Recent content by markywilson

Thanks for your replies Oilhead and Oilboffin, appreciated. The capacitor was changed about 18 months ago so could be faulty again. I wonder if a faulty capacitor could cause this issue as its intermittent or is once a capacitor fails it fails? Im not that confident in taking the pump off...

Hi, wonder if anyone can help? I have a B9 burner unit that locks out straight away, (just a faint hum from the unit then orange light comes on ) if I take the burner out and take cover off motor and spin with a srewdriver put burner back in it will fire up as normal. When I turn the motor...

Thanks all for you help folks, was the capacitor causing the lockout, all sorted now :) cheers

Cheers oil boffin and oil head, i did download full installation, il be honest im not confident with messing with capacitors just thought if was something simple i could do it. much appreciated all your replies tho :) Best wishes

Cheers again for reply much appreciated (y), Il try that next. Is that the silver or white one? Another question what should be the system pressure gauge be reading when cold and when hot? Not sure if its relevant it sits at just over 1bar at cold and rises to 1.5 when warmed up.

Replaced solenoid coil on the oil pump worked fine for half an hour on central heating but then locked out again :( and now when reset the fan is not starting up either now and goes into lock out in approx 20 seconds, any ideas? Thanks

Thanks for your reply Oilhead, I found a few other threads earlier that pointed to the coil so will pick one up on way home and post back when fitted and tested. Your from shrops too :)

Hi I wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction for troubleshooting? I have a 12 year old worcester heatslave 12/14 combi that keeps locking out after 5 minuets, after leaving it for another 5 minuets if i hit the lockout reset it will run again for a while then go back into lockout...

Thanks again for your reply John, and to oilhead too :) sounds a bit like rocket science to me! haha the start up sequence was very useful. Yep red light on on control box is lit ( i believe this boiler isnt fitted with that reset button where the arrow goes as the red plastic bit seems to be...

Thanks John for your reply :) Im quite mechanical with cars but this is a lot different :confused: im not sure if there is a ignition spark im afraid, is there an easy way to tell? It ran all fine yesterday i run the hot water to get quite hot, then this morning when i tried to fire it up it...

Hi all, My heatslave keeps going to lockout :( can i ask whats the most likey cause? It makes all the usual noises apart from like a wind noise before firing up, and of course no ignition firing up too, i can hear water running through the system, biler clicks when i turn tap on, oil in tank...