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Have a look on eBay, you'll find brand new genuine Honeywell valves for a lot less than that.

Yes - my issue was the 3-port valve. I left the main body hardware in place, but replaced the rest including the electrical components - it works perfectly fine now and no delay.

Thanks for your reply sir - this site is great, you guys are so helpful and the advice is very clear and well written (even if my questions aren't). Many, many thanks for all the replies :D

Hi Tony, thanks for your advice. I think I may be confusing things - I was imagining that there should be a spring return on the manual override lever, but I'm starting to realise that perhaps that's not the case. I think the valve's spring return works, as there doesn't seem to be a problem...

Many thanks again for your advice and the link - The valve does appear to still be working as it was before, so phew - no damage done by forcing the manual lever. I don't think its return spring works though, but not an issue really. Noting your reference to the 240V on the orange wire, can...

Hi garrymum, I know you had this problem a few years ago now, but do you remember what caused the problem, was it the valve? I only ask because I have a very similar problem with my system and I am beginning to suspect the Honeywell 3-port mid-position valve?

Thanks for the info my friend, so hopefully the valve is still OK. Can you offer any advice on the start-up delay?

Hi all, I hope you can offer me a little advice? I have a Y-plan system I believe which uses a Honeywell 5-wire 3-port mid-position valve. The problem I have, happened 3-months ago I think and it has been driving me crazy ever since. It's not a serious problem (yet) but when I switch the...