Heating Help

it's old

@ April 24, 2010 5:57 PM in Smell in room over boiler?

No, it's older, an S176AP. I have no idea how old but I would guess old enough to fail.

I asked the heater guy about a burn through and he said he would be able to tell from the numbers he got when he adjusted it, is that true? Can't see anything amiss from the outside.

Smell in room over boiler?

@ April 22, 2010 10:55 PM in Smell in room over boiler?

Hello,

I have a oil fired New Yorker boiler that does our hot water and baseboard radiators.

Since about February, we have been noticing a smell in the room over the boiler. I think it can best be described as a burning metallic smell. It does not present itself every time the boiler fires, but I seem to smell it more often now than I used to. Walking through the room disturbs it enough that you lose track of the scent. The smell is not centered in the room over the boiler; we seem to smell it right in the doorway, but more and more I think it may actually be coming from over the boiler and the air just settles in the corner by the door because of the way the room is shaped. I am not 100% sure but I think the smell actually comes up after the boiler shuts down.

I do not smell it anywhere near the boiler downstairs.

The fuel oil company has been out three times in the past six weeks to look at the problem and adjust the heater. A chimney company was brought out, identified cracks in the chimney liner, and the chimney was relined. The problem persists. After the latest adjustment from the fuel oil company, after the new liner, the smell went away for three days but came back.

There are attic hatches in the same room. I have sealed those, no difference.

Any advice? Half the people I talk to say, well, heaters smell, and the other half are like me and think there's a problem.

Thanks
Paul