Hi, I have a leak on my indirect hot water cylinder. If you take a look at the picture on this link -
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=2zq776r
it is leaking not from where someone on another forum marked his leak but from between the cylinder face and the washer beneath the
nut. This is on the top feed of the coil and I don't know whether it is boiler water or tank water that is leaking.
Putting the heating on demand doesn't seem to make it drip any faster.
I'm not sure if tightening the nut nearest the cylinder will have any effect.
I would guess that it was part of the original factory assembly and tightening it may try to turn the coil or even break a soldered seam!
To make matters worse I have a complicated set of fittings, including a cast iron sleeve, between the nut and the elbow on the feed pipe which means that each thread back would be loosened in turn.
The tank (not foam lagged) and pipework have been fitted for probably 40+ years so not sure what size pipework is.
Comments and suggestions would be greatfully accepted, thank you anyone.[/img]
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=2zq776r
it is leaking not from where someone on another forum marked his leak but from between the cylinder face and the washer beneath the
nut. This is on the top feed of the coil and I don't know whether it is boiler water or tank water that is leaking.
Putting the heating on demand doesn't seem to make it drip any faster.
I'm not sure if tightening the nut nearest the cylinder will have any effect.
I would guess that it was part of the original factory assembly and tightening it may try to turn the coil or even break a soldered seam!
To make matters worse I have a complicated set of fittings, including a cast iron sleeve, between the nut and the elbow on the feed pipe which means that each thread back would be loosened in turn.
The tank (not foam lagged) and pipework have been fitted for probably 40+ years so not sure what size pipework is.
Comments and suggestions would be greatfully accepted, thank you anyone.[/img]