Recent content by muckymick

Could be, will open the access point for it this evening and see if it goes round freely and quietly. fingers crossed it may just be that making the noise :)

Thanks John, Well I have ordered a bearing anyway, was only a few quid so just in case, it's there if i need it. Yeah the paste is this stuff http://www.oilybits.com/water-removal/kolor-kut-water-finding-paste/prod_149.html I had a sample of oil from changing the filter so I tested that, no...

Thanks John, Interesting about the Allen screws i'll ease them off, and the coupler at the time appeared keyed into place but i'll double check it. If I take the pump off and give the fan a spin would that be enough to detect a bearing issue? cheers Mick :)

Hello there, thanks for the reply, Yes I totally agree, why an oil pump would fail so regularly is becoming a headache especially in the absence of foreign bodies and water. Hence my querying is it an issue with Danfoss pumps at the moment or could it be something else in the boiler setup...

Hi all, Back again with oil pump problems (yawn). Anyway since last post it sounds like the last pump I fitted which was a Danfoss BFP 41 L3 is sounding quite angry. I would think it wont last the weekend as it sounds very noisy and to the touch when running isn't smooth I have a replacement...

Yes John, that is where i am going to be snookered, I hope I dont really have to do too much tinkering, and that regular servicing will keep her going. if this had failed in the summer I wouldnt have bothered trying to fix it myself would just have waited for the WB engineer to have a look when...

Cheers Danoil, have switched boiler off, it's not as bitter weather wise so it will be fine until tomorrow, hopefully when gauge arrives. interesting about the pump, will send it back and see what happens, they can only say no. :)

Thanks Tipper good advice the pipe runs along the side of the house, and we are just south of the Ouse as it enters goole, so the wind can be horrific, i guess also chilled by blowing across a massive expanse of river and no trees, houses etc to break the force, a little insulation can do no...

Thanks John, old house nearly 150 years old so have had many battles on many fronts in the 9 months since moving in, CH being one of them. it was fitted 1999 so it's doing well, last service rated the boiler at 87% efficiency so definitly worth sticking with, heat slave tank is still good and...

Hi John, Thanks re the pump pressure, i'll push it back to default markings for now in case I have the pressure too low, and re-adjust when my pressure gauge arrives. Yes the pump had seized I stripped it down out of curiosity and when the pump casing was released it freed up, so maybe a...

Sorry, Can i ask does running the pump at a lower pressure cause problems, I am awaiting delivery of a pressure gauge, and as the pump comes at default pressure of 10bar I have turned it down albeit unknowingly how far down. I have marked the pump as best i could to the setting it was at...

Thanks for replying John, There actually isnt a water trap on the outlet, now you have made me aware of them I will get one fitted, I just tested for water presence with Kolor Kut paste, which led me to believe there wasnt any water in the tank, at the outlet end and the gauge end which is...

Hello all, hopefully someone can advise, I have a Worcester Bosch heatslave 15/19 boiler, been running fine since last service. However two weeks ago the oil pump failed, engineer swapped and suggested likely water in the oil tank as it is an old steel one. so I ordered some water detection...

nice one, well hotpoint reckon maximum power absorbed is 2800w so reckon /by 230 comes in at 12.2 so looks ok to plug it in then. thank you

Hi I want to replace a 2.3KW Whirlpool single oven with a 2.8KW hotpoint oven. the Whirlpool unit is plugged into a socket which is spurred from a cooker control unit, the CCU is on a dedicated radial circuit. so what i would like help with is, can I connect the hotpoint to the plug socket or...