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A leak in the heating coils of a fuel oil heater will first show up as __________.

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A leak in the heating coils of a fuel oil heater will first show up as __________.

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• How heating coils are arranged inside a fuel oil heater and what flows inside them versus outside them • The normal flow path of fuel oil and the path of heating medium (often steam or hot water) • Where leakage would logically appear first when one side of a coil develops a hole

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• Ask yourself: which side of the system is under higher pressure, the heating medium or the fuel oil? How would that affect the direction of any leak? • Think about what surrounds what: is the fuel around the coil, or is the heating fluid around the fuel? If the coil wall fails, where does the leaked fluid go first? • Consider which component (supply line, drain/inspection tank, burner flame) would show a subtle problem earliest, before major combustion changes happen.

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• Verify which fluid (fuel or heating medium) is inside the coil tubes and which fluid is outside the tubes in the heater shell • Confirm which part of the system has higher pressure during normal operation • Consider which of the listed symptoms would be an early indirect sign in the system, rather than a later effect at the burner flame.

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Question 1 of 20

A leak in the heating coils of a fuel oil heater will first show up as __________.

water in the fuel oil supply

oil in the drain inspection tank

sputtering and hissing furnace fires

an intense white furnace flame

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Question 1 / 205eccef9bbacbc34ba4d45679

Question 1 of 205eccef9bbacbc34ba4d45679

A leak in the heating coils of a fuel oil heater will first show up as __________.

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A leak in the heating coils of a fuel oil heater will first show up as __________.

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