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Jun 11, 2025

How to maintain the oil boiler if it is not used for a long time?

Oil boiler maintenance method when not in use for a long time: there are two kinds of dry and wet method, stopping the furnace for more than a month, should be adopted dry maintenance method, stopping the furnace for less than a month can be used wet maintenance method.

Dry maintenance method: boiler shutdown after the release of the furnace water, the internal dirt thoroughly removed, rinsed, in the hearth with a slight fire drying (pay attention to do not fire), and then the diameter of the 10-30 mm size of the block quicklime sub-discs loaded, placed in the barrel of the pot, so as not to make the quicklime in contact with the metal, the weight of the quicklime, the volume of the barrel of the pot of 8 kilograms per cubic metre calculation, and then all the manholes, handholes, pipeline valves closed! The boiler should be checked once every three months, such as quicklime broken into pieces, need to be replaced immediately, the boiler should be re-run when the quicklime and discs out.

Wet maintenance method: boiler shutdown after the release of water, the internal dirt thoroughly removed, rinse, re-injected into the treated water to the full, the furnace water heated to 100 ℃, so that the gas in the water out of the furnace, and then close all the valves, the cold climate of the place can not be used to keep the wet maintenance method, so as to avoid damage to the boiler furnace water icing.

For hot oil boiler, gas oil boiler, oil burner boiler, long-term out-of-service maintenance also applies to the above methods. Dry and wet maintenance, need to focus on checking the heating system, burner and other key components, to avoid long-term idling oil blockage, parts rust and corrosion and other problems, to ensure the safe and stable operation of the equipment when it is activated again.

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