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Well it sure is the capacitor anyway, he went to the neighbours and took their capacitor, put it on our motor and off it went. Now he has the motor off the boiler so not sure if the boiler itself works 100% but the motor turns now with the new capacitor on it. Wonder where a man would...

I will get him to do that tomorrow. Thanks

As per the post below yours there is it try to rotate the shaft? Don't have a multi meter myself so its out of my hands then! Might be able to get one though to test it. IS the solenoid separate to the capacitor?

Thanks Oilman, Not a bean out of the motor at all, just gets hot. He took the motor off totally and wired it up separate from boiler and pump and not a noise out of it. The capacitor was something that came to mind alright. We thought it was the motor ourselves but we could start with the...

Guys My Dads boiler is playing up, its a Firebird Riello 40 Series. It has been turned off for last 4 months as its my Grans old house. Dad would be very handy, fixing our washing machine, tumble dryer etc so he has done a lot of checking out. Full tank of fuel. Oil is getting to the...