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Hi, I made the mistake when decorating my bedroom of painting the radiator with normal gloss paint. Now when the heating is on the smell is not very pleasant. Do I need to remove the gloss paint or can I paint over it with radiator paint to get rid of the smell. Any advice would be great...

Hello again, its now been about 2 days since the problem and its still working ok. The pressure when cold is normally about 1.4 bar which goes up to about 3 bar when the heatings been on for a while. If it was a component failure why would switching off then on again fix things? Thanks again for...

Thanks Agile, I`ll keep my fingers crossed

Hi, I have a glowworm 24 ci combi boiler and since having the heat exchanger cleaned of scale about a year ago it has been working fine. This morning however there was no hot water and the boiler displayed a red light with F4. I switched off the powere supply then put it back on again and the...

Hi , can anyone help with my friends 1996 P Mercedes E 220. While replacing the wiper blade he lifted the wiper arm up and now it is stuck in the up position. There must be some release mechanism but we cant find it and there is no mention in the handbook, Any help would be great, thanx

Thanks for that, but the owner decided to part exchange the frontera for a mercedes without bothering to try out the posted replies, Thanks once again to both of you, Jocojohn

Hi, Yes it was the key that was the problem, my son got the key from the main dealer and they programmed it for him and I think it was only about £40. Thanks for the reply, Jocojohn

Thanks for that info Watchermaker, The vehicle in question is not my own but I will pass on the info and let you know the outcome, thanks once again, jocojohn

Hi, Can anyone help with the following problem, The vehicle is a Vauxhaul Frontera 2.2 turbo diesel ( T reg) On most journeys the engine managemrnt light will come on and the car will become sluggish, this may last for several seconds then the light will go out and the car drives as normal...

Hi, I finally got the problem with my glow worm 24ci combi fixed( hw running hot and cold every few seconds, see posts over last 2 months) It turned out to be a clogged dhw heat exchanger , as suggested by several helpful people on this site. I thought it might be helpful to mention to others...

Hi, I am soon to have the heat exchanger renewed on my glow worm 24 ci combi boiler ( hw running hot and cold every few seconds) and reading on the forum this seems to be a common problem with scaling. I think it might be a good idea to flush through and then refill the system with de-ionised...

Hi, My son has just bought a 1999 Ford Focus 1.6 LX. The problem is that the key fob remote control doesn`t work. We replaced the battery but this made no difference. We noticed the L E D in the fob dosen`t light. Is there anything else we could try before we replace the key and has anyone an...

Hi Beefster, Could you report back on the outcome of flushing the system and which way you did it ( flow to return or vice versa ) as I have exactly the same problem with my glow worm 24 ci ( see recent posts) Thanks, Jocojohn.

Thanks for those replies, to check the flow meter would this be feasable, Turn off mains suppy to the boiler remove wires from flow meter connect multimeter on ohms settings to flow meter turn on taps and notice any varying readings, Thanks once again.

Hello again, an update from Nov 16,. to recap glow worm 24 ci combi boiler ( about 4 years old ). Problem ; CH works fine but when using shower or hot tap the burner will fire for about 7 seconds then fade out for the same 7 seconds or so, and then repeat etc. The DHW heat exchanger was...

Thanks again, I have to drain the system this weekend to move 2 radiators. when re filling, what de scaling product would be best to try and for how long. I think it`s worth trying this before replacing the HE.

Thanks for that reply Rob884, next question... Is it worth trying some kind of de-scaler in the system or is it best to replace the heat exchanger?

Hi can anyone help with the problem I have with a Glow worm 24 ci combi boiler. The heating radiators work ok although the pressure sometimes drops and needs filling suggesting a leak somewhere. The main problem is the domestic hot water. When using the shower or hot tap the burner will fire and...