Re: Oil Furnace Ignition
There's a few things to check, first, is the oil line freezing up because of the outside temp being very low? sometimes water gets in the tank from condensation, and a quick drop in temp will cause it to freeze in the line.
Second, did you try bleeding the fuel line, hit the start button, open the vent on the burner a little (it looks like a brake bleeder valve) and make sure you get all the air out, you may need a small piece of hose over it, and a can for the fuel oil to go in (this will let you know if your filters clogged). Next if that don't work, shut everything down, take out the nozzle assembly, check to see that the electronic eye (between the electrode rods "points") is not too dirty to see the flame, or it will give you a no atart condition. Next check the points for adjustment, they should be about 1/16" to 1/8", in front of the nozzle. If this all fails, your tip maybe dirty, you can unscrew it, and try cleaning it, or just replace it with a matching size. Finally if this all doesn't work, your transformer for the points maybe bad, not sure how to test this, hope this helps, good luck. Mike
