Alpha CD35C boiler leaking

[kimbers]

I have a leak from my Aplha CD35C. The boiler occasionally has a catastrophic leak and water drips from a small hole under the boiler and the pressure drops to the point where the boiler switches itself off and i have to top up.

The boiler then continues to leak for 10-15 mins then stops.

Its under guarantee and i've had alpha out twice who can't seem to see the source of the leak. ( sods law the boiler is never having one of its leaking sessions when the engineer is here ).

I'm assuming this is some kind of release valve?

 

[Deleted member 105431]

more likely to be an automatic air vent, call alpha back.

 

[idealnumber1]

keep getting them back until they fix it or find the leak yourself and show them were its leaking from

 

[daiw]

It's probabley a bit late, but I had exactly the same problem. The engineer sent by Alpha fixed it in 5 Mins. It was a leak from the mains input to the boiler. You cannot see this if the front cover is on. As it was still under warranty I hadn't removed it.

 

[BingoBongo]

a leak from the main wouldnt cause a pressure drop.

usually a leak can be traced by seeing where it is gathering/staining and trying to trace it back,as it is an Alpha though there are probably more leaks than Jamie Olivers seive