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Replace Hollow
Cone Design
with Solid
Cone Nozzle
Noisy Fire
Smoky Fire
Delayed
Ignition
Oil Burner Operation Complaints
Long Fire
Furnace Room
Odors
Damaged
Combustion
Chamber or
Burner Tube
and Choke
Improper
Electrode
Setting
Short
Circuit
Too Low
Oil Pressure
Leaky
Nozzle
Air in
Fuel Line
Replace with
Proper Nozzle
Too Low
Oil Pressure
Improper
Flue
Install Delayed
Opening
Solenoid on
Nozzle Line
Nozzle
Restriction
Supply Line Filter
Fan Blades
Cracked Insulator
Layer of Soot or Oil
Air Intake
Air Vanes
Tank Sediment
Air
Adjustment
Carbon Build-up
on Combustion
Chamber Walls
Replace Hollow
Cone Design with
Solid Cone Nozzle
Air
Restriction
Wrong
Nozzle
Improperly
Located
Electrodes
Nozzle Installed
Too Far
Forward
Oil-Center
Fire
Clogged
Nozzle
Improper Drawer
Assembly
Adjustment
Air Shutter
Opening Too
Wide
(Some Models)
Too Large
Nozzle
Capacity
Mismatched
Spray &
Atomizing
Pattern
Combustion
Head Assembled
or Located
Improperly
Oil Pressure
Too Low
Too Small
Spray Angle
Flue
Obstruction
Improper
Chimney Draft
Design
Unit
Overfiring
Excessive Air
Through Burner
Delayed
Ignition
Too Low
Oil Pressure
Defective
Nozzle
Return Air
Restriction
Improper
Over Fire
Draft
Replace Solid
Cone Design
with Hollow or
Semi-Solid
Design
Oil Viscosity
Too High -
Increase Pump
Pressure to
120-125 PSI,
Use Next Smallest
Size Nozzle
Noise or
Pulsation on
Stop/Start
Negative
Pressure
Around
Furnace?
Return Air
Shortage