Just an update. New guy replaced the harness but it still didn't work. He spoke to Baxi who believed the refitted gas valve must be faulty (unusual but possible). First guy came with replacement gas valve. Now all working fine. So was a gas valve but a faulty one was fitted. Still not convinced...
Does he know what he's doing? Sounds like not. I'm going to phone another recommended engineer and get a second opinion. Thanks for making me take a second look at his advice. I phoned Pottertons to see if they'd repair it but they say it's too old so will go with a recommended local engineer...
Thanks for the replies. My repair man says the part can't be sourced and recommends replacing the whole boiler. Am I being scammed? Are the PCBs for this boiler easily available? Is it even likely to be the PCB?
I really can't afford to get scammed either and I know as much about boilers as I...
My boiler red light is flashing and it won't fire up. My engineer says it needs a new PCB having replaced the gas valve last week but his parts contact says the PCB obsolete. I really can't afford a new boiler (wife at end of maternity leave and I'm doing a 1 year unpaid full time course) so...