Hello All,
I've been using a 30%
BD/70% heating oil mix in my heating oil tank since August. My oil burner heats
my water as well as my house. All went well (each time I checked the nozzle
on the burner it was clean as new) until late in Dec.
I was away. My wife
noticed an odor of diesel fuel in the basement. She found a small puddle of oil
under the furnace. Following is the report from
the person who serviced the burner:
Oil leak under the
burner
Nozzle jelled up
outside
Found some sort of jelly
built up on end of nozzle
Oil was dripping down
blast tube
I suspect that the
difference in the performance of the mix in Dec vs Aug through Nov, is the
cold. Although my oil tank is inside, it is in my basement where temps
drop below 50F on cold days. The fuel line to the burner is 12 ft long and runs
along an exterior wall.
During the colder
months I use the best WVO, with the lowest cloud point to made BD for my
car and the rest to make BD for my heating fuel. (My car is outdoors,
starts on the coldest days and runs well on a 70% BD/30% petro diesel mix.
It has a small pre-coolant heater that I plug in for an hour before
starting.)
Questions:
1. Am I right in assuming
that the "jelly" on the nozzle is the thicking of the BD due to the
cold?
2. Can the problem be addressed
by heating the fuel line to the burner?
3. Any other
thoughts?
Thanks,
Tom
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