A small oil leak has been driving me nuts for months. Until now, I was not able to find the source. My leak is a lot slower, but sure enough, its coming from the hydraulic jack. You saved me $$$. Thanks.

Thanks for breaking the code for the rest of us! Greatly appreciated.

I just replaced mine, watched the 1st minute or so and that was enough to know it wasn't crazy difficult just looked worse in where it was positioned... appreciate the video, mine the rubber seal burst and was leaking quite a lot, I just got the whole brass unit €26, changed out in 2 mi utes, closed up, turned on worked awayno bother.....

Nice work, thanks for posting! I especially liked the tip about bleeding the line, that was my concern!

Thanks for this, exact same leak drove me up the walls for a long time and the way the boiler is installed it was so hard to see it. Nice one.

Awesome! This saved me well over $200 for this fix. Thank you very much for posting this video!

i want to thank you very much for this I just found this on my furnace and I didn't want to call the burner man the charge for him to come might be more than the part . THANKS FOR THE POSTING

Replaced mine last week. Easy, peesy, just like the video. No leaks. Bleeding the air out wasn't necessary. My oil company let me run out of oil on Christmas Eve and I had to buy diesel fuel from the gas station to heat the family. That's when the seal started leaking. The aromatic additives attack the seals. Now I am using biodiesel #2 fuel oil. I will see how that works out long term. So far so good.

@DB-oe3tg

2 жыл бұрын

Do I need to turn off the power and fuel tank valve when replacing parts?

@garyabc

2 жыл бұрын

@@DB-oe3tg I turned off the power switch for the boiler so that the burner wouldn't try to fire up while I was working on it. I didn't touch the tank valve (left the tank valve open)

Thanks for the video! I have this leak. Will replace it when the part gets here.

My guy, ive spent the past 45 mins scouring the internet for information on what the hell this part was, and was under the impression that it was some sort of valve. Thank god you posted this, otherwise i mightve lost one of my five senses hahaha. Great job, but still have no idea as to why the hydraulic ram is even needed for the boiler, when it already has a supply from both the tank, and a suction from the pump. Cheers!

@Hubjeep

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad the video was helpful! I believe the idea was the close the damper so when the unit was not running there would be no heat escaping up the flue through natural draft. This Riello head (I think it was named "Micron 10" or something due to it's age) was about 24 years old in 2014, this Bock water heater finally failed in 2018 (with well water)! New heads have it fixed, no jack.

@PALPABLEemotions

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hubjeep Great job, just the answer I was looking for👍

Thank you! I fixed my burner with the help of your video.

Brilliant video.With no nonsense.Thank you Just bought one to fit on my burner .

My Air shutter is leaking, the tech thinks I need a new h jack and shutter. Unit is a Riello 40 - 5. Can't see why oil would leak from air shutter! Thanks for the great video!!!

Great video thanks a lot. Keep them coming on the Riello R40 👏👏👏

what size spanner did you use to bleed jack thanks

thank god this save me a lot of money.

Thank you very much for this Video!

Thank you so much for this!

For those who do not know riello make 2 different jacks that I know of this one on the video and a larger jack I just had replaced earlier this afternoon it is very common on these burners and other than preventive maintenance rarely have had any issues riello is a excellent burner

@Hubjeep

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! My neighbor has the longer one on his burner head. His repair guy said they usually don't replace the jack, instead plug and screw the damper in the open position.

@sirhc07

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hubjeep redneck engineering lol

Wicked just my problem thanks you just saved my day from a total s####t day to where can I find that jack day thanks

Thanks for that I have to change one tomorrow

@joeprete7424

4 жыл бұрын

Did you replace it? Any problems?

@dronenut6359

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I changed it. All went well thank you

The hydraulic jack was replaced but is still leaking. What's causing that. Then then I replaced it again with the old one it leaked from the top instead of the top. Then I replaced the cap and copper wire and then the top of that started leaking. What am I doing wrong. Any help.

Thanks

What the size of the wrench you are using for the purge? Thanks.

@jayffemt

Жыл бұрын

I thought mine would be metric, but turned out to be a 5/16"

gr8 thanks

Silinder price

do a video of the C7001018 plug, which eliminates the ram all together, cost about $3.00

@doctordhd

6 жыл бұрын

My service man just removed the ram and the door. He plugged the hydraulic line. What is the purpose of the door and jack? What is the downside of eliminating it?

@hvac01453

6 жыл бұрын

well I know you can't just eliminate the door (Air Gate ) you need that for air adjustments for the fuel mixture just like any other burner

@garyabc

4 жыл бұрын

With the line plugged the door must be fixed in the open position. This let's a continuous stream of warm air from the house go up the chimney 24/7. Of course your oil service guy would want you to plug the line. This will use more oil and take more money from your pocket and put it in his pocket.

Do I need to turn off the power and fuel tank valve when replacing parts?

@Hubjeep

2 жыл бұрын

I just turned the burner switch off, cutting power to it.

@DB-oe3tg

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hubjeep Thank you very much.

@Hubjeep

2 жыл бұрын

​@@DB-oe3tg You're welcome! The repairman that works on my neighbors boiler said today it's common practice to plug the line and leave the damper open, holding it open with a self-tapping screw instead of replacing a leaky jack. Maybe search on the internet for it. I think the idea behind the jack is for no convection air flow up the damper when the unit is not running.

@DB-oe3tg

2 жыл бұрын

I have replaced a new jack today, very good, no oil leaks anymore, thanks again

@Hubjeep

2 жыл бұрын

@@DB-oe3tg Great to hear!

an opinion for Riello F40 diesel burner?

@Hubjeep

Жыл бұрын

Older burners came with this, newer ones don't (last 15+ years or so[?]).

@gabryst2945

Жыл бұрын

@@Hubjeep to use today a riello f40 g is reliable or not?

@Hubjeep

Жыл бұрын

@@gabryst2945 No, they stopped using it. Not necessary.

Oops sorry F40!

Johnny-o

@johnsvidron5497

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks I owe you.Big Help,Greatly appreciated

@Hubjeep

6 жыл бұрын

John-H ;)

Or just replace the seal in the jack. €2 fix

@Hubjeep

Жыл бұрын

Is the seal replaceable?

@sg3260

Жыл бұрын

@@Hubjeep Yes, you just need internal circlip pliers, pay attention to which way round it is. Easy fix

@frankg6578

5 ай бұрын

@sg3260 Could you place a link to the internal circlip pliers that you would need? Thanks

@sg3260

5 ай бұрын

Just Google internal circlip pliers, small ones will do,

Make sure to clean off the air shutter before actually calling for heat. If fuel gets into the air shutter, your house will smell of home heating fuel, just saying. These jacks fail regularly, replaced mine 2 years ago and is now leaking.

@Hubjeep

Жыл бұрын

Newer Riello burner heads don't have the jack.