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I appreciate you cant sit in front of the boiler waiting for a lockout sequence, I was simply trying to help to try and narrow it down for you. Hopefully the engineer is competent and thorough. Right now it could be absolutely anything. Good luck
Please do not mis understand me - I am really grateful for your comments, you have helped me understand some stuff, some of it i have looked further at elsewhere. If i had known as much as I do now I would have known what the previous engineer had not done, had not tested, made him do it or given him his marching orders. I cant speak for all customers but its not the failure to fix a fault that erks people, its the feeling of vulnerability that the engineer could say ''your warp drive stabilizer circuit needs replacing'' and you mortgage the house to pay him and still arguing with the wife for the duvet. I suspect most people like me are looking for reassurance and some knowledge so your not totally reliant on the competence or indeed, rare i hope, of their honesty. Everyone who has commented has been a great help. I was able to have a discussion with my new engineer that suggest that while I wont do it myself I do know basics about the possible faults, how to check them, and roughly what is required to fix them. I don't think someone like me should go around fiddling with the internals of the magic white box. All you people have been great. The lady engineer should be here shortly so watch this space to find out which one of you has won the boiler fault lottery. The prize is all the old junk the previous engineer left behind made ito a really crappy paper weight. (sorry its a free forum - what did you expect)
As I said above you seem far more switched on than a lot of so called engineers I know of. I know a couple female oil engineers and they are very good. What part of the country are you if you don't mind me asking?
I completely understand your desire not to be taken for a fool and fed utter Rubbish to get money out of you, unfortunately that happens, more often than not though its because they themselves don't fully understand what's going on and make any old thing up.
Whereas I'd like to win your prize lol, I'm not saying it's anything for definite. If I was there I would start at the beginning and make my way through. I could be a number of things, both fuel issues and everything within that bracket, or something on the control side.
I completely understand your desire not to be taken for a fool and fed utter Rubbish to get money out of you, unfortunately that happens, more often than not though its because they themselves don't fully understand what's going on and make any old thing up.
Whereas I'd like to win your prize lol, I'm not saying it's anything for definite. If I was there I would start at the beginning and make my way through. I could be a number of things, both fuel issues and everything within that bracket, or something on the control side.
Im Sevenoaks, Orpington way in Kent. This is the problem. If you go into deep Kent there are a lot of experienced oil engineers. But im right up near the M25 where the vast majority are within reach of mains gas. And what with traffic and what not in the South East, basically its a days work. Most of it just in the Van driving. So experienced engineers willing and able to make the trip are few and far between.
Yes spot on, one of my neighbours said she is A1 so i imagine she is toddling up the motorway now - do i give her your regards?
I only know her through our Facebook Oil Boiler Technicians group, we are friends on Facebook as well but I've never met her, although had the offer to when I next visit family in your area. She's a good lass, safe, competent and friendly. You can say Hi from me, my name is Simon Baughurst, she may look puzzled at first lol.
ok Hollie has been, very impressed. She talked me through the tests she was doing - genuinely seemed interested that I was interested. Now obviously she suspects she has found the issue and resolved it. But she cant be 100 pct sure, it will have to run for a few days. But for those of you that helped with advice and are logging in hourly to see if you have won the junked parts paper weight. Thus far it seems I think the closest has to be air leaking into the system. But it was due to the tiger loop coming off the bracket and tilting slightly so it was sucking air in and not oil. annoyingly simple. Palm in forehead. But technically not an air leak. Ill post again in a few days. I think Ill put some protection round it so it does not get knocked about again. Maybe a good tip for engineers, if its in a place where something might come into contact with the tiger loop maybe a little open box around it. I suspect its been pushed down by a garden chair leg, or a rubbish bag as its in the place we store these things.
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I dont fit many tiger loops but the ones I do are bolted to the wall. It would take a hell of a whack to move it.
Im thinking just buy a new burner - the money ive spent so far would have paid for one all ready
I'm sorry to hear this. From time to time troublesome burners are replaced, as you say the amount of money youve spent already would have bought you one. However if this is fuel related then no new burner is going to fix the problem.
Hollie not returned yet, but this morning just to get a some hot water i hit reset, and boiler lit and run. Then i touched heated towel rails, hot. Radiators cold. boiler on standby. So went to the control and turned up the heating as it was only on 18 deg. fired and went straight to lock out. Which i videoed. But its to big a file to send on my email and down load onto here. But i can text it if any one is interested. As an experiment ive turned off the heating and see if it will fire up on demand for hot water. So im waiting for it to stand down. Turn the hot water taps and drain it and see if it fires up for more hot water. If someone would like to to see the video, i can text or whats app. _ no went to lock out few minutes later, Im now upto to just short of 500 quid spent and still not working.
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So it seems if i leave it alone for a bit, it will start, straight after reset it wont. A few times its called for heat and started, but eventually will go to lock out. Immediately after lock out it wont restart. Im wondering if its a fuel line blockage - but tiger loop has never been empty - surely if it was not supplying the tiger loop from the tank - it would empty it.
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