It's not unusual for a steam boiler to fail very, very early. You usually don't see a leak with a boiler —running hot or standing cold. You would have to manually flood the boiler to find a leak. Many leaks are first detected when steam turns to vapor emitting from the chimney flue. I try to run the heck out of steam boilers, while going outside a few times to see the top of the chimney. I've found many failures and one of them was only 8 years old. Almost all of the newer boilers failing is mostly due to the near-boiler piping being incorrectly installed. The piping has to be specifically configured to compensate for being so much smaller than the old steamers. See: https://ift.tt/amBdrQx Yes, the boiler needs to be checked out for possible failure. It could be helpful if you can show us a pic of the piping.
source https://www.inspectorsjournal.com/topic/19775-boiler-corrosion-concerns/?do=findComment&comment=183039
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