hi,
i put some sludge remover in my sealed system approx end of Jan.
Totally forgot i put it in until today.
Had heating working fine until early April time, heating not been on since.
Water working no problem up until i started draining this morning.
So drained system to remove sludge etc
Started to refill system (had the filling tap open for about 45 seconds
fired up boiler and put CH on to get the pressure guage moving (it only reads accurate after a drain down once heating on and all rads are warm then the pressure guage reacts.)
Only the bottom of the bathroom rad got warm and loads of gurgling noises coming from the pipes.
Have spent the last 3 hours gboing through this procedure of adding water, heasting, bleeding air from rads, trying to heat, adding water etc etc
At a point now where
no more air from rads, however onlyu water dribbles from 2 off them.
But i have stopped now because the boiler is playing up.
When turned on at the mains the pump/fan kicks straingt in and stays on constantly and LOUD!
When i turn the CH on all the lights turn on in sequence as normal however no heat and after 1 minute or so all lights go off apart from the "demand for CH light, (rad symbol)
The hot water comes out hot then gos luke warm, then heats up again, then luke warm, it will not stay red hot.
Pump and or pump fan still on loud and constant even when there is no demand for any heatwater at all.
Loads of gurgling in the pipes going into the bottom of the boiler and if i pop down the front panel there is a silver box in the middle that seems to be gurgling loudly.
But no more air is coming out of the rads.
Tried the FAQ on here about bleeding CH pump put when i undo the pump screw no air nor dribbles come out.
What can i do to sort this? Need hot water at least!
Why is my boiler acting strange just because i emptied the system?
Its a Vailiant Turbomax Pro 24e
Please help.
Thankyou
i put some sludge remover in my sealed system approx end of Jan.
Totally forgot i put it in until today.
Had heating working fine until early April time, heating not been on since.
Water working no problem up until i started draining this morning.
So drained system to remove sludge etc
Started to refill system (had the filling tap open for about 45 seconds
fired up boiler and put CH on to get the pressure guage moving (it only reads accurate after a drain down once heating on and all rads are warm then the pressure guage reacts.)
Only the bottom of the bathroom rad got warm and loads of gurgling noises coming from the pipes.
Have spent the last 3 hours gboing through this procedure of adding water, heasting, bleeding air from rads, trying to heat, adding water etc etc
At a point now where
no more air from rads, however onlyu water dribbles from 2 off them.
But i have stopped now because the boiler is playing up.
When turned on at the mains the pump/fan kicks straingt in and stays on constantly and LOUD!
When i turn the CH on all the lights turn on in sequence as normal however no heat and after 1 minute or so all lights go off apart from the "demand for CH light, (rad symbol)
The hot water comes out hot then gos luke warm, then heats up again, then luke warm, it will not stay red hot.
Pump and or pump fan still on loud and constant even when there is no demand for any heatwater at all.
Loads of gurgling in the pipes going into the bottom of the boiler and if i pop down the front panel there is a silver box in the middle that seems to be gurgling loudly.
But no more air is coming out of the rads.
Tried the FAQ on here about bleeding CH pump put when i undo the pump screw no air nor dribbles come out.
What can i do to sort this? Need hot water at least!
Why is my boiler acting strange just because i emptied the system?
Its a Vailiant Turbomax Pro 24e
Please help.
Thankyou
