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Sorry it took so long to reply. I’ve been somewhat busy with painting and other things around the house, but I have been working on my boiler problem also. Not to mention insulating all my pipes and basement windows. Anyway, so I smacked the flow check valve a couple of times with a hammer...

Awesome info guys. I will try the recommended troubleshooting and post back with the outcome. I never even thought of trying CL for boilers. I tried finding replacement convectors there but never thought to look for boilers, thanks! Thanks again guys. So glad I found this forum.

I agree, it is a piece of crap, and I wish I could replace it but I don't have the money in my budget this year, and I have no way to fitting it in. It has to last me until next year. About your 5 possible causes. Please keep in mind I'm a novice, if that when it comes to boilers. This is...

I don't have an indirect water heater if that's what you mean. I think what I mistaken for a zone valve is actually a pressure release valve. This is my first boiler and first home, so please excuse my ignorance. Here are some pics the others guys asked for. Now that I look at them, they are...

Yes, the units are 1950 old. I will try to post some pics of the boiler room tonight but it won't be until later. It's one zone, and I have a zone valve coming off the boiler. Thanks again,

Yes, it was a foreclosure bank owned property and of course they never told me about it if they knew. To boot, my inspector chalked it up as a broken fitting and that I just needed to fix that and I would be all set. Anyway, here are some more details about the rads. They are framed into the...

I don't know if the system ever worked correctly. I just bought the house 3 weeks ago. When my boiler tech came over to service the boiler we then turned on and noticed rite away water coming from kitchen rad. I sent him home so I wouldn't get my billed racked up. He had replaced a part which...

Rads are bleed and all valves are open, so trying to determine what the problem is with thr cirulator now, thanks!

Ok, I drained each radiator. Each of them had about 1 sec of air in them which doesn't seem like a lot. I monitored the boiler it shut down again. This time got up to about 205 w/15 psi. The radiators are hot so I know the hot water is circulating to some extent. One thing to mention but I...

Got it.. Thanks a LOT. I'll do that and check back to tell you how I made out, thanks again.

So what should I do to try and get the air out of the system. Should I bleed the radiators? There is no way to do it off of the expansion tank, I looked.

I just moved into my first house. 1950 Colonial with an old Stewart Warner boiler which uses oil, with hot water radiators of course. I first had a problem with the safety relief valve but resolved that by draining my water logged expansion tank. Now I've notice a much bigger problem. My...