Recent content by theoldman

Hi baxpoti, changed aps as tend to carry one as back up, can get the fan to stay on by blowing/sucking on air pipe from aps but still nothing on ignition side, rang baxi tech but need to be in front of boiler to carry out their checks

I am the corgi guy, recently qualified though have been in industry for a number of years, so finding my feet with boiler problems. Fan gasket is in good order, have come accross similar problems on this type of boiler, 2 out of 3 being the pcb the other a seized fan.

Hi, boiler will not fire up, pump runs on start up, boiler light on, fan comes on, then just clicks off/on, no hint of ignition. Tried new APs as it seemed to be dropping out, fan appears to be in good order, boiler regulary serviced, any ideas

Would value opinions/views on whether an FGA is an essential for servicing work etc. My main work is getting to be Landlord's Gas Safety checks with servicing.

Have cleaned burner, electrodes checked burner pressure etc on first service, but boiler was pretty mucky inside, old fan caked in muck, leaf matter & usual fried insects in combustion chamber. Back there tomorrow, am going to drain sytem down & check pump filter also rectification. One thing...

Many thanks for quick replies, fan replaced 2 weeks ago, boiler ran fine for about 1 week after but reverted back to ignition problem?, and as I mentioned before, heating doesn't seem to come up to temp, could heat exchanger be clogged?

Hi, new to forum but hope some-one can help. Have customer with above boiler, runs fine for approx 20 mins then appears to 'drop out', boiler tries to fire up, briefly comes on, burner goes out, comes on then continually tries to ignite. Radiators do not tend to get overly hot either, and flow...