i definately wouldn't touch anything to do with the gas myself mate,,,im pig sick of it now,,,i just thought maybe I could get it going to last the winter and replace it in the spring,,,looks like I'm going to have to get it done a lot sooner...
powermax range 155 wont fire
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have you mentioned the problem with oxide to the engineer ? what lights are showing on the boiler when the boiler is faulting ?
yes mate i mentioned the black water coming from the rads to the the gas lad,,,when turning the hot water on the fan will spin and it will cycle maybe 5 or 6 times trying to fire then locks out with the red lockout light illuminating,,,i did notice a few of the valves weaping a bit after it went wrong,,,one on a towel rail ad two on the boiler itself,,,in the past when ive seen this its usually down to a blockage somewhere causing too much pressure,,,but that was on a sealed system this one is vented,,,i don't know if that makes any difference just saying......
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no mate they didn't do me any favours,,,its hard to believe the previous owner of the house was not only a heating engineer with his own business but also a college lecturer for wannabe heating engineers,,,i mean if I went to a carpenters house id expect all his woodwork to be pristine if you know what I mean......
That is pretty impossible for me to understand!
Did you not go to school and learn how to write in English?
But it seems that you have engaged a "parts changer" with no diagnostic skills.
All I can say is that you should not be paying for parts which do not fix the boiler.
Nor for his time when if he is unable to ever diagnose the problem.
Tony
why are you still dicking around with this and wasting time and money and sitting with no heating or HW ??????? get Baxi out on a fixed price repair it has absolutely nothing to do with the dirty water or 8mm pipes or the sump
well the reason is mate that baxi will not touch a gas appliance over 15 years old or if its a range powermax will not touch them if they're over ten years old,,,under the terms and conditions of the fixed price repair crack,,,im recovering from some surgery at the min and couldn't be chewed with changing the boiler so thought I could get it fixed for the time being until im recovered,,,ill get it replaced shortly with a combi......
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Good move.
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rules&rulers
Great job (getting shot of the p-max 
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