He had a soot up so they cleaned it and gave the burner more air lower co2 i was called in and noticed they could never get higher then 10 co2 without smoke.
Oil burner exhaust on metal roofs rusting.
To remove powder and soluble rinse it with water properly.
My furnace guys say the stains are very dark for sulphur but they concede that they can t suggest anything else that it could be.
The instant i capped my furnace flue rust like deposits began to condense on the cap drip to the chimney crown and then down to stain my metal roof.
The great danger of rust to metal is that it eats away at the metal and eventually causes it to crumble and flake away.
Remove the flakes of the rust and paint using a wire brush.
In sum corrosion and stains on and around metal chimneys include rust flue gas deposits and corrosive condensates though not primarily from oil dye as you suggest rust stains from contact between dissimilar metals occasionally sulfates the main component and even bacteria in oil fired systems.
Light rust does not get removed by simple wiping since it is firmly bonded to the metal surface.
Talking about how i fixed it.
Working on our 133 year old house i found the furnace exhaust pipe rusted out.
If cracks occur in a heat exchanger because of the weakening.
It was serviced previously by his oil co.
After multi visits with riello and other consultants we changed the burner to a beckett af2 and my combustion parammeters were perfect.
Furnace exhaust repair rusted pipe don.
My chimney company say it s sulphur deposits.