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Weil McLain Steam Boiler Failure (16 Posts)
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Weil McLain Steam Boiler Failure
First time posting. Weil Mclain WGO5 Rear section cracking every year. 2 pipe steam, Wet return W/ Condensate reciever & dom. coil. Checked near boiler piping seams to be correct from WM piping diagram 24" above water line, hartford loop. Any sugestions?????
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How about
Some pic's of the close boiler piping to include front and back views....:)
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No Pics Yet
Forgot to metion a call for heat all the time from a stuck zone valve for the last couple of years/year? Reciever wired wrong. Found LWCO not cutting off, bad ground (1-7-2010) All kinds of stuff.
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when
you say cracking every year, how many years has it been replaced? And how was all this not found prior?
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Service Call
First time there. Send :) jan 2010, look at boiler, No Heat water leaking all over. Poor Service??Etc
__Lost Art__
This post was edited by an admin on October 10, 2011 8:17 PM.
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sounds like
they now have someone who wants to service it right. Did the boiler have an auto feed or did someone have to manually add water? Could it have run low or dry fired?
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What I Come Upon
New boiler 2-2010 Set up boiler (oil) LWCO Not shuting down Boiler, addad ground to cold water line, Shutting down, Cond reciever float on when full (Shock) with no call for low water. rewired with feeder/lwco. 7-2011 out of oil. Primed. Boiler creating steam w/dom coil, found call for heat at zone valve, stat wire broke, ser 20/80, 3 wire stat? Feeder reading 220 gallons! Reset. Ser. 10-4-2011 Cleaning( Not Me )Feeder @0Gal
This post was edited by an admin on October 10, 2011 9:05 PM.
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This reminds me...
I need to buy a PH meter.
It probably goes without saying that you'll be checking EVERYTHING before installing a new boiler.
Water quality, fresh water usage, steam leaks, proper piping, etc...
Can't wait to hear what the problem is. Want to avoid that myself!
- Joe Starosielec
Metuchen, NJ
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Uhhhh, wait a minute
this is a WGO-5?
On a STEAM system?
Shouldn't it be an SGO-5? Or better yet, a MegaSteam 513 or 629?
"Reducing our country's energy consumption, one system at a time"
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Baltimore, MD (USA) and consulting anywhere.
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nice
never even noticed that. Hence why your the man to see about steam. ;)
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WGO-5
Good of you to notice Steaner, and a WGO-5 doesn't have a tapping on the back. Only the SGO has one on the bottom back. How in the heck did they pipe that? I would really like to see pictures of thet.
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Had to many
Sorry, Boiler is a SGO-5
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Have another one
cause you still remember it's a Weil-McLain ;-)
I agree, take some pics and post them. There has to be a reason those sections are cracking, and the piping might have something to do with it.
Also, is the burner properly set up and does it have the right nozzle? Is there a target wall at the back of the firing zone?
"Reducing our country's energy consumption, one system at a time"
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Baltimore, MD (USA) and consulting anywhere.
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Reciever
If your cond reciever was constantly being fed fresh cold water and if the feed line to the boiler has not been throttled properly, it could very easily cold shock the boiler when the pump kicks on. Remember those pumps, when not throttled, can kick out alot of water into a low pressure boiler.
The Steam Whisperer (Formerly Boilerpro)
Chicago's Steam Heating Expert
Noisy Radiators are a Cry for Help
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Waiting For Section
Will put up pics when I go back. Reciever is a reciever only W/Float. VXT? Water Feeder waits10 mins unless float on reciever is full powering pump, on reciever, filling boiler with condensate. :-) BYOB
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Here some pics
Check it out
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