Oil Boiler Feed Pipe Leak
Oil Boiler Feed Pipe Leak
I recently had a delivery of heating oil and noticed the smell of oil around the boiler. I checked for leaks and couldn't find any. I disconnected an electrical earth on to the pipe (10mm plastic covered copper) and found a tiny amount of oil seeping not from the copper pipe but I think from between the plastic and the copper. I guess what has happened is that the copper pipe has a hole which is leaking into the plastic covering and that the leak could be anywhere upstream back towards the...
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by nick1854
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Oil Boiler Feed Pipe Leak
I recently had a delivery of heating oil and noticed the smell of oil around the boiler. I checked for leaks and couldn't find any. I disconnected an electrical earth on to the pipe (10mm plastic covered copper) and found a tiny amount of oil seeping not from the copper pipe but I think from between the plastic and the copper. I guess what has happened is that the copper pipe has a hole which is leaking into the plastic covering and that the leak could be anywhere upstream back towards the...
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by nick1854
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum