Worcester Bosch 12/14 Oilslave - intermittent cut out

[jeremydiy]

Hi. My father in law has a Worcester Bosch 12/14 Oilslave system. He went to the oiltank the other day and the valve was half turned off - he suspects that someone thought it was a tap and had been tampering with the tank. Although he turned the valve fully on again, he has had intermittent problems with the boiler cutting out since then, and he has to press a reset button in order to clear a 'Lock Out' warning. He's bled the system a couple of times and last night it ran all evening withoout a problem - is the intermittent problem likely to be solved by further bleeding of the system?

Thanks.

 

[Burnerman]

If everything was OK before the event, I guess the problem can consider itself sorted, so long as it doesn't happen again. Bleeding two or three times should be quite sufficient. Presumably it started ok this morning? Cheers John

 

[jeremydiy]

OK John, thanks. Looks like it was running OK this morning, we'll just bleed it again if it continues to cut out, hopefully that will sort it.

Jeremy

 

[jeremydiy]

Bled the system again, and also blew the feed pipe from the tank with compressed air, some gunk came through the pipe but after that the feed was good and it runs clear. Boiler fires up OK but still intermittently cuts out - no specific pattern to when it happens, what would you suggest is the next thing to check?

Thanks.

 

[Boilerman2]

Replace the Solenoid Coil on the Oil Pump, these are notorious for failing after working for 1/2 hour or so, as they go open circuit when hot
Danfoss BFP Coil Set No 071N0010 about £20+Vat

 

[jeremydiy]

Thanks very much - he replaced the solenoid coil today and, fingers crossed, it hasn't cut out since. And to think that Worcester Bosch quoted £230 just to come out and have a look at it.......

Jeremy