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I've got several gate valves on my central heating system around the hot water cylinder. One of them, leading to a towel rail, leaks when turned fully on or off. As air bleeds out first, and as I've been having trouble with air in the system generally, could this be the source? Could I fix it by...

Many thanks - I'll have a check around. Does "gland" mean some specific part of the rad, or do I just look at all the joints?

The pump is right by the boiler, pushing water into it. I guess that makes it on the return?

I've got an oil-fired open-vented system which is making a rushing noise around the pump from time to time - sounds like air being drawn in to me. It happens mainly on the hot water setting, though that also includes four small radiators and a couple of towel rails ( it's a big house!). The...