Oil Lifter BM Controls Type 346

Martin Brown

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Oct 29, 2011, 6:25:15 AM10/29/11

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Hi there,

Does anyone have a service manual or spares for the now long obsolete BM
Controls Type 346 oil lifter? In particular details for the disassembly
and servicing of the oil pump impeller?

It has been unfortunately gummed up by bat dung over the summer and
routine servicing of the filter and cleaning out was not enough :(

Thanks for any pointers to info - or to a BTEC registered oil line
technician in the north east who could repair the oil line system.

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Martin Brown

mrsea...@gmail.com

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Aug 11, 2013, 4:47:26 PM8/11/13

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Martin

Did you get any joy with this?

MSB

david....@travisperkins.co.uk

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Dec 23, 2013, 5:09:55 AM12/23/13

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A starting point for you perhaps?

http://fueldump.co.uk/images/File/BM%20Controls%20BM-346%20and%20BM-347.pdf

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Martin Brown

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Dec 23, 2013, 9:50:38 AM12/23/13

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On 23/12/2013 10:09, david....@travisperkins.co.uk wrote:
> On Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:25:15 UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Does anyone have a service manual or spares for the now long obsolete BM
>> Controls Type 346 oil lifter? In particular details for the disassembly
>> and servicing of the oil pump impeller?
>>
>> It has been unfortunately gummed up by bat dung over the summer and
>> routine servicing of the filter and cleaning out was not enough :(
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers to info - or to a BTEC registered oil line
>> technician in the north east who could repair the oil line system.
>

> A starting point for you perhaps?
>
> http://fueldump.co.uk/images/File/BM%20Controls%20BM-346%20and%20BM-347.pdf

It was actually solved. The small horizontal pipe at the bottom of the
tank had a tiny crack in it and cleaning out the bat dung which was the
consistency of putty had allowed it to weep - defeating the pump.

Once the pipe was properly sealed again the pump could lift fuel from
the main storage vessel instead of merely moving the priming fuel around
uselessly from one side of the pump to the other.

They are insanely expensive. Much more common in Belgium and Denmark
where fuel oil tanks are often in cellars.

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Martin Brown

Bill

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Sep 26, 2014, 2:44:02 PM9/26/14

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replying to Martin Brown , Bill wrote:

Hi there are you still after BM 346 pump, I have complete pump for sale

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ian...@hotmail.co.uk

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Nov 27, 2014, 10:09:58 AM11/27/14

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hi just seen this mine has just broken (pump drive bar no 4) did you find
any one or any where for spares

Martin Brown

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Nov 27, 2014, 11:34:53 AM11/27/14

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Sadly no. And by the time I actually encountered someone (now retired)
who knew how to repair it I had already solved the problem myself.

It really is a Heath Robinson contraption!

If memory serves the pump drive bar is a fairly simple but annoying to
fit thing that has a slot or is it a knife edge at each end.

I suspect you could make one out of a combination of brass shim, thin
copper pipe and a bit of soft solder in true DIY fashion. The manual
link in the original thread might still be live if you are in luck.

FWIW My boilerman says next time it fails it is going to be turned into
a tiger loop which is the modern alternative for pumping fuel uphill.

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Martin Brown

Roy

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Jan 31, 2015, 4:44:04 PM1/31/15

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replying to Bill, Roy wrote:

> Bill wrote:
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> Hi there are you still after BM 346 pump, I have complete pump for sale

Hi,
Ref BMW 346
Did you have a new complete pump for sale?
If so can you contact me on rghwi...@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks

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Roy

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Feb 1, 2015, 12:44:04 PM2/1/15

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replying to Bill, Roy wrote:
> Bill wrote:
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> Hi there are you still after BM 346 pump, I have complete pump for sale

Rghwilliams

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Martin

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Dec 22, 2017, 8:44:06 AM12/22/17

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replying to Bill, Martin wrote:
Hi bill do you still have complete pump please

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Bob

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Dec 22, 2017, 9:14:05 AM12/22/17

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replying to Martin, Bob wrote:
> replying to Bill, Martin wrote: Hi bill do you still have complete pump please

I doubt it - it was over three years ago.

Brian Gaff

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Dec 22, 2017, 9:24:28 AM12/22/17

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posted on October 29, 2011, 10:25 am

Blimey, its probably rotted away by now.
Brian

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Ian Woolley

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Oct 30, 2018, 2:14:06 PM10/30/18

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replying to Martin Brown, Ian Woolley wrote:
**I am selling a BM 346 Oi Lifter on Ebay - auction closes Wednesday 3pm.
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Brian Gaff

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Oct 30, 2018, 4:36:39 PM10/30/18

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That bloomin daft web site again...
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> That bloomin daft web site again...
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Garry

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Dec 18, 2018, 1:44:05 PM12/18/18

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replying to Ian Woolley, Garry wrote:
Ian Wooley did you manage to sell your bn346 lift pump

Jonas Carlson

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May 17, 2021, 4:07:36 AM5/17/21

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Hi,
If anyone is interested we still have some spares to BM 346 and 347 on stock.
www.flamkontroll.se