Recent content by StopTheChem

I have had a look and believe the burner to be all one unit removed by two allan bolts at 11 and 12 oclock and one on bottom left hand side which appears to hold a flipper shaped component which I assume shifts to allow the burner unit to be withdrawn. It appears to me the oil first enters a...

Sorry Kingfisher3 I missed your post it being on the next page. I agree the entire supply needs replacing but have my hands full with so many other things requiring priority. Clean oil is now getting to the boiler but I remain locked out. I could happily consider some supply upgrades next...

OK I'll try to get round to that, i.e. send a photo. For the meantime I have managed to loosen the supply pipe inside the boiler, have drawn off 3L of oil, some of it containing water and muck. It seems clear now but with several attempts to re-commission (pressing the button) I am still...

When you get a country pile for the cost of a wee flat you try not to rock the boat too much but thankfully there are woorburners in the house and yes the landlord is grippy but such are the way highland estates work. I've just put new carpets in so am wary of changing this with a free flow of...

It's just an in-line valve to isolate the flow of oil as it arrives at the boiler but my landlord is responsible for the heating and I've had two call outs recently. He'll go nuts if there is another so I'm trying to sort it. Don't know about the fire valve, there isn't one. Mine is just a tap...

I have put it back on. What is happening is that it can only open the valve so when I try to close the valve it simply rotates off the spindle so valve permanently open. I did come up with an idea which is to put electrical tape on the spindle so as the knob begins to undo it will meet...

With great difficulty I have been able to drain off about 2.5L of oil at the boiler and as suspected it is murky. The next problem is that I was unable to stop the oil flow as the shut off valve when turned to close rotates off the spline. I decided it needed to be locked in place with a 6mm nut...

The father-in-law suggested exactly that. I think the sludge has been churned up and found its way into the system so I'll let settle and have a look. I did tip up the tank last year and remove what I could which was the first time in the five years I've been here.The problem right now is the...

In November my boiler began leaking water and the engineer fixed this simply enough - release valve on top of the hot water tank but said diaphram in the red expansion tank had failed causing pressure to get high. Humm...seemed ok to me before. The oil then ran out but with a delivery and a few...