Recent content by poolebybirth

just a 24i not junior or cdi. non condensing type

Does anyone know if the older (non-condensing) Worcester 24i had a diverter valve?

replace it with a decenty honeywell one! sounds like spring sticking or even spindle itself

you can also free up the part inside the actautor head that the spring connects to

when you select hot water only on the programmer does the boiler fire up and the pipe to the 3 port get hot? as mentioned above you could try freeing the spindle but may be clogged/sludged up - may need a new 3 port.

see how long it lasts before dropping to zero again. might have just been some trapped air being released from system ...

as mentioned above - also do you have any line strainer in line or any isolation valves not quite open? check pump first, air in system. what's the heating thermostat on the boiler set to? heating thermistor/sensor has it been checked?

let me just clarify - i KNOW breakdowns are NOT easy!! I just wanted to point out to the OP that they are not all impossible if you are willing to learn to fault find / repair and train up

i didn't say they were all easy !!

the only fault on board i had was a connection was loose so i just connected it back in - the other faults I had; thermistor faulty on DHW side, pressure problems, expansion vessel faults, pump faults, low water pressure switch faulty

How am I a clown?

no I am not. I have done non gas repairs though outside the boiler and some in ie thermistor, pressure, pcb etc - I'm not an expert of course but just was sticking up for OP!

when did I even say that?! People like you make me so annoyed - why get so aggressive? I don't go in merchants and say a jack I don't even go in merchants. By the way - i DID NOT say anyone could do it and on the joint - I said I used hemp before.

course for a 28 year old vaillant?!! that's older than me! haha!! I didn't mean it to sound that way, just meant it's not impossible to find faults on boilers for engineers who can use a multimeter etc - the Original poster was a gas engineer.....

ok I will not!! Wasn't being nasty though, and wasn't even having a go at you!