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Problem sorted: Got local man: R+B plumbing and heating put a new valve and all is rosy. Still not sure as to why the origianl valve would only run for 5 mins (solenoid stil energised and not overheating) but everthing is toastie now. :lol:

Sorry raden just re-read your comment My assumption was that ther was some kind of flow sensor the logic was this :- Pump runing thermostat made, solenoid energised thermal cut out Made (fail safe I assume) just looking a reason for the burner to fire initially and then shut down

thanks for the comment okay but the hot water gets upstatis to the hw tank it just shuts down after 5 mins. I suspected the flow when i changed the pump. How do i check water flow at the boiler? the pipes are stashed away is the flow sensor on the valve or in the boiler housing ?

After the enevitable start up after the summer my system has the following problem:- we have an old style pumped system with hot water tank. A local plumber looked at the fault and just said it a wiring fault and left. The system had run okay for 6/8 years with no issues so i doubted the...