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Cheers Corgiman ...... But don't give up , I'm sure you or someone will come up with a cunning plan eventually :D

Corgiman......Hot water gravity ?? don't know what that means as I'm a newbie to this heating/ plumbing thing. I can describe the system though. CW tank and F & E tank both in the loft. Both tanks sitting at the same level but F & E tank is below water level of CW tank. HW cylinder in airing...

Eliteheat...... I replaced the HW cylinder after flushing the system ( checked the coil wasn't holed before fitting the new hw cylinder ) and the problem with the water flow still exists. RGBD

HELP...... Totally stumped. Water was dripping from F & E tank overflow . F & E tank is below the level of the cw tank in the loft. Took all rads off walls & flushed them through with a power washer in the garden. Refitted rads and put Fernox SD40 into the F & E tank and ran the system for a few...

Sticky label on it . Name is Albion. ( www.albionwaterheaters.com )

Hello Nige F , Problem solved , stripped out the new tank and tested the coil be plugging one end and blowing in the other , Coil in new tank is burst , as was the coil in the original tank. Have been and got another tank ( tested it before fitting ) and all seems to be well so far...

I have just replaced my indirect HW cylinder as the coil was burst ( water flowing back into central heating F & E tank and out the overflow ) When I refilled the new HW cylinder & heating system I turned on the CH & HW and the water level in the cold water tank in the loft rose and poured...

Thanks guys , tried your suggestions today and the F&E tank does fill up with water when the boiler is off and the ballcock valve isolated. Looks like the coil is definately burst. John D , is this what you were after ...

Holty - Cheers , will try that tomorrow . Stupid question , Do I need a Corgi registered heating engineer to swap out the HW cylinder or a plumber or just do it myself ??

Chrishutt - yes the F&E tank is below the level of the water in the big cold water tank. Jobloggs - should have said I put the fernox in the F&E tank and then ran the heating for a couple of days before draining the system , refilling it and adding the fernox neutraliser and running the...

Can any of you pro's out there shine some light on my little problem ? Water has started to drip from my f & e tank overflow continually when the heating is on. I syphoned some of the water out and all was fine for about 6 hours then the dripping started again , checked the f & e tank and it...