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Bentone oil fire cutting out after 5 seconds,how can i fix?

The heater [Bentone Sterling 40 ST108PL]has worked for 3 days ok, then one evening switched it on, it fired up ok, then it cut-out 5 secs later, so pressed "reset" & it fired up again, but cut out 5 secs later,i did this four times, [by now the water was very slightly warm] then i checked the oil supply to pump-- ok, plenty, i think the flame sensor must be ok otherwise it wouldn't fire-up, is it possible that the "fuel solenoid valve" on top of the pressure pump has an intermittent fault,other than those items i'm not sure what the cause for the malfunction is, thank you to anyone who takes the time to read & answer this problem, Bryan, lincs.

Bryan from Lincs.
October 2008
The problem is the control box(where the reset button is) I'm on my third since the boiler went in 11 years ago.

Eamonn from Ireland
February 2013
mine is cutting out but the reset button isnt working was working fine 2 hours ago

daniel
November 2012
ol pump is most likely worn out and needs replacing

r allen
August 2010
bentone burner comes on and runs for about an hour and a half and wont restart unless rad button is pressed and then does the same an hour and ahalf later

bill
January 2010
I have the same burner with the same problem. When I hit reset it does run for ten seconds, then ignites and burns for 5 seconds before cutting out. I have cleaned the cell and the filter and replaced the jet. Anyone got a solution?

Steve
October 2009
The burner should not fire as soon as reset is pressed, the fan only should run for about 12 secs before oil is injected and the burner fires, the fault you describe is due to a faulty solenoid valve stem on the danfoss oil pump. the stem can be repalced by removing the black coil from the pump (allen key) and thern unscrewung the valve stem using 10mm spanner, fit new stem and coil in reverse order and hey-presto your problem will be solved.. Thats what you should be paying an OFTEC Engineer to do.

Ricko
April 2009
I have the same problem with a very old Hotspur boiler. An heating engineer has explained that the flame sensor heats up and operates a switch which tells the contoller that a flame has been detected. My sensor is not doing this. I am also told that if the sensor is heavily carboned up a gentle clean with emery paper may fix it - it didn't work for me and the sensor is no longer available. For me a new boiler is the only answer.

Bob from Selby
November 2008
hitting reset tells you something is wrong, oil parts related, control [yes even flame sensor]motor etc.Most of the time its oil parts,do yourself a favor and get a tech.

old guy
October 2008

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