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after draining ch rads ect again totally stripping down boiler.i found black crusty stuff in a small filter inlet to ch pump.once cleaned out all work well for a while then same prob came back.so i fitted a gate valve then a y inline strainer and after 2 days of isolating this strainer and...

oh yes other problem that may be related to this is the same noise the boiler makes first thing in the morning when heating starts up and the only way to stop this noise is to run the hot water tap at the same time as supplying ch but this stops after 30 odd mins

sorry not balancing.what i was thinking about heat exchanger could it be restricting the flow so as to only supply to rads nearest boiler thermistostor sensing water at temp to early and switches supply off.im no plumber but i work on sterilising boilers(autoclaves) in laboritorys

yes if i turn off hot rads the cold ones get hotter.have also unsrewed plug on pump water comes out.the boiler also makes a loud brrrr noise then slowy fades(sorry about the sound effects) could there be a problem with the heat exchanger there are 2 on the boiler 1 above the burner and a plate...

hi i have a baxi bahama 100 that has been nothing but problems for years.the current problem is that 2 rads down stairs and 2 up stairs are very hot and the other 4 upstairs and 4 down stairs are cold or luke warm.so far i have bleed and flushed the system,manually checked diverter valve all...