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swiftone75
Hello All,
Thanks, I have not had cover constantly, but when they have come they have not done anything really, other than say they won't do anything, and I can either buy a new boiler from them, or buy a power flush from them. I will call them out again once I can ID the rough problem.
I have a bit more information I’m hoping someone can give me a clue to what could be wrong. The expansion vessel was drained of air and re-pressurized (did not help problem), there was some water on the valve, once fully drained of air, it was a bit damp but no large volume of water.
Symptoms are:
1.Boiler flame comes on, but instantly shuts off, this is followed by a moderate whistling sound that starts high pitched and goes down, for about 4 seconds. Seems to be the same for hot water or heating.
2.the expansion vessel had some small amount of water when draining it of air, when re-pressurizing (with a bike pump) there was a sound on every pump, like a dull clanking type noise.
3.boiler sometimes makes a whooshing/air like sound that increases, seems to happen more on hot water (when it does actually start)
4..Every now and then the no-gas light starts flashing, seems to happen at random.
5.sometimes it works for awhile, other times it cuts off, its an instant cut off, with a click, like the boiler is shutting itself off due to a saftey feature. Seems random when it works, more often than not it won't work.
6.Water pressure rises to about 3-4 bar, seems to auctally go down a bit when boiler is on, but this could just be the releif valve kicking in.
it is possible this symptom is water coming from the filling loop, I have not had time to verify this yet.
I'm guessing it could be the Expansion vessel? But I do not know if any of these symptoms points to a particular problem, finally if it is the expansion vessel, what are the chances this was broken due to sludge? Thanks
Thanks, I have not had cover constantly, but when they have come they have not done anything really, other than say they won't do anything, and I can either buy a new boiler from them, or buy a power flush from them. I will call them out again once I can ID the rough problem.
I have a bit more information I’m hoping someone can give me a clue to what could be wrong. The expansion vessel was drained of air and re-pressurized (did not help problem), there was some water on the valve, once fully drained of air, it was a bit damp but no large volume of water.
Symptoms are:
1.Boiler flame comes on, but instantly shuts off, this is followed by a moderate whistling sound that starts high pitched and goes down, for about 4 seconds. Seems to be the same for hot water or heating.
2.the expansion vessel had some small amount of water when draining it of air, when re-pressurizing (with a bike pump) there was a sound on every pump, like a dull clanking type noise.
3.boiler sometimes makes a whooshing/air like sound that increases, seems to happen more on hot water (when it does actually start)
4..Every now and then the no-gas light starts flashing, seems to happen at random.
5.sometimes it works for awhile, other times it cuts off, its an instant cut off, with a click, like the boiler is shutting itself off due to a saftey feature. Seems random when it works, more often than not it won't work.
6.Water pressure rises to about 3-4 bar, seems to auctally go down a bit when boiler is on, but this could just be the releif valve kicking in.
it is possible this symptom is water coming from the filling loop, I have not had time to verify this yet.
I'm guessing it could be the Expansion vessel? But I do not know if any of these symptoms points to a particular problem, finally if it is the expansion vessel, what are the chances this was broken due to sludge? Thanks
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