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the noise is still evident the engineer is apparently leaving the call open and consulting with a colleague - I don't hold out a great deal of hope as my neighbours have had the same problem for some time and BG have yet to resolve it! What would actually cause the noise - is it the exhaust...

Just been serviced by BG yesterday. All i saw him do was poke a tube down through a hole in the top of the unit (I assume that the other end was connected to the flue analyser). He didn't do anything else - should he have done? Where are the baffles - in the flue?

It's a high pitched whine that starts to come on about 2 mins after the boiler has fired up to reheat the core. Where are the baffles located? - the noise gets louder in the loft but it's really difficult to isolate.

also whatever the problem it is pretty common as just about everyone on our estate with this boiler has recently started to experience the same problem (all the houses were built approx 5 years ago) This made me wonder about it being a scale related problem

Thanks guys - had BG out today in fact. He poked a suction tube down inside and nodded - was this a flue analyser? Does the fan only come on when HW is being heated? (thought this would come on regardless of CH or HW) The problem only happens after running HW. On a seperate note should I...

We have a powermax (185) that has just started whistling and is approx 5 years old. A good number of houses in our close proximity also have the same annoying problem. British Gas don't seem to know what to do - any advice would be greatly appreciated before we are all slapped with a fine from...

We too have a powermax (185) that has just started whistling and is approx 5 years old. A good number of houses in our close proximity also have the same annoying problem. British Gas don't seem to know what to do - any advice would be greatly appreciated before we are all slapped with a fine...