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My Worcester 20/25 is producing an intermittent surging noise, I reckon it's a similar noise to when I have had air in the fuel line after fitting new fuel hose. Could this be fuel starvation noise from clogged fuel filter. I'm told the fuel filter at the tank has not been changed since install...
My boiler began to lock out occasionally every now and then.
Got it serviced
continued to lock out getting more frequent
An engineer came, changed the fire lock out, changed the pump, changed some braided leads to the burner
no change
I clean the oil filter near the tank
I replace the capacitor...
Hello, this is my first time on the forum. Three months ago we had a 1000 lt fill. We then noticed a strong oil smell when the boiler was firing up. There was no sign of an oil spill. Contacted our engineer to have the boiler serviced, still the strong oil smell was there. Recommended having new...
My firebird oil boiler hw supply is luke warm, but does heat up slightly when run if the ch is on at the same time.
Is this a faulty diverter valve?
If so could I replace this myself as I've heard they're expensive to fix.
Tia
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Looking at some time connecting my solid fuel boiler up to HW cylinder, problem i have is where cylinder is the first floor drops by about 350mm
so can not get a continues rise in pipe work, attached should be a diagram i think would overcome this issue, can you see any issues with what i...
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Is it possible for a DIYer to replace an expansion vessel and hose? It's an external grant vortex boiler and from what I've seen online it looks simple enough
I've got a problem with an oil boiler overheating the water, I have a solution and if anybody has any relevant advice, I'd be obliged.
I have a Firebird 90S oil boiler, which was installed about 10yrs ago. It has a Cordice 542788 thermostat fitted, which has a range of 60-90c apparently. The...
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I'm looking for advice to help my heating engineer fix my problem! He actually installed the unit.
It’s a 3 year old oil boiler, a Firebird with C26 Riello burner.
It’s been running fine since installation, but went into Lockout a couple of weeks ago.
The engineer first changed the...
Need to repair an oil line that’s underground (digger/ old oil line that’s being disused) now I know it’s not the best but what’s the best practice eg flared and denso
Client ran out of oil. Locked out. Has Grant eco ext. wall boiler 1.3 mtrs off ground. Tiger loop on wall same height as burner. Tank 4mtrs away on ground. 10mm copper suction line.
I went round. It never restarted via reset button so bled a bit from pump and Ok. Pump was a bit winey and...
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Okay.
Long storey but, I'll try & keep it as short as possible.
We are buying a house that is in a little rural village so no gas. A guy bought it to renovate & sell over but it appears, bit off a little more than he can chew as apparently he usually buys cheap properties, toshes them...
My Danesmoor is on last legs. Actually was when I posted on here two years ago asking about Firebird as a replacement, but limped along. Now however the writing really is on the wall so need to replace this summer.
Heating engineer is wedded to Firebird but not heard good things about out of...
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I have a three-zone 2016 house with gas heating. When the downstairs heating switches off, it bangs extremely loudly. I have tried adding clips and it only helps to a point, I would have to take down plasterboard to get at the noisest part. The valve appears to be the correct direction. I...
I have a worcester greenstar camray utility 12/18 oil boiler and we have not used the hot water for years on the boiler we use it for just heating as we have electric shower and dishwasher etc. This year we thought we would use the hot water, but on turning the hot water on it only heats the...
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I have a worcester heatslave external oil boiler which makes a large bang every time we use hot water when the central heating is running. It seems that as the diverter valve moves towards the hot water position there is a single clunk which can be heard all around the house. The diverter...
Heatslave II 25/32 water leak from PHE Inlet block. When DHW PRV fitting was removed a white flat seal/washer was found in 3 pieces. This seal is not listed on any diagram. It sits ahead of the rubber o ring item 45 on drawing and has has the same ID and OD as the oring but is made from white...
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Anyone on here familiar with the installation of remote filling pipes for domestic oil tanks?
We are trying to figure out ways of getting a delivery from the front of a cottage to the rear without going through the property. One possibility - still apparently being explored by the...
My grant 70 mk 2 heating pressure is constantly increasing in pressure. I have changed the heat exchanger as I believe that was the problem. Any ideas
Hey. Fairly new to oil. Serviced above boiler Last week. All working fine but now had customer call to say it keeps going to lockout.
Been and looked today. Symptoms are the boiler ignition process will start. You can hear it sparking. The boiler will fire, run for around 1 min and flame will...
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