OLD CRUSTY OIL BOILER FULL OF BLACK SOOT

[@FixIt1975]

I cleaned out the old piece of crap boiler and flue pipe at an old house I rented before I bought my house. Used a shop vac and a screwdriver and I dropped a burlap bag of bricks up and down the chimney a few times. I am NOT and hvac tech but it kept it going. I did have a guy who is an hvac tech come and set the draft and replace the nozzle and all. So glad to have gas heat now

[@invujerry]

Yeah man that’s how my stupid furnance looked because I didn’t know it needed to be cleaned often. Then looked almost the same a month later when it sooted up again. Watching your videos has really helped me out man. I appreciate everything you do.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

if the boiler is sooted you must take it apart and clean it good ..then start over a boiler has to breath to run properly .. new nozzle lean out the flame . with a good oil flow and spark. set up properly with a clean boiler is the key..

[@invujerry]

@@stevenlavimoniere that’s what I ended up doing. Cleaned it good a second time, new nozzle, checked and cleaned the igniters, double checked the flow, and then leaned it out pretty good. Only had one small hiccup where there was a little water and sludge in the tank. I watched that video where you went to the low temp call house and showed me what I needed to get done. Thanks again for the videos, it’s a lot of help for a broke guy like me.

[@richardcook9738]

WoW! You can tell when the boiler is clean when the whites of your eyes are black. Thanks, Steve!

[@bg147]

I don't even have an oil fired boiler but have watched probably a hundred of these videos.

[@J-Colt]

You can tell by his singing that he is in his element. Love these dirty jobs, thanks Steven!

[@kylebass4635]

She's a sooty one Mr Grinch!!!!!! Glad you found the screwdriver you were looking for.

[@williamdyckman9704]

Steve, you do such a great job on showing how maintenance should be done. By doing it on a yearly basis, you don't have to worry!

[@rharb76]

Um, there's a skeleton hanging in that basement..thats what happened to the last guy. Lol

[@theduffster2581]

A serviceman’s nitemare a plugged boiler I always had a nice tan when finished lol 😂

[@tucobenedicto109]

Love the dirt fighter paint next to the soot! Steve has a new song at the end of the the day, "Chim chimeny chim chim charoo!" good work steve!

[@RedArwBus]

Workin' in the coal mine,going down down down ,that was a real crusty one Mr grinch😀😀😀😀

[@jackbower8846]

Poor boiler looked sick... Good thing DR Steve knows what to do...

[@marceldelorme8294]

Thank you Steve, for this video, and all the videos that you post. They are both inspirational, and very educationally helpful to me. I am almost done my 3rd year in college for the HVAC trade school. If you ever wanted to be a teacher at a trade school you would be a great teacher:) Thanks again:)

[@Derek-pd4fc]

Been there, done that. Might as well throw away the furnace brush and vacuum because neither will ever be the same. In some weird way I enjoy watching someone else do it.

[@stephenbierlein2517]

When I had to service old boilers I would brush and vac all i could. Then I would grab a water hose and put vac in bottom. Then start cleaning with water . Not a lot of water . Then vacuum dry . The best way i found to get clean that way. Maybe not the right way but worked. Have a great day.

[@mjg263]

I don’t know what kind of service the other guy was doing but it looked like it hadn’t been worked on in 5 or 6 years at least! How could they just walk away and leave the air intake all choked up like that?

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

i was saying the same thing and you as the home owner should be check out his work that was performed and the other thing i see a lot no one wants to get there hands dirty anymore everyone was the gravy work and good technicians like Steven are a d dying breed that dont mind getting there hands dirty and be honest to there customers

[@superduper6123]

haven't had a good boiler cleaning in while... loved the one that looked like cement in there. great stuff.

[@williamcandee5267]

I love the all-red TEXACO oil burner! What a classic! I guess Texaco must have delivered branded fuel oil at one point...

[@craigsmith6446]

"Definitely no prom queen" LOL.

[@peacefrog0521]

16:43 when he pulled out the can of spray cleaner, I was expecting to hear the SMA sound effect 😀

[@petergarofolo9385]

Holy crap Steve. Great video 👍👍

[@craigharding475]

That soot...AKA lamp black or carbon black is what they use to manufacture indelible INDIA INK. They grind it fine and add water and a stabilizer. I bought one of those long brushes, just in case. Now I know the proper technigue. "The ole boar hog grind!" Thanks, Steve!

[@rhodysweet]

Add "Chimney Sweep" to Steve's job description and services, holy cow mama!!!

[@bk9852]

I thought we were in Michigan for a minute our motto here is fix the damn roads

[@bobgallo3775]

Oh man, just watching you made my nose tingle. I used a face mask when brushing out a heavily sooted unit. Saves Kleenex's later,lol. Good job, Steve.

[@boomer9900]

Back in the 70's and 80's my dad's house had a oil burner and we needed to clean and vac every year. Come to find out the oil delivery guys, who incidentally also serviced the boiler were installing huge nozzles and setting it to run rich so they could charge to vac and clean every year. When my mom went to work for a plumbing and heating company as a office clerk I started hanging out with the service guys and found out about this scam. They want to sell more oil and get the service $. The plumbing/heating company setup the thing right and I think my dad went 5 years without a brush and vac and then switched to natural gas boiler.

[@totalnoobfishing1753]

This is making me think I am in the same situation, PETRO used to have an ongoing contract till I bought the house. They put a huge nozzle on my burner which is a small ranch 2 zones... It soots up pretty bad every year.

[@johnwalker890]

Just great now Steve is chimney sweep, Good job Steve, as always.

[@geyser3445]

My boiler gets sooty just like this one in about a year. I clean it myself. The turbulators inside also seem to rust away. I am getting ready to replace them again. What causes all this soot? Will adding a little extra air prevent this from happening in the future.

[@WeatherNut27]

Yeah, I think its an air thing or nozzle. Not combusting properly

[@shoosh9996]

you need a combustion analysis.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

to rich of a flame will soot up boiler for sure ,lean it out with more air .

[@geyser3445]

@@stevenlavimoniereThanks. I will give it a try.

[@jackedwards7420]

Well....According to the card was just serviced in 2020 not 2 yrs like "regular" company said ....... I'll just bet they knew it was a crap show because they'd been gyping the old lady and knew they'd have to actually work this time!!

[@EA28RN]

I was waiting for Steve to tell the customer to clean it up.

[@tomdale1313]

make my day with Steve and his faithful Miss Molly burning up the daylight with another adventure of, "you cann't make this stuff up"...txs you two for sharing

[@dreonwhuds313]

Perform a combustion test after EVERY cleaning. Then add a "tad" more air when you hit nominal CO2 readings. Boiler will never soot up again.

[@kennethbubser9601]

She definitely ain’t no prom queen. New saying for your shirts. You got so many good sayings

[@ibkhansen8036]

there was probably a lot of soot in that oil boiler my oil burner does not look like this when the plumber comes past me (host second year) even the chimney sweep can not get more than a teaspoon of full soot out of the chimney and pipes from the oil boiler (host year) but I also live in another continent

[@b.powell3480]

Hi Steve, oh, what fun !! Maybe you can make soot balls and stuff some Christmas stockings with them !! Lol 😆 Great job!!

[@paulkushnir2224]

Even to crusty for the Grinch to slide down the chimney

[@russellhancock9765]

That looks like a Wood Stove instead of an Oil Burner.

[@audreyczmyr9429]

Going to have to change the bag after that one! I see a new boiler in their future.

[@glennschlorf1285]

They call that Carbon Black in tires... we never watched steve teach Mike Rowe this dirty job

[@russellhancock9765]

Mr Grinch must have took a Big Dump in that One.

[@brucemcgee2281]

I used to work on old Texaco branded furnaces and boilers back in the 1980's I see everything went to Beckett burners. I always loved the Webster pumps. They never went bad.

[@DuragDusse]

Bad combustion.

[@brucemcgee2281]

@@DuragDusse The air intake on the burner was all but clogged up. Not to mention the nozzle assembly was assembled wrong.

[@DuragDusse]

Think i replied to the wrong comment 🤣

[@kingofthecarwashes6724]

I enjoy watching your videos because I someday want to work with this kind of stuff and plumbing. Awesome video can't wait to see the next one!

[@joecoelho7030]

Crusty was a understatement!!! Jesus!

[@WeatherNut27]

How many gloves did you go through? That was a ton of soot! Wow. In such short time

[@DAS-Videos]

Steven needs to get a respirator mask. That was a lot of dust.

[@Rainmaker60LM]

what causes them to soot up like that, just the air gap area clogged up?

[@bnasty267]

Yeah, too little air, mostly. Can also be a bad nozzle. A well-tuned air/fuel mixture and a good nozzle usually doesn't make much soot. A smoke test (or better, a combustion analysis) is the minimum to make sure the burn isn't too rich and sooty. I always aim for leaner rather than richer. Yeah, you lose a bit of efficiency with a leaner burn, but you lose efficiency with a richer burn when it gets all sooted up.

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

This video was therapeutic. All fuel burning equipment needs air ,no air equals CARBONIZATION primary and secondary!(non-power burners) Thanks again for the videos! 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🎯🏌🏻‍♀️ Stay safe. Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses!

[@RCALivingStereo]

Amazing how people don’t take care or maintain their stuff

[@aggienodari453]

Thank you for your videos, Steve. I service my boiler every other year: nozzle, fuel filter, cleaning and check combustion with a Testo. How often do you recommend cleaning the chimney flue?

[@audreyczmyr9429]

Going to have to change the bag after that one!

[@billysmith6131]

"She no Prom Queen", hahahahaha wow that was a messy nightmare

[@Ander5806]

Great job just wanted to know what is the type of vac you used on a job like this have a great Christmas

[@stevenlavimoniere]

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[@Ander5806]

@@stevenlavimoniere thank you for the information Steve hope you and your family are safe and doing well and your little coworker also hope you and your family and the little miss Molly have a wonderful Christmas your videos are great keep up the great work and honest and trustworthy service you give to your customers Thanks again James

[@AndrewSmith-gi5ip]

How do you know when to adjust the air intake?? Do you have any videos on that?? From my little experience, I think some of the contract guys don't put the metal from the masonry to clean out the chimney at the bottom.... I have seen two blow backs because of this... I mark the metal with a marker at my house and do it every other year as I have a wood stove and solar hot water, my furnace is not running most of the time.....Thanks and Merry Christmas.

[@tonym6920]

Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again y’all. 👍👍

[@anthonygasparini1734]

Steve on the job you all!

[@richconstantino8485]

Was that the soot affected homeowner watching over you at the 5:43 mark?

[@rdety]

Wow that's a Crusty one!

[@eighttenk]

Hey steve why do they leave those coils of extra oil line like that? I see that in a lot of your videos we dont do that down south of you… looks like a good way to create a trap for sludge

[@walterskelton411]

Absorbs any vibration and allows for redoing end connection? If you are getting sludge then tank filter needs changing anyway.

[@Rainmaker60LM]

roughly what do you charge for filter change, nozzle/electrode service, and heat exchanger cleaning. do you charge extra on a job like this that is more work/time?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

i have no set fee for a boiler service / cleaning ...there all done time and material the longer one will cost more ..you never know what your going to find

[@randyjohnson4988]

Soot oh my ! She’s a crusty one hahaha 🤣

[@bobwigg761]

At the end, was that the screwdriver you were looking for in a previous video?

[@WeatherNut27]

Lol, i thought same thing but that cant be. He wasnt at that job. Maybe it was hidden in the shop towel?

[@bobwigg761]

@@WeatherNut27 I also realized he wasn’t at this job before, and you could be right. Maybe it’s a test to see if we’ve been paying attention.

[@mikemartel9515]

Looks like a 2 bager if you play it right!!

[@craigharding475]

Steve, that inhaled soot combustion by-product might be harmful. You might rinse-out your sinus passages afterwards, just to be safe.

[@deanmoberg445]

You got great hand/wrist control! Looks like you have been training. Maybe being single helps with that. Lol! Anyway, love your vids!

[@edwardkuntush9339]

Nice job Steve on old crusty where was your n95 mask aren’t u afraid of breathing that soot

[@philipread7741]

I service gas and oil boiler tooo here in the UK, after working on a sooty boiler, have to have a shower, the water runs off like black ink when I wash my hair, shampoo three times at least. Blowing /black snot and bogeys for several days afterwards. You have got to wear gloves like Steve does. I was told that if you get fuel oil on your skin, then it is in your blood. Proven to be one cause of leukaemia.

[@drem5315]

Holy soot Mama!!

[@Fireship1]

She sure was crusty. Haven’t seen a Sundstrand circulator like that in awhile. Wish all brands had built in isolation valves like that.

[@newjerseybill3521]

It looks like both isolation valves are barely open. NVM, a little research and I found they are gate valves, not ball. Thus you can't tell their status looking at the valve stem.

[@tedwilliams8766]

just a suggestion. they make powerful and bright headlamps with decent runtime. might help you by freeing up a hand for shitshows like this one. holy mamma!!!

[@Notch8GEGaming]

I think this would be one of those "why do you wear gloves" videos. If they couldn't figure it out before, I bet they can now!

[@davidbarber6575]

Love miss mollies coat

[@petermartinez5573]

The won't be asking why you wear gloves today. She's a crusty one Mr. Grinch.

[@JD-ce4so]

Service done in 20……I don’t think so

[@randymoyer5351]

Some One Spray painted that Boiler Motor/Pump assembly, Wonder why?

[@rodneyskinner7741]

Hello Steve!

[@thomaslynn8441]

It’s not easy being cheesy !

[@scottk0623]

I would bet the clothes dryer wasn’t vented with all the fuzz on the air band. You will be blowing black snots in the shower tonight🤦🏻. Hate those overhead lines.

[@timothymarshall6709]

So what did the other guy do for the boiler running a little rich in the old days with carb for the car you could adjust the idle and air lean back lean back oh thats right its just a song.

[@randyjohnson4988]

Steve you must felt like you been down in the coal mines after that cleaning job

[@snakeplissken128]

Scrubbing out the smoke pipe on your customer’s basement floor is trash and I can guarantee the inside of the chimney was just as bad if not worse.

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

That's a lackah maintenance if anything.

[@davidnicolas8019]

Man if you would have just hooked that brush into your screw gun you would have been golden

[@refridgedude1841]

How come you didn't do the screwdriver thing to clean the head on this one? Being as bad as it was I don't get it? Unless that was just edited out.

[@dangates3022]

after watching most of your videos i think this is something you won't do everyday but after years of getting your customer's in shape don't mind breaking up the monotony of the daily same old jobs and fixing shit like this

[@ohioplayer-bl9em]

Life advice: Do not become the shit sandwich.

[@jfsherer]

The firebox is probably like Swiss Cheese now

[@billkrause4585]

When there is an explosion, the dust will kick up and ignite for a secondary explosion.

[@lcampm2]

Wow this is most sooty I have seen on your channel

[@andrewbartleman9169]

Shes a crusty one Mr grinch

[@ladykoh4678]

That soot is much worse than my grandfather's coal furnace!

[@vincentstellato5783]

Give it the ole gundy

[@tomrichardson2099]

Respirator please, Steve, you don't want to pay for it later. Ask me how I know.

[@TedCookHVAC]

ooooooolllll crusty mama... ol crusty.

[@jblyon2]

I think you finally found one crustier than your ex-wife!

[@gerryvanwoerkom2660]

could be singing working in a coal mine... OMG ..

[@frankrizzo3915]

WoW!

[@tyhuffman5447]

You could make a bit more $$ and make your life easier by changing the dryer vent line for her. That dust looks like lint.

[@juxxtapoz]

Wow that was a bad one. What causes all that soot? 🤔

[@sophieclips]

Poor Combustion! Bad nozzles, poor air to fuel adjustment etc

[@JD-ce4so]

Corey did a piss poor job in 2020.

[@philipread7741]

Putting in a new nozzle into nozzle tube, then dipping it in dirty cleaning solution and handling it with dirty gloves. Then not checking the oil pressure on load, not checking with a smoke meter and setting up with a gas analyser to check the CO2/ CO levels. That how you get soot!

[@juxxtapoz]

@@sophieclips Thanks for the answer!

[@juxxtapoz]

@@philipread7741 That makes sense. Thanks for the detailed answer.

[@maxpower2511]

Why does he wear gloves? I'll never understand it.

[@cndream1]

This did not happen in one year. Had to have been happening over several years. Who "was not" doing the proper service calls all that time ? Good way to catch a house on fire. In-excusable

[@mummabear01]

It's a shitshow, Momma!

[@mummabear01]

I take that back. It's a real sootshow, Momma!