Try village hall / church if they have oil, they tend to have a good engineer as the machines tend to be old and need a lot of tlc.
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YO25 isn't far from my Girlfriend's place. I could have a look for you but as it's out of my immediate area I would have to make a modest charge for coming out. I have quite a lot of experience with the old Camray 5s. Fairly scarce but were a good boiler in their day.
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DirksPlumbing
Sounds funny but WHPESs offer is possibly a pretty good idea as there are many lads going round and service oil boilers without even knowing how an oil boiler works. I have hundreds of pictures of "recently serviced boilers" where I had to make little arrows with the pen on the baffles so the fumes still find their way out of the boiler somehow.
Funny one was a commisioning sheet where the engineer had stated smoke number 24 ;o(.
On a cast iron boiler I got roughly 30 liters of ashes out. Boiler had been serviced one month prior to its break down.
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wheeto
There was a so called "service engineer" (unregistered of course) near here who used to "service" a boiler by taking out and cleaning a nozzle, usually putting the old one back in (sometimes charged for a new nozzle even if he reused the old one - a customer spotted this when the guy thought they weren't looking), cleaning the burner and vacuuming out the combustion chamber and calling that it. Didn't own a combustion analyser and never checked a tank or cleaned a fuel filter, and certainly no CD11
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DirksPlumbing
Sounds like he should team up with one of those that stick the FGA in and run without cleaning or anything else 😉
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DirksPlumbing
I dont use CD11 either. Does not even have a checkbox for the condensate trap. But I wonder if I add a field for checking the watchman battery on my form.
You could end up with a form with hundreds of check boxes if you list everything.
I was called to a breakdown once and the boiler had only been "serviced" a few weeks ago. The filter on the tank had not been looked at for years and was totally clogged.
I normally consider the condensate trap as a Combustion Chamber accessory and put comments in that section.
I was called to a breakdown once and the boiler had only been "serviced" a few weeks ago. The filter on the tank had not been looked at for years and was totally clogged.
I normally consider the condensate trap as a Combustion Chamber accessory and put comments in that section.
Just an update. I tried the boiler again this morning and its been running for about 45 min. This time I tried it with the front cover on and smell not so bad but still there. The white smoke from the outlet pipe disappeared after about 15 min of running. It runs for a while then cuts out then comes back on again even though it has not reached the temp.set on the stat. Even if I turn the stat right up it does not come on when it has cut out. The hot water seems to heat up ok. The pressure gauge has not risen above 0.4 after being on for an hour. I have a carbon monoxide sensor about 5 feet away and it hasnt gone off yet
Whpes I would like you to come and check it out with your experience of these boilers. I will PM you
Whpes I would like you to come and check it out with your experience of these boilers. I will PM you
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Had one where the original service engineer hadn't spotted the flue was nearly blocked due to a birds nest.
Just an update - called round to see to the boiler this afternoon. Expansion vessel had lost pressure so dropped off the water and re-inflated to 1 bar, no inhibitor in system so added some, re-pressurised and bled system. Oil smell was due to old flexi oil line which had perished and was weeping oil at the joints, replaced. Unable to clean tank filter as inadequate space under filter to remove it. Advised customer to make filter more accessible for next time. Points noted on CD/11
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yorkie
Go onto OFTEC site and it will help you find a registered technician in your area. If he/she is any good is another matter ask locals who they use. Also if you are renting then the boiler should have a 12 month Landlords certificate showing that the boiler was fully serviced and inspected in the last 12 months. A good estate agents would have this done before new tenant moved in so the certificate was new. Saying all this are you renting or have you bought the property?
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Gray0689
You need to clear you messages as your inbox is full.
Kerosene smell should go in a couple of days.
Turn room stat down enough to prevent the house getting damp, turn hot water stat right down but leave boiler stat as is. Set programmer twice daily.
Kerosene smell should go in a couple of days.
Turn room stat down enough to prevent the house getting damp, turn hot water stat right down but leave boiler stat as is. Set programmer twice daily.
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