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John / Tony Just a follow up, dropped burner, removed motor ... instant fault found ... not really a fault, a squashed mouse in the blower fan wedged between fan and burner housing, sad for the little mouse. Must have got caught when the timer came on as earlier in the day the boiler had...

Tony & John Thanks you both for your advice, I will drop the burner in the morning and test the motor shaft for free spin. One question I have is, the motor I think has two bolts securing it to the burner body, if I undo those bolts holding the motor does the motor release easily from the...

Have a Grandee oil boiler with a Sterling burner, been working fine for a good while, tonight the timer came on and got a low level "buzz / hum" sound lasted about 8 to 10 seconds. No attempt at ignition as the motor did not turn/run then locked out, tried the reset button same again had this...

Yes agreed Tony, there is always a limit to what and how much any one who is not qualified can do in the way of repairs knowing where and when to stop and get professional service is key. I would never adjust any thing like air/oil mixture as I simply do not have the know how or equipment to...

Well, Photocell fitted Thursday 24/7 fired up stayed on, so far all good, only using boiler for hot water, so will wait and see over a week how it goes. Dropped burner and gave a througher clean as a little soot around the blast tube area, no build up. As mentioned had a good look down and can...

Boilerman2 thanks for the reply, checking the ignition HT leads, how easy is this to do ? are the Ht leads seable from outside the burner without disassembling the unit ? are they lightly to have moved ? have ordered a Photocell today so hopefully will be able to eliminate that soon...

I have a oil boiler with a sterling burner fitted. It locks out each time its asked to fire, what it does is the motor runs the electrodes spark and it fires up for a short time 10/15 secs then lock out, thats as far as it goes. this is what i have tested/tried so far in an elimanation...