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I've put a brandnew diverter valve on the boiler and it has made no difference. I have also took the heat exchanger off and cleaned it out with spirit of salts. A bit of crap came out of it but nothing major. It has improved it a little bit. Its hot (not boiling) for about 10 minutes then it...

Hi, i have a external heatslave 18/25 oil boiler. The CH is working fine but the HW only works for about 2 minutes before it goes just warm, the only way to get it hot is to have the tap barely running. Its like the water is going through the boiler quicker than it can heat it. I have removed...

It's FIXED again :) Took the pump off and put the capacitor out of its original pump on and its working great now. Thanks again for your help :)

Just been over to check the pump, took the top off it and the capacitor is broke, its bust open with insides now on the outside. Is there any reason why the boiler would keep destroying pumps as the first problem the pump was broke and kept popping the fuse, now this pump what has only been on...

The boiler is getting hot but you might be right with the pump not working, as i moved the diverter valve manually and the pipe in the boiler took ages to get hot. I'm not sure if a relay clicks when putting the hot tap on, i will have to go over and check, but i know that there is no hot water...

Just before i cam home, it came back on for about 2 minutes by itself, then it went off again.

IT'S BROKE AGAIN :( It comes on for about 2 or 3 mins then goes off, and wont come back on. The lockout light doesnt come on. If you turn the hot tap on it still doesn't come on. I have tried reseting the room thermostat, bypassed the timer switch on the wall, checked all the connections on...

Well i think i have fixed it tonight, took the thermostat receiver thing, what is screwed to the wall, apart and noticed it had 2 L.E.D's in it but only the red one was coming on. Put some new batteries in the thermostat and reset it, and the green led lit up on the receiver on the wall, and the...

She does have a room thermostat, it is set to 35 degrees (the highest setting) but it makes no difference. Could i disconnect this from the boilers circuit board, or would it just not work at all then ? The pump head removed was a grundfos 15-60, i replaced it with a grundfos 15-50 pump head as...

1000 litres of kerosene is getting delivered at some point tomorrow, it's a bit hard getting a 1000 litres of it on a sunday !!! :) The 5 gallon was took out of my parents tank which is nearly empty so that why i couldn't have any more. The diverter valve feels like its working when i move it...

Hi, My sister moved in her first house on Friday. The heating wouldn't work, we thought it was out of oil but about half an hour later it came on by itself, however it was only heating HW not the CH, the only way to get the CH to work is to manually move the diverter valve, the radiators then...