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by upahill
Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:34 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Oil Heating Playing up but hot Water Fine
Replies: 2
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Re: Oil Heating Playing up but hot Water Fine

Update:

Took a punt and bought a new 2 port valve head on Amazon for £35. Arrived next day, fitted in 10 mins and so far everything seems to have returned to normal.

I'll class that as a win!
by upahill
Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:11 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Oil Heating Playing up but hot Water Fine
Replies: 2
Views: 1899

Re: Oil Heating Playing up but hot Water Fine

Update:
Took the motorised valve body off and the motor does spin when the stat calls for heat. The lever was a little bent and everything is very sloppy inside but the springs return etc. Put it back on and tested again, same problem the boiler fires up for 2 minutes and then cuts out again.
by upahill
Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:00 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Oil Heating Playing up but hot Water Fine
Replies: 2
Views: 1899

Oil Heating Playing up but hot Water Fine

Hi everyone, before I call the landlord wondered if anyone could help. We have an oil fired boiler that provides both central heating, and hot water to a tank (with an immersion heater in the tank for when we run out of oil) At the moment we can use the boiler to heat water up, we simply press hot w...
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