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john2k
My potterton HE plus combi boiler is about 6 years old. Initially had one of those annual service plans but they dont really do much other than measure carbon monoxide. They dont really service the boiler. After 3 years of paying for these lame annual services I just cancel the service plan.
Last year I got E133 showing up on display and the boiler failed to ignite. I'm quite technical minded so certain things I can do. Research lead me to believe it's either the igniting probe or the flame sensing probe. I called in a gas safe engineer to have a look, they opened it up, cleaned the probes with a wire brush and also cleaned the main chamber where the gas burns. I was told that the chamber where the gas burns was quite badly corded, they cleaned it and washed it out. Since then it's been running fine for about 8 months. But today randomly these errors come back.
I am considering changing the igniter myself with a new igniter as it seems like a straight forward job. I will turn boiler off and intall a new gasket for it too. But question is, can a corroded flame chamber be causing this?
Any other suggestions?
Many thanks
Last year I got E133 showing up on display and the boiler failed to ignite. I'm quite technical minded so certain things I can do. Research lead me to believe it's either the igniting probe or the flame sensing probe. I called in a gas safe engineer to have a look, they opened it up, cleaned the probes with a wire brush and also cleaned the main chamber where the gas burns. I was told that the chamber where the gas burns was quite badly corded, they cleaned it and washed it out. Since then it's been running fine for about 8 months. But today randomly these errors come back.
I am considering changing the igniter myself with a new igniter as it seems like a straight forward job. I will turn boiler off and intall a new gasket for it too. But question is, can a corroded flame chamber be causing this?
Any other suggestions?
Many thanks
