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hi,just some advice please so a long story short-ish and in laymans terms,lol. My boiler,Ferolli modena 80e,had been causing some water problems recently.basically cycling from cold to warm to boiling hot.after researching similar probs here i called in a prof.He said if hed have known it was a ferolli he wouldnt have come,worrying, but across the board opinion he says. so he did what he did and decided that the best and cheapest option was to replace the temp sensors.after doing so the boiler fired up for a few seconds then made an banging sound and shut down. Baffled, he removed the silver casing and called my partner to look at the fan, which was shot, apparently.he advised that a new fan was needed at £150 part and fit.Now the boiler wont fire up at all.It turns on,all lights on,starts up when called to but wont ignite,just a blowing sound now. so no heating or water in these minus temps,typical.
He says he can get the fan but it may be something else and with the age of it that other things may start going. Basically if he had the choice hed replace the boiler.
im stressed now as whether to replace the fan or just bite the bullet and get a new system.Im not sure why it wont fire up as that was never a problem before, he changes only the sensors.could this go on and on, advise would be gratly appreciated.
thanks
 
Call in another engineer for a second opinion. Can't see how the fan would suddenly fail after changing a few thermistors. He's just a part swapper by the sounds of it, anyone can chuck parts at a boiler until it works, but there's only one person who will have to pay for it.
 
As said,the guy admitted he does not work on or like ferroli's

Admittedly you are going to be hard pushed to find anyone who loves them but get someone in who is used to working on them

I personally can not see why engineers do not like ferroli boilers,provide a lot of repair work for us

imho
 
The Ferolli modena 80e, whilst not one of the best, is fairly simple in operation. The engineer sounds like someone I knew once.
His name was Justin Case. He would change a load of parts just in case they were faulty. Get yourself a 2nd opinion from an
"Engineer"
 
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