Below is a video on how to supercede an oil filter for your oil fired banality or furnace.

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Today nosotros volition be showing yous how supercede your oil filters for your furnace/ boiler. If this is the first time attempting this please do not then it during the heating season simply in instance y'all run across a problem its non in the middle of the heating season where information technology could be an emergency service telephone call.

To start you will demand to locate the off switch for the furnace/ boiler there should be one on the unit or if the unit is in the basement a shut off located at the superlative of the stairs.

With the furnace/ boiler shut off we tin can go over to our oil tank and locate the valve to stop the flow of oil to the furnace. Next nosotros tin turn the VALVE counter clockwise which will lower the handle and close the valve. If y'all kept turning it , information technology will remove the handle from the valve.

Next we tin can take hold of a 5/8 wrench and a one/ii wrench to loosen the bolt that holds the filter housing together. We tin have the 5/viii wrench and  loosen the elevation bolt depending on how tight the commodities is you may need to use the 1/ii wrench and use the open end of the wrench to concur the bottom nut on the bottom of the oil filter housing. Nosotros can requite it a few turns and then place a small bucket under the housing to grab the oil. It also adept to get slow so that way you can make sure the tank valve is shut off. You may desire to where some rubber gloves to go on the oil off your hands every bit they volition scent for a while if the oil gets onto your skin. One time the bucket is in place we can loosen the bolt the rest of the style and lower the housing and former filter into the saucepan.

Next nosotros can slide the bucket out and remove and discard the oil filter. One time nosotros removed the former filter we can grab a rag and and so clean the filter housing make sure it is one y'all have used before equally y'all don't want to get out lint within the filter housing as information technology could clog the burner nozzle. You want to make sure yous make clean the outer edge really well as this is where the new gasket will seal to.

Next nosotros tin can open the new filter be conscientious as there is a small gasket in in that location. So you will find your new filter, the gasket for the filter housing which we can put into identify. Next you lot will notice two smaller cobweb washer which going onto the 2 bolts on the summit of the filter housing.

Next nosotros can slide the gasket off of the larger bolt we removed from the center of the filter housing and wipe the bolt off and so slide the new gasket onto the bolt. You lot will also want to wipe the top of the filter housing where the commodities goes into to ensure it volition seal properly. Next we can grab a ¼ wrench and loosen and remove the smaller commodities in the filter housing. In one case we have information technology out we tin remove the old gasket and supervene upon information technology with the new one and the start the bolt by manus back into the filter housing.

Next we can grab the new filter and slide it into the housing making sure it goes around the nub in the bottom of the housing and goes all the way to the bottom of the filter housing. Now that we have the new filter and the new gasket on nosotros can slide it back into position and catch the larger bolt and slide it down into the filter housing while pushing upwards to first the bolt into the lower part of the filter housing. With the bolt started we can grab the 5/8 wrench and snug it down. It doesn't accept to be super tight as information technology is a new gasket.

Next we can grab our bucket and identify it under the filter housing again. With the saucepan in position nosotros can slowly turn the tank valve back on and bleed most of the air out of the pocket-size screw in the filter housing. You may need to loosen the screw or remove information technology to get the air to come up out. Yous should hear the air coming out. You want a skillful steam of oil to come up out to ensure you have gotten all of the air out. Side by side we tin can take the ¼ wrench and snug it down.

Next nosotros can take a rag and wipe down the filter housing and so remove our bucket from underneath the filter housing. Side by side we can take a paper towel and place it under the filter housing to arrive easier to see if we have a leak. Next we tin can turn the ability switch for the boiler back to the on position. With the switch turned back on we tin go dorsum over and check the newspaper towel under the filter housing to ensure we have no leaks.

With a dry out paper towel we accept no leaks and that's it we accept just showed you how to replace your abode heating oil filter.

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