I have a hot water and heat oil furnace with beckett burner and Suntea oil pump. The tanks are inside and the 3/8 cooper tubing is under the floor in concrete. The tubing is clogged up and I broke off a snake trying to clean the fuel line. Now I have to go over head.
10 ft. horizontal on the floor then up 7 ft. over 20 horizontal and down 7 again and then over 5 horizontal and up 1 ft to the pump.
“”” should the pump suck the fuel or is 7 ft to high and
the line to long “””
If so what is the way out other then digging up the concrete basement ? Or lay line on the floor.
How high should the pump pump
Hilmar
Edited 6/22/2009 11:57 pm ET by h12721
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I ran conduit under my slab for the oil line, the guy who did the slab puled off the sweeps and then Jimmy Hoffa'd it.
I used a diamond blade to cut a new "trench" in my slab, about 1-1/2" deep by 1-1/4" wide. I cut three parallel lines then chipped out the concrete. Easy to do, but dusty as all.
Laid down a new piece of conduit in the trench to protect the oil line. I intended on grouting the conduit into the slab but never bothered. That task is about 1,432 on my "to do" list.
If you broke off the tubing at the concrete all you have to do is get to the end of it.
That is if it can be unpugged. Can you still unplug it?
Cut the concrete around where the copper goes in and break out enough for a connection.
Unless you want a new line.
Will Rogers
Edited 6/23/2009 5:52 pm by popawheelie
It would probably be just fine once you got the prime. Only really lifting maybe 3' when the tank is full.
I would switch it to a 2 pipe system, it is just another run of copper & a bypass plug. Then it will self prime easily.