Recent content by SomewhereInSiberia

Thanks Oilman, I will keep my eye on it.

Thanks for your suggestions Oilman. Your (and Wilhelm's) thoughts on the controller and a bit of trial and error on my part seemed to work in the end. I swapped the control box (TF830.2) with that on an identical boiler (my parents') and the full range of problems went over with it. My...

Latest update.... I decided to start by following Oilman's advice and check the turning of the oil pump spindle when cold and warm to see if its binding. I started to boiler and waited for the burner to stop and refuse to start again but....it ran perfectly for about 5 hours until I gave up...

Hi Wilhelm and Oilman, Thanks for the ideas; the drive dog is ok (he sends his regards), the pump seals sound like they could do with a closer look though. The spindle turns freely enough when cold, I'll go and warm things up now and see how it turns then. Thanks again guys.

Hi Oilman, and thanks for coming back so quickly. The new motor was supplied (on sale or return from my local store) with a new capacitor attached so is presumably working ok. Is it possible that there is an intermittent fault on the oil pump? (since the burner runs for up to an hour at a...

Hi, I hope somebody can point me in the right direction with this. I have a Worcester Heatslave 20/25 Oil-fired combi boiler (c.1999) with an Inter 2011 burner (Bentone 90w motor + Danfoss BFP11 3L oil pump, two pipe system) and room sealed balanced flue. Boiler normally starts ok from...