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In fact the manual does give a flow chart for L/F (flame failure.) After checking the detector is clean and correctly positioned, one checks the wiring loom between both detector and pcb and gas valve and pcb. After that it says "replace the gas valve", so our man didn't do this. The...

My mother seems to have found an expert - not sure if they're from Ideal. Apparently it is a sticking gas valve - he greased it and has ordered a new one. I don't know how he diagnosed it (the PCB can't tell it's this specifically and just says "flame failure", so the first man thought it...

Thanks very much - Our man is supposed to have done that, and it was what Ideal advised too. Maybe we need a new man. Do those traps block and dampen everything inside, making it hard to get them going again, or something like that? Regards, Abe

My mother has this boiler - IDEAL icos M3080. Periodically it fires for a few minutes and then flames fail with the error code - I think she said L/F came up on the display (for flame detection problem.) Sometimes reset or off/on works, but often not. She has had the repair man round 8...