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Hi roguetrader, the short answer is no. The longer answer is that (some) oil was getting through; I could “feel” it working with my fingers, and I tried removing the weight from inside the valve. Seems a distant memory already. Lovely and warm.

It's warm in here. I picked up the Ecoflam Max1 from Wolseley this afternoon, £408 inc vat. It's quite a bit lighter that the old Minor. I was impressed to find it pre-primed and to see a little singeing on the burner tube suggesting a test. 1-pipe set-up out of the box, thankfully. It...

Thanks everyone. I can only guess how frustrating it is for professionals to hear what a DIYer is up to. I appreciate your help. Burnerman - it's always the wrong time of year that the boiler goes wrong. If I could have got an engineer out in time I'd have gladly done so but NYE is even more...

I should say that I am inclined to agree that the pump is at fault. There's plenty of oil spewing forth when the line to the nozzle holder is disconnected, but I have no pressure gauge to measure directly (although I did do a quick search on BES). Those magic discs do show signs of wear too...

Thanks both, John, see the wires at the back of the nozzle holder, you can just make out the 2 yellow which feed to the control box, also 2 thin red wires in that sheath that you can also see in the box, 1 common with a yellow (terminal 8 ). Photocell goes to 11/12, ie 2 leftmost terminals...

OK John, an update. (spoiler alert - no joy) Timings are about as above, and with the coil disconnected, I got 240v across the connector after about 8 seconds, so that looks ok. Emboldened by your sensible advice to have a go at the controller, I took it apart. What a little jewel of a device...

Good plan John. My suspicion is that there's no flame at all for the photocell to see. I can hear (and feel) something at the solenoid, and as you say, it's hard to picture any oil getting to the nozzle otherwise. 8 seconds sounds about right, I might time it. The control box seemed a bit...

Hi John, That was way quicker than I hoped. The photocell is spotless, I don't hear that sound of a flame that we all love. Control box ruthlessly German (it says here): LANDIS & GYR LOA22, if that means anything to you. Many thanks, Mike

Hi folks, Please go easy on a curious/desperate amateur. I've been in this chilly house for 18 years with this set-up providing plenty of heat; the boiler instruction book says 1995. The ageing radiators were flushed about 5 years ago and work fine. I got a top-up of oil just before...