Help boiler not working!

[sticher]

Well only intermittently and we are having cold showers!

I have a Potterton Lynx 2 boiler and it is about 13 years old (so done quite well!). It is a combination boiler and has 9 radiators running off it. Over the last couple of years it has seemed to be struggling a bit and then we had a circuit board replaced and since then it has never coped with running a hot bath in cold weather unless we run the tap veeerrry slowly!

It seems like we must have a leak as the water pressure keeps falling (in the boiler) today, even after topping the boiler up it keeps switching off. I have spent the whole evening trying to get a hot bath and although the heating has stayed on (thankfully), no bath.

When the boiler refuses to come on the 'demand' light is coming on but the 'ignition' or 'flame' light wont. It has stayed on now for a couple of hours though tonight. Obviously I don't want to leave it until we have no heating either, so do I need a new boiler does anyone have any idea?

Anyway, sorry for the long post, its just that if I need a new boiler, I have no idea what to get. I still want a combi though. I have also considered having an extension sometime in the future (possibly), so ideally would like a boiler that could cope with even more radiators/extra bathroom.

Anyway, any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks,
Fiona

 

[kevplumb]

Anyway, any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks,
Fiona

can you post a pic of you in the bath (just so the lads can work it out )

failling that diaphram is prime suspect

 

[sticher]

Thanks for such a quick reply Kevplumb. Your request has made me blush . So you think I might just get away with a new part, rather than a completely new boiler then - sounds good. I don't suppose you are located anywhere near London then? I need to get someone in quick, so will ring around tomorrow.

Thanks for your help.

 

[kevplumb]

london gall

i'm in the frozen north

ave a do at agile or chrisr they is in your neck of the woods

both good boiler men

 

[sticher]

Well I feel pretty frozen at the mo after that cold shower! .

Would I be able to contact either of those you mention, or do I just hope they see my message? Sorry to seem a bit thick - brains frozen

 

[kevplumb]

no probs go in the index and click on the blue names

shower = cold wheres the pic

failling that e mail me and i will sort yer out

 

[sticher]

wheres the pic

failling that e mail me and i will sort yer out

Do you need to come and borrow my cold shower?

I am off to search for the 'index' now. Thanks again.

 

[kevplumb]

Do you need to come and borrow my cold shower? icon_wink.gif

prob ex i am tooo old

 

[BillH]

Hope it's fixed by now but when mine did this it was the DHW flow switch - Potterton part no 222131

 

[baxpoti]

13 year old Lynx..running reck
Bite the bullet and put your money towards a new boiler

 

[hav it]

lol

 

[sticher]

Just thought I would update you all.

Turns out it was the gas pressure from mains that was the problem. I reported that I thought I could smell gas and sure enough we had a gas leak. I told the gasman a couple of things about the problems I was having and he suggested they increase the gas pressure. So two days later (one without heating/no gas at all) and a huge hole in the front street and the boiler has a new lease of life! What luxury to have a hot bath again!

Hopefully the boiler will last a while yet (fingers crossed), but in the meantime I have found a very useful site full of very helpful and kind people! Thank you all.