Thanks Steve, I’m gonna do this before it gets cold. Not paying $250 this year for someone else to do it. You should link the tools and parts to an affiliate page or amazon. $$$
You did an admirable job cleaning the heat exchanger. Nice work - and that is an understatement. What you might wish to mention to your customers is the REMARKABLE increase in efficiencies realized with a cleaned exchanger... Cleaning a 'moderately' dirty exchanger will result in at least a FIFTEEN percent increase... How can you measure?? Get a stop watch and measure run time before and after cleaning under similar conditions ( same sized nozzle, same settings on aquastat, close to same outdoor temps, same temp. range in house) You'll see boiler cycle time DECREASE. Less run time to achieve same heating cycle = increased efficiencies... For that heat exchanger??? I have no doubt they saw a 25% decrease in their heating bill (as long as the burner was adjusted, too). All I can say is WOW... that was dirty!! You do truly impressive work! Funny story.. I took a graduate level 'Energy Policy' course at Stony Brook way back in 1984 - Professor Peter Meier.. He started off first day of classes by saying: If you remember anything from this course, remember to clean your furnace heat exchanger!! Ask me what else I remember from the course! lollol
Thanks for the video. It has been about 3 years since I have had mine cleaned, and it is starting to run as such. Mine is not a gold, but is 29 years old. I am actually going to do my own cleaning but needed to know exactly what to do. (my father does commercial HVAC, so I have enough training and understanding under my belt to do a basic cleaning. I am smart enough to know what I don't know). Great that you are local. I am up in NH. P.S. I clicked your subscribe button.
LOL, that is the same boiler I have. It came with the house. You would love servicing mine since it's installed in a 4 ft high crawl ! You really have to clean those bolier afrom the bottom to get them really clean. In the service manual for that Boiler, it even tells u you have to clean it from the top and bottom.
Nice work Steve enjoy the oil burner videos I have a background in oil burners and keep my state Lic. but never worked in the field directly. I do electrical work full time.
Just cleaned wgo-4 last weekend. learned a great deal from your videos. When i do replace it. will probably go with different boiler. what are your recomendations?
I have the same gold series wgo-3. Mine is 10 yrs old. So far so good, I can't complain. Mine has the .85-45B which is really a gallon at 140psi. Mine I believe is 6 inch pipe, it's out the back and a short run to a brick chimney.
Steve I put that boiler in everywhere as well as servicing them. You might want to try using the slant fin brush in there works very well in my opinion. Not sure who's around your area for supply houses but bell Simons carries them (slant fun brushes there called) I use them in all boilers give it a try
Hi Steve, awesome vid as usual....just curious as you run your own business do you do on call overnight services for a no heat call? Just curious as I may get into the hvac field and trying to think ahead of my next career as my employer of the last 20 years closed...thx
+Joegernaut you would nave to test for low voltage at the board to find out whats going on . is the tstat calling ??? you have to test to find out . whats happening plan and simple
Steve was havin' a bad day Momma. He recovered to make it a good day. Sometimes it takes a rocket scientist to figure out nuts and bolts...lool bustin' ur ass !!!!
Compensating with smaller nozzle for an overloaded chimney and a choked down vent pipe. Good call. Your numbers were great considering what you dealt with there. Nice.
@@stevenlavimoniere I have one of this brand over 20 years. I did NOT particularly pick this brand which was installed by the oil company I purchased oil from at that time. What is a good brand you do like. I want to know so next time that need to be replaced, then I can be prepared. Thanks.
Why don't you just go ahead and tell us how you really feel about the Weil Mclain Boiler!.. Go ahead , let it out, don't hold back!,,lmao Good video and great service on that brand of Boiler you love so much! That flu reduction is bullshit. Original installer needs a swift kick in the ass! Thumbs up on the service!
could I ask a really dumbass question how is the oil delivered, is it piped in or what around here propane is delivered by truck sorry for such a dumb question but born and raised in Texas boilers are very interesting thanks Mr. L........clifton
hate Weil mcclain boilers ... breech always contorts and those bolts holding breech down is the fucking stupidest sit I've ever seen ... nice work Steve .... good as old momma!
I like the Weil McLain. BUT!! Im not a fan of that Beckett on the GO3 rather see carlin or riello. GO4 or higher the Beckett is great. Don't like that L1 head on burner
They should make the "engineers" work out in the field on their boilers for a year to see how f..cked up the design is.. not service friendly...they lose customers
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My house came with one of these wonderful furnaces. I ran into the same issue with bolts on top. The colorful language is how I knew this guys legit
Thanks Steve, I’m gonna do this before it gets cold. Not paying $250 this year for someone else to do it. You should link the tools and parts to an affiliate page or amazon. $$$
You did an admirable job cleaning the heat exchanger. Nice work - and that is an understatement. What you might wish to mention to your customers is the REMARKABLE increase in efficiencies realized with a cleaned exchanger... Cleaning a 'moderately' dirty exchanger will result in at least a FIFTEEN percent increase... How can you measure?? Get a stop watch and measure run time before and after cleaning under similar conditions ( same sized nozzle, same settings on aquastat, close to same outdoor temps, same temp. range in house) You'll see boiler cycle time DECREASE. Less run time to achieve same heating cycle = increased efficiencies... For that heat exchanger??? I have no doubt they saw a 25% decrease in their heating bill (as long as the burner was adjusted, too). All I can say is WOW... that was dirty!! You do truly impressive work!
Funny story.. I took a graduate level 'Energy Policy' course at Stony Brook way back in 1984 - Professor Peter Meier.. He started off first day of classes by saying: If you remember anything from this course, remember to clean your furnace heat exchanger!! Ask me what else I remember from the course! lollol
i know it aint right, but i love the cursing and it made the video 1000 times more fun
Great job Steve Excellent Video
+Harry Dickson thanks harry
Excellent work Steve!
+Gabriel Bumbar all in a days work
Another great job Steve.
+Matt Gatlin basic service and cleaning
outstanding steve as always
+jack thompson next level
Hey bud .... I work for an oil co. In Ct. Just saw your vidio.... Good stuff ...
great video and lengthy but could you tell us what you are doing, why, and some common problems newbies might have
Steve you're the oil burner king. Great job.
+teh60 the king of swing
Thank you I have the same boiler
Thanks for the video. It has been about 3 years since I have had mine cleaned, and it is starting to run as such. Mine is not a gold, but is 29 years old. I am actually going to do my own cleaning but needed to know exactly what to do. (my father does commercial HVAC, so I have enough training and understanding under my belt to do a basic cleaning. I am smart enough to know what I don't know). Great that you are local. I am up in NH. P.S. I clicked your subscribe button.
Nice job Steve.
+Nicholas CeeA annual maintance
great job Steve, love the oil vids
+Vinny Trocino i try to mix it up with different videos
I have the same one! How can we turn some radiators off that we don’t use? Can we do so from the boiler?! My radiators don’t have valves ?
LOL, that is the same boiler I have. It came with the house. You would love servicing mine since it's installed in a 4 ft high crawl ! You really have to clean those bolier afrom the bottom to get them really clean.
In the service manual for that Boiler, it even tells u you have to clean it from the top and bottom.
+Joe Bal not my favorite boiler . i would not want one in my house .i am not a fan of weil mclain .for residental boilers
+steven lavimoniere What is it about the WM design that makes them poor drafters compared to other cast iron boilers?
Nice job Steve
+Jordan Berghaus all in a days work
another good vid steven
+Julio Calvet thanks
What is the name of the removable fabric that sits on the bottom of the boiler chamber?
looks good, Steve
+gekkedirkie basic service needed
Whats that Oil heat and Gas hot water? Do you blow off the rusty water from the oil boiler?
great work.
+1988MowerMan not the greatest boiler
Great job
+deanmartin1966 thanks
Why did you change the nozzle size Steve?
Nice work Steve enjoy the oil burner videos I have a background in oil burners and keep my state Lic. but never worked in the field directly. I do electrical work full time.
+Dan C. i am glad you enjoy them
Just cleaned wgo-4 last weekend. learned a great deal from your videos. When i do replace it. will probably go with different boiler. what are your recomendations?
+Robert McNamara i like peerless rear flue for cleaning .as long as you can clean it easy stay aways from weil mclain .
weil mclane is all i see installed in my area, are they cheap comparatively?
very good job steve!!!in oil lines you use pipe dope with teflon??thanks
+George Siatos you can use both ,will not hurt
hi steve, on this venting do you think a 6 inch wye would have been better than a 6 inch tee. besides the fact its 7 inch?
+Bill Weyhmiller it should be 8" and a y would be better yes
nice one Steve!
+hllywd964 thanks man
good video steve
+Anthony Mobilio thanks for watching
Nice job Steve. That thing is a pain in the ass to clean. At least it wasn't really dirty. That's some mickey mouse venting there.
+Jon Hexom venting was not right .
oil and gas in the same flue, is that legal?
I have the same gold series wgo-3. Mine is 10 yrs old. So far so good, I can't complain. Mine has the .85-45B which is really a gallon at 140psi. Mine I believe is 6 inch pipe, it's out the back and a short run to a brick chimney.
+Gary B as long as she runs good .they can be rear or top flue on these boilers
Steve I put that boiler in everywhere as well as servicing them. You might want to try using the slant fin brush in there works very well in my opinion. Not sure who's around your area for supply houses but bell Simons carries them (slant fun brushes there called) I use them in all boilers give it a try
+Joe katynski i seem to like the soot saber for cleaning not a fan of the brush.
Another beauty skid!
+Lex Vance next level
Hi Steve, awesome vid as usual....just curious as you run your own business do you do on call overnight services for a no heat call? Just curious as I may get into the hvac field and trying to think ahead of my next career as my employer of the last 20 years closed...thx
+william D i go out only for my good custumes it has to be a emergence usally they can wait till morning
Thanks Steve for the reply, have a great week !
every time the temp drops under 30 outside my furriness do's not come back on but the next day when it warms up I restart it and it's fine ???
+Joegernaut you would nave to test for low voltage at the board to find out whats going on . is the tstat calling ??? you have to test to find out . whats happening plan and simple
Great job. Do you ever use your 320 to check the draft in the stack and print out for the record?
+Wayne Miles yes i have
Steve was havin' a bad day Momma. He recovered to make it a good day. Sometimes it takes a rocket scientist to figure out nuts and bolts...lool bustin' ur ass !!!!
+Chowdy Chopz not easy being me
+steven lavimoniere lol...yeah it ain't easy in here either !!
How long should it take to do a boiler check the right way, and how fast will my boss expect me to do this?
If its a steam boiler it could take an hour tops. HW boilers can be done in less. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Compensating with smaller nozzle for an overloaded chimney and a choked down vent pipe. Good call. Your numbers were great considering what you dealt with there. Nice.
+Randy Kocian it was a small house .i could of probley went with a smaller nozzle that that one . maybe a .65 and she would of been fine .
GO3 I believe are rated for .85 @ 140psi.
+Joe katynski i run a smaller nozzle
Does a weil mclain gas furnace need servicing?
+Ed Stout yes every few years
Thanks
You are the only reason that I am able to do any successful plumbing at all.
Badly designed equipment can be very frustrating. I've dealt with that before. sucks.
+Ryan Losinger yes some companys are better then others
Steve tell this old Florida boy how you size the nozzle ????
+USMC 1961 usally bepends on size of boiler and house ,i have a god feel for it and know what to run .
Hey Steve tell us how you REALLY feel about that boiler. Lol. Boiler lives matter too. Lol. Good tutorial.
+Kyran Speiser not a fan of this boiler
@@stevenlavimoniere I have one of this brand over 20 years. I did NOT particularly pick this brand which was installed by the oil company I purchased oil from at that time. What is a good brand you do like. I want to know so next time that need to be replaced, then I can be prepared. Thanks.
Why don't you just go ahead and tell us how you really feel about the Weil Mclain Boiler!.. Go ahead , let it out, don't hold back!,,lmao
Good video and great service on that brand of Boiler you love so much! That flu reduction is bullshit. Original installer needs a swift kick in the ass!
Thumbs up on the service!
+nate i do not like these boilers because of draft issues . and the breach bolts were bull shit .
looks like it
could I ask a really dumbass question how is the oil delivered, is it piped in or what around here propane is delivered by truck sorry for such a dumb question but born and raised in Texas boilers are very interesting thanks Mr. L........clifton
+CLIFTON NICHOLS long hose on oil truck .can go around house
the nozzle in my wgo-4 is a 1.10 80. Does that sound like the right size
+Robert McNamara seems big i like to run .75 maybe .85 for a big house ,that will be fine .
Excellent job Steve
looks like a nice boiler system,but the smoke pipe was not done right
+dklucas1 yes chimney was to small
hate Weil mcclain boilers ... breech always contorts and those bolts holding breech down is the fucking stupidest sit I've ever seen ... nice work Steve .... good as old momma!
+dennis postek never like weil mclain ,for residental boilers i would not buy one
Loose the propane heater and get more draft.
I can't get my rod in their 😱
Looks like much of the engineering's done by people who have never gotten their hands dirty or earned a callous.
Aside from shitty engineering on the breech, you got that boiler running pretty efficient - nice job! Love the Testo 320.
+Michael Padovani i love the testo 320 also
Great service in the 10 years of my boiler life I have never seen a company open the boiler door or replace the nozzle...they just wipe it clean...
Gas and oil shouldn't go up the same chimney what I've been told. No beuno...
its wood stove that needs seperate flue gas and oil are fine together
I like the Weil McLain. BUT!! Im not a fan of that Beckett on the GO3 rather see carlin or riello. GO4 or higher the Beckett is great. Don't like that L1 head on burner
+Joe katynski i don,t like the L1 head eather
They should make the "engineers" work out in the field on their boilers for a year to see how f..cked up the design is.. not service friendly...they lose customers
P of shit lol I have the same one
Slant fin Brush lol not fun
lol, not a popular boiler i guess!
Nicely done
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