Evening all
We have a Gloworm Fuel Saver F boiler which has been well looked after and is pretty efficient albeit getting a bit old.
Recently it's started making a weird noise. It sounds like a plane flying over. Not loud, but at the end of its firing, it starts quite high pitched and get lower over about 10 seconds, then you get a few clunks. It's taking ages to heat the radiators and also cuts out from time to time and I have to press the reset button on the underneath.
My gut feeling is that it might be the pump rather than the boiler. So if the pumps not doing its job then would the water hang around the boiler to the extent that it boils and overheats?
I've had a listen to the pump and I can hear it running. I doesn't sound knackered like a noisy motor. In my head, it sounds like the blades are broken or something so there's not much surface area hitting the water - more like one of those hand blenders for food.
There are no markings on the pump. I've attached a pic. So, does my description sound like a pump problem? If so, can anyone help with identifying it or suggesting a direct replacement.
Thanks in advance
Andy
We have a Gloworm Fuel Saver F boiler which has been well looked after and is pretty efficient albeit getting a bit old.
Recently it's started making a weird noise. It sounds like a plane flying over. Not loud, but at the end of its firing, it starts quite high pitched and get lower over about 10 seconds, then you get a few clunks. It's taking ages to heat the radiators and also cuts out from time to time and I have to press the reset button on the underneath.
My gut feeling is that it might be the pump rather than the boiler. So if the pumps not doing its job then would the water hang around the boiler to the extent that it boils and overheats?
I've had a listen to the pump and I can hear it running. I doesn't sound knackered like a noisy motor. In my head, it sounds like the blades are broken or something so there's not much surface area hitting the water - more like one of those hand blenders for food.
There are no markings on the pump. I've attached a pic. So, does my description sound like a pump problem? If so, can anyone help with identifying it or suggesting a direct replacement.
Thanks in advance
Andy