays, who worked on the unit last....and eggs...lmfao.

[@robertdimeglio7155]

Some of my supply houses no longer carry conventional Transformer type Ignition modules! Always change over to intermittent ignition type primary controls with Electronic style ignition "POWER SUPPLIES" I don't like calling them "TRANSFORMERS", when they ARE NOT!

[@williamdyckman9704]

Steve, good video on that boiler, very good tech tip on the filters. Thanks !

[@chuckquinn8026]

As much as I miss my long haired Chi, I’m glad you have yours...she’s so gorgeous! She loves her daddy!

[@wesleym.3588]

Steve, I am not in the hvac industry but I agree with you on the oil filters, if they are not dirty why change them, and you are not charging the customers for something they don’t need.

[@andrewscheuermann1890]

shouldnt you adjust the draft through the peep hole screw?

[@ureasmith3049]

No.

[@michaelsodins7194]

Hey Steve, thank you for the content. I am a HVAC instructor in CT, I recently watched this video with my 12 grade HVAC students and they were able to see quite a few poor practices. My students asked me why didnt Mr. Steve conduct a combustion analysis after you deposited all the soot into the combustion chamber that you didnt clean? They also asked why wasn't a new collector cover gasket installed, what should i tell them? By the way i diggin on the all purpose water pump pliers. :)

[@johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030]

OMG that's why I work on machines LOL they don't conversation... Im a mechanic that likes to get in do some Good stuff perfect as I could make it.. leave with a smile to the customer...bang out as many calls as I can to help people with no heat

[@johnerway7255]

Steve the Monday morning quarterbacks second guess you, lol I like your style. I worked on large oil and gas fired boilers 75,000 lbs/hour, had five of them and I see you are doing a great service, it's called Skill.

[@boopernator]

If it aint broke don't fix it. good to see the cleaning of the boiler, and I never knew about the baffles . I work on natural gas boilers and furnaces.

[@coaleozzyconnor]

I need your guidance having lockout issues

[@petergriffin1546]

great videos...how often do you need to open the boiler door (clean vac) and doesnt the soot fall to bottom when rod?

[@JohnDoe-dn9yo]

Do you clean the fire chamber as well if cleaning the soot from the top doesn't work and soot is still blowing out? I ask because i have the same exact boiler and if i showed you pictures you would say Oh mama! Lol... but I'm having issues with soot blowing out

[@kdmq]

Those are what you call hippie electrodes. They are just too far out man. But yeah I hear ya on your filter rant, it's so obvious it was an air flow problem here not oil flow.

[@cheskybaba4864]

Why didn't you use the gauge to readjust the electrodes??

[@toddberner9198]

"This is a BOI-ler....... "lol

[@rsilvers129]

I wouldn’t be able to handle someone chatting with me while I worked. Chickens. Sheep. Lottery. AARP. Weather.

[@spower1412]

Great video ...Happy St Patrick’s day !

[@boondocker7964]

Steve, I feel like I'm watching the start of Star Trek, when your vid starts up, just sayin.

[@brandonrutt2898]

The sheep have their fur cut 😂

[@jcampbell52790]

Commentary is priceless lol

[@carlosmorgan8123]

Nice job lets me asking somethings do you put a bridge wires or make short with something I can't see what's wires do you bridges or short why do you use that please can explain me ?

[@cfonvip5151]

Oh man!!! Good Job and good listener LOL Bad marriage person that needs to be eared!!! Those kind of clients that wont make you feel guilty to over charge them, OBNOXIOUS!!!!!!!!!

[@user-vk4lg1zr8t]

I'm wondering what you sprayed on the electrodes and nozzle. I can't make out the name on the spray can

[@stevenlavimoniere]

carb cleaner

[@user-vk4lg1zr8t]

​@@stevenlavimoniereI replaced the filter and nozzle. The carb cleaner worked like a charm. I still have smoke grey/ black coming from the pipe looking thing that the ignitor is attached to. I cleaned out the boiler as well from the top. Unfortunately nothing helped. Got a call into the repairman now. I really wanted to fix it myself but unfortunately I tried all you taught me in this video. I appreciate your videos they really save me money usually.

[@JLamond219]

I only hit the button 5 times in the last 5 minutes. lol..Good Job Steve.....Steve I think the old guy just wanted someone to chat with..

[@sundown798]

Yeah inspect the filters if the tank looks like the titanic rusting away. People are cheap don't want to maintain unlike the Tajmama hall people) . I Go through this shit it all starts from a bad tank. If flowing good with a good tank gtg.

[@johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030]

call me on my day off as I told customers.. lets have a Pepsi... (LOL)

[@lindylindex5]

Id like to see u work with an old valliant....aint seen to many of them and there really common up re in Maine

[@octane4life683]

An excellent boiler, usually find af2 burners with HLX heads

[@olivergilcreest5941]

Check out heating geeks video on oldest combi on KZbin. It's a vaillant boiler in the UK

[@jasonzwart2316]

Hey Steve what kind of vacuum is best when cleaning boiler

[@pakcom-vl9kd]

my electrode cable seems to have gone bad, can i use spark plug cable thanks

[@danield.manziuc3860]

You mentioned in this video when you measured overfire draft that 1"wc suffice..but you had measured at boiler inspection window..shouldn't be measured at the inlet of barometric damper instead? Or that location would give you same reading?

[@sabbath7081]

That's a totally different measurement, the heat exchanger which he ran the brush through is a restriction before the exhaust, so he's making sure there's enough draft in the firebox, not after the heat exchanger in the chimney pipe, that draft should be .02

[@bparker86]

Gotta love living in the northeast. These guys definitely sound the part lol nice guys tho for sure

[@hansmantis]

4:04 “do you sell eggs?”

[@KayShwizzley]

and steves response- "Yeah so um did he change this filter........?" lol

[@izmirfication]

Yea, think of selling eggs and filters at my shop, buy a filter two eggs from me :)

[@joequillun7790]

@@izmirfication Oh yeah, and by the way, "do you have cats?" What did that have to do with the price of eggs? (guessing maybe had something to do with clogs in the air gaps?)

[@johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030]

Holy Be J Steve put a mask on ... when doing the bushing... they must have pushed it 2 or 3 hundred times

[@qzorn4440]

boiler work is going to the dogs and trying to cat--up in cold weather...Mmmm thanks a lot...:) great stuff and the smart guy goes for cleaner air to breath...*v*

[@chipper442]

Steve, love the videos. Quick question. When the furnace first starts, and the transformer sends the spark, does the spark stop once the CAD cell recognizes flame? My oil furnace short cycles. It has been cleaned, new oil filter, nozzle, transformer, and it still does the same thing. I thought the “arc” stops, once the flame is recognized. I’m thinking it’s my thermostat or the controller on the furnace. Thank you.

[@octane4life683]

If its interrupted ignition the spark will stop. Short cycling is about the unit over heating

[@franciscovargas4225]

Steve, do you always use the testo 320 when doing yearly boiler/furnace tuneups

[@andrewscheuermann1890]

I change the oil filter every year,and clean the pump screen