Recent content by raymie

Fan now replaced (takes a while since I have an issue with getting deliveries during the day when signatures are requierd). Anyway old fan looked fine, certainly fine at the oil pump end but clearing something was amiss slightly inside (I presume a bearing but have not opened it up to see...

yes I got that part first, that's when I realised there was a groove in the spindle and the old one was slipping on it.

I ordered a new fan motor, I can look at taking apart the old one later on to see if it can be salvaged for an emergency spare part (I often get snowed in for a couple of weeks so I like to spares for some things (like my water supply pump) anyway. Thanks for the epoxy tip. Just hope the...

Problem identified but not solved yet The problem is the fan, what is happening is that it is slipping on the motor spindle and jamming against the metal cover (which does exists and is a sort of clamshell case secured by 3 screws). Looking closer at the spindle of the motor it looks like...

I am removing the cast cover head time to get to the fan. Tonight I replaced the old one while waiting for a new one to arrive (the part number actually ends in 88 not 08) After hitting the fan a bit to make sure it is true (I bent it a little trying to remove it) the heating is firing up...

The kind man from Riello has emailed me a parts list and manual for the boiler, it seems it is a G7Q Reill0 40. Certainly the parts diagram seems to match the bits of the boiler that are visible. The only real difference is that I don't have the metal cover, but thnking about that I may...

Anyone have any idea on how I can find out what type of burner I have, It is a reillio but I can't find any markings that would indicate a model number that I can relate to What is legible on part of it is G7Q, type 459T55 and there is a code 01407206364 On the housing for the fan there...

The motor is only stiff on some occassions and frees up fairly easily but this is only the case when the whole assembly minus the cover is installed. Without the impellor I have not yet seen the motor stick but with and without the cover I have seen the motor stick when the impellor is fitted...

Thanks for the reply I don't really see it being an oil pump issue, either the fan fails to turn (and it is not as free to turn by hand as it is other times) or the fan turns and the burner then ignites with no issue whatsoever a few seconds later (as normal). Unless there is some...

I finally did get the impellor off but the motor still seems to be sticking. Without the impellor on the motor starts fine it seems, with it on it seems to stick (moved fractionally, more like a judder stops and then the unit will lock out a little later). I originally did try replacing...

My boiler is not working, after one repairman who swore blind it was the central heating pump (yes really) and one who would not fix it but now only did new installs (at £3000) I have run out of people willing to come to my rural location and am looking at the unit myself. The issue is with...

Can someone point me to a UK online supplier of a HOAT based antifreeze, so far I can only find OAT versions (such as Halfords) and some searching has indicated that this would not be a good substitute long term.

Can I make a suggestion albeit from a non professional and sheer guess work basis. With the absence of a soil stack and venting could it be that you have replaced a toilet with one that has a lower volume of water in the trap? If that is the case would it not be possible that the pressure...

It is two seperate pipes coming from the wall and two seperate underground connections ready for them (different walls on what was an extension). Both of these btw are 1st floor. Existing bathroom and toilets are connected to a stack that is internal to the house and not able to be joined...

The underground connections are all soil ones have already established that.