I have an ancient oiled furnace that the technician that looked at it said it needed a new boiler. here is his verbatim report:Equipment - Weil McLain oil HW boiler with oil w/htrFound stack switch tripped. Reset switch and burner started okay. Observed smoke coming from all seams of boiler and bio-metric draft damper. Removed smoke pipe and found chimeny totally blocked with chimney debris. Cleared out chimney and checked drawer assembly. Found drawer assembly and retention head caked with carbon. Cleaned drawer assembly and retention head. Fired burner and found stack switch cycling on and off. Cleaned stack switch and found multiple leaks in boiler. Explained to customer the danger of dry-frying the boiler. Customer requested an estimate on boiler replacement ASAP.Can someone also explain this report in term a middle-aged woman can understand. Thanks.
Depending on the size and energy rating, you will be spending $4,000-$5,000 for the unit and install. I'm from NJ, so other states maybe be cheaper seeing as everything is a rip off here! lol
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The report comes down to everything is caked up, plugged up, dirty, needs cleaning and or replaced. Oil fire systems are ripe to do all the things listed in the report. Anyone of them is bad this one is of major concern to me. Found multiple leaks in boiler Oil fired systems are filthy monsters they are in consent need of cleaning and adjustments. Go with gas if you can. I'd say about 2500.00 to 3000.00 for a good replacement. Explained to customer the danger of dry-frying the boiler have you tried to start the furnace several times without it firing? What that does to a oil furnace is. Everytime you try to fire it up It goes through a cycle of putting more oil into the furnace this causes a build up. When you get a pool of oil the next time it lights ....... the BIG BANG could happen or if it dosent go bang. It will cause a huge fire within the furnace...not a good thing. bet you live up north somewhere or north east PS Weil McLain is a good boiler but everything wears out.
