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[Bud Man]

Finished the install of my BL 2840 yesterday. Filled it with water and let the pumps run all night to get all the air out and check for any leaks. This morning my filter was filled with rust. I am thinking this rust came from the boiler. I cleaned the filter 6 hours ago and now I have discolored water but no actual rust in the filter. Do I need to drain the system and start over or should I not worry about the discoloration?

[tulenutn2o]

I would flush til clear, but that is me.

[slimjim]

I would like some pictures as well as an E-Mail with your contact info, The factory WILL be notified, please flush it and start fresh with boiler treatment then water!

[bajonesy77]

 Did the water come from a well as a possible source of rust? What kind of filter are you using? And yes I would do as slim says and drain and refill and keep doing it till clear and rust free.

[Bud Man]

Slimjim sent me a text and we called and talked about this. WOW. What a great guy to go the extra mile for someone he has not met! P&M better take care of him!
He told me to drain and re-fill with boiler treatment and see what I had. The water going in is good, no rust or other problems. I will post again when I get re-filled.

[Jwood]

Yes he is a great guy!

[slimjim]

Bud Man, I got your E-Mail with your contact info and forwarded it to our office, This should not have happened, perhaps a friday or monday build? How close is your dealer? I will ask the office to reimburse him for an extra bottle of boiler treatment, please dump your water again and start with fresh boiler treatment then refill your boiler!

[hrc200x]

What kind of filters are commonly used for OWB? Is it just a Y strainer?

[slimjim]

It's what is called a side stream filter, it's supposed to be installed with a bypass loop around it and it has a drop in cartridge.

[mlappin]

Hey Slim, could you include a link on where a side stream filter might be purchased?

Out of curiosity I did a search and came up with all kinds of info, but most that I found for sale were large commercial units.

[slimjim]

They are readily available at any supply house and we sell them at our office.

[oaky]

I happen across this topic this afternoon about rust in the boiler. I've been running my new BL-2840 for the last two weeks, I thought now will be a good time to draw some water out to fill my water sample bottle & send to P&M for testing. I too see that my boiler water is coming out brown with some small brown flakes or specks. My house water runs through a whole house carbon water filter rated for 5 micron filtering, so I know the water was clear & clean at the time of fill, which I filled through the top port.

[Bud Man]

Drained and re-filled with boiler treatment. The water is clear with a few specks of rust. I will drain and re-fill again as soon as I get some more boiler treatment.

[slimjim]

Oaky you are going to see some discoloration in the water, try draining out 4-5 gallons from the drain on the bottom and it will clear right up, I think Bud Mans never got flushed or sat around with no water and treatment for a while, do you have a filter on yours?

[oaky]

Hi SlimJim, glad to have you back again. I have a 1 inch inline #20 mesh strainer, this size mesh will only capture larger particles in the water. I never did flush my new boiler when installed this fall. It sat empty since the time I picked it up this past March.

Maybe I should drain some water from the top port for my water sample that will be sent in for a test instead of the bottom port? I have a PH tester I use, the water sample from the boiler tested at 9.0.