Hi Guys,
I've recently been having problems with my Jaguar boiler. There is a slight leak (drip, drip) from the safety valve when the central heating is on. The water is dirty, almost black. Obviously because of this leak i'm having to re-fill the central heating quite often. Also i've noticed "thumps" coming from the boiler recently. Other than these issues the boiler is working fine.
After looking through the posts it seems that i could replace the safety valve for about a fiver and re-pressurize the expansion vessel (which could be the cause of the strange thumping sounds).
First question is: Do you think i'm right about the causes of these problems?
Secondly: How do you re-pressurize the expansion vessel?
...Thirdly: How do you go about adding things like inhibitors in a closed loop system like this?
regards,
Brian.
I've recently been having problems with my Jaguar boiler. There is a slight leak (drip, drip) from the safety valve when the central heating is on. The water is dirty, almost black. Obviously because of this leak i'm having to re-fill the central heating quite often. Also i've noticed "thumps" coming from the boiler recently. Other than these issues the boiler is working fine.
After looking through the posts it seems that i could replace the safety valve for about a fiver and re-pressurize the expansion vessel (which could be the cause of the strange thumping sounds).
First question is: Do you think i'm right about the causes of these problems?
Secondly: How do you re-pressurize the expansion vessel?
...Thirdly: How do you go about adding things like inhibitors in a closed loop system like this?
regards,
Brian.