Recent content by Goochster

Thanks Oilhead. I'm going to get that done too. :)

Yep you're right. I spoke to the plumber and he asked me to attach a foot pump to the vessel. As soon as I did water sprayed out of it. It looks like its done for! Thanks for all your help Oilhead! Top man! :D

Hi Oilhead I placed small dry container below the copper overflow pipe outside and discovered that a small amount of water is collecting when the boiler fires up. Do you think I might have a faulty pressure relief valve? Could this be what is causing the sporadic and rapid pressure loss?

Thanks, I'll take a look. The plumber has so far only mentioned replacing all the radiator valves and doing a chemical flush. Thanks for your help so far. It's very much appreciated.

Hi Oilhead Thanks for your reply. I think I may have sounded more knowledgeable than I actually am about this boiler. These are just my observations. I'm afraid your reply has baffled me a bit. Where will I find the pressure relief valve? I've looked in the manual. It does mention it...

Hi I'm new here. I have a couple of questions that I'm hoping someone might be able to help me with. I have a 2 year old Grant Vortex 26e boiler that runs on oil. To be honest I've had intermittent faults with it from day one but at the moment the main problem I have is that it seems...