Comments on: How To Prime A Beckett Oil Burner

By: mark mcmanigle

mark mcmanigle — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:49:04 +0000

how do i prime the beckett afg oil burner?just hit prime button

By: james

james — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:41:22 +0000

I ran out of oil, reset my heat 13 times…nothing. when I realized I ran out of oil I had it refilled, also cleaned the whole furnace and changed the nozzle. I was told I probably blew my pump so I replaced it. I’m still after 2 restarts am not getting any oil out the bleed air valve. I don’t want to blow a 2nd pump. how many times can I safely restart my heater and prime it?

By: Conley Marcum

Conley Marcum — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:26:26 +0000

In reply to bob tiedemann. Held in the reset button about 2 minutes and then pushed it again. And the oil started to bleed. Everything ok now thanks. By the way I accidently forget to open the oil line at the tank. So furnace until out of oil. Then had to do the above.

By: Michael D Campbell

Michael D Campbell — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:36:41 +0000

So we ran out of oil and waited to receive more . I opened the bleeder and push on the reset but nothing happened, usually the red light on the reset glows flashing red but now it solid red and no fire from the furnace. Some suggested that the furnace is locked out , so how do you unlock the system thanks………..
My wife is cold ……lol

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:56:30 +0000

In reply to mamab.

Awesome site…thank you. I also needed the longer reset since I closed the bleed valve too soon twice. For me after about 30 sec the green light came back on. I pressed the reset and bingo it fired up. The amount of diesel you get out is pretty significant (over a wine bottle full for me!) so have a big container and accept that to remove all the air you’re gonna toast a fair bit of fuel. Mine is a Beckett model “A” , “AF” burner with a Beckett/Honeywell controller/reset unit

By: Joe Quinn

Joe Quinn — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:52:11 +0000

I ran out of oil and after refilling couldn’t get the burner to feed oil.
I bled the line up to the filter and restarted numerous times with no ignition. I was about to give up and call my oil man for an expensive service call and I found this useful site. It actually showed me about a bleeder screw on the pump that I did not know about. Seconds after opening this bleeder the pump let out a quick squeal then fired !
Thank you for this information !!! :)

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By: mamab

mamab — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 02:32:02 +0000

In reply to bob tiedemann. Thank you so much for your post! I was having trouble getting my hot water tank to stay on. After I tried your suggestion of holding the button down for two minutes, it fired right back up! Didn't have hot water for two days and couldn't afford to call in a professional!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 23:17:53 +0000

Thanks!

By: Devin

Devin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:17:20 +0000

Have bled this unit before, and normally don’t have a problem with it, however this time I am not getting any oil coming through the bleed screw. Very little air comes out as well. I use a small clear plastic tube attached to the bleed screw and into a clear plastic bottle so that I can view whats happening. There is a small amount of oil in the bottle I’m emptying into. When the tubing end is under the surface of oil in the bottle I would normally see air bubbles as the air is removed. I’m only seeing a very small amount of air being removed. My guess is that the pump is not working somehow or is plugged. Can a pump get plugged. I blew back the line into the tank, and theres no resttriction in the line itself. Any other ideas? Thank you