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heating burner comes on only every 10 seconds?

I have a 'Firebird 90' central heating boiler. I replaced the 'nozzle' or 'jets' (where the oil burns) with new ones and cleaned out the boiler. Now it fires up but goes out after a second and fires up again every 10 seconds but goes out each time. Is there something else that might need replacing so that it works properly?
Frank Vaughan, November 2009
Replace two things:
1) The photocell
2) The coil on top of the oil pump.

John, November 2009
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