So I went downstairs a few minutes ago and smelled something funny - like burning rubber. When I went into the room the boiler is in, I noticed the light of an orange flame coming from the base. I opened the cover and noticed the flame seen in the pictures. You can see the pilot light right above the main flame in the first picture. I know that a flame shouldn't be coming from this tube, but I am not sure what it is, how big of a deal it is, or whether it is something that I can possibly repair myself. Right now I have the gas shut off and the power off to the unit. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks! [ATTACH]47638[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]47639[/ATTACH]

Hi All I'm no boiler engineer but I am mechanically and electronically minded so I'm hoping you can help me troubleshoot the problem as I have had an 'engineer' come out to look at it and he pointed to the fire stop valve being the problem which I am confident it is not!... Red lockout light/reset switch was on, so I pressed it in, the blower motor started and ran for about 5 seconds but didn't sound like it completed the ignition sequence. The blower motor 'slowed' down then I was left with an electrical buzzing noise, about 5 seconds after that the lockout light came on again. Took the assembly out and tried to turn the motor by hand, felt a bit stiff at first but then seemed to turn reasonably well considering it still had the oil pump attached. Turned it a few times by hand, put it back together and tried again. Same thing happened, it ran for about 5 seconds, didn't sound like it completed ignition sequence, then slowed down and started making the buzzing noise. Any ideas what this could be? Here's a video to YouTube so you can see. [URL="http://http://youtu.be/AfnnX3z1kOA"]http://youtu.be/AfnnX3z1kOA[/URL] Happy to try anything, I'm freezing!!! Thanks (Please note this question may be posted elsewhere to get some help as I am FREEZING!)