Oil Furnace/hot water heat making noise


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Old 02-20-06, 01:30 PM
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Oil Furnace/hot water heat making noise

Our baseboard heaters are making a bubbling/running water noises when the water starts to flow thru them after the furnace kicks on the heat the house.

We rent the place and our land lords contract doesnt cover them coming out to bleed the air out(I guess thats what its called).

When the furnace guys were here for the yearly maintance back in Oct, they did it for us anyways saying it was simple to do. But they didnt tell me how to do it.

It was fine for a few months, now they are starting to make noise again.

Is this something simple I can do myself?

Its a New Yorker AP-690 and has 2 zones, one up stairs and one down(bothing making noise)

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Old 02-20-06, 02:46 PM
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didnt add all of the pictures
 
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Old 02-20-06, 02:47 PM
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after looking around some, i see I may have posted this in the wrong forum and it may get moved, sorry.

here are some picture of the furnace
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d8...s/7ae2c332.jpg


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/Madrocs/A2.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d8...s/38fdf7ea.jpg
 
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Old 02-20-06, 03:46 PM
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Welcome, Madrocs.

> Is this something simple I can do myself?
Yes. You need a bleeder key to open the little valve to purge the air.

You close it when water starts to come out.

Can you post a picture of a radiator showing the valve at the top?
 
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Old 02-20-06, 04:04 PM
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Thanks

Thats the thing, we dont have radiators. Just baseboard(looks like electric type baseboard) that "wraps" around the house. When it starts you can hear it going around
 
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Old 02-20-06, 04:50 PM
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You should have an air trap and purge valve near the boiler.
 
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what do they look like? anything in the pictures I posted? Thanks
 
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Old 02-20-06, 05:38 PM
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You see that nice red bucket? Let the air out until you get a little water in the bucket.
See the handle at the top of the drainline for the blowout valve?
Stand it straight up for a second until the water comes out. Then slap it back down.
Repeat once or twice a day until the air is out.
After that, check it weekly.

It looks like the automatic AIR PURGER device is corroded. Otherwise, it should take care of itself.
 
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Old 02-20-06, 06:49 PM
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Air in system

Call the service company & have them replace the automatic air vent. (Refer to your first pic) It is the brass cylinder above the grey tank. While they are there, make sure they check the air charge in the grey tank.
 
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Old 02-21-06, 06:06 PM
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Thanks for the info Grady Is that something I cant do myself or are the parts hard to by or something? I work at Lowes(millwork sales specialist) so I went over to the plumbing area today and could not find anything like that valve. Thanks
 
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Old 02-21-06, 06:24 PM
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It seems a lot of Lowes stores don't carry much for boilers. Any plumbing supply house would have them. It may not look exactly like yours but they all work. To change it, you will need to drop the boiler pressure to or near zero, unscrew the old one & install the new one. Since there is a service contract on the place, it may not be a good idea to do it yourself. Some companies get real sticky about work done by others.
 
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Old 02-22-06, 06:33 PM
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Thanks again Grady

I'll call to see if that is covered under the landlords contract, if not he can pay for it
 
 

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