I am a R.G.I and today after power flushing a very old system,i had problems starting the boiler. The boiler tries to fire but does not ignite, it then goes to lock out. It was working when i got their, but cycling on and off due to sludge. I informed the customer that i could smell fuel and that i should be left off untill it is serviced by an oftec engineer.She said it had not been serviced for a while. I did have a slight spillage of water when i diconnected the hose pipes, but not enough i thought to cause faults. After a few lighting attempts the smell got worse so i stoped. is it possible to flood it with oil. Their are no visable signs of oil leaking, all feed backs appreciated
Trianco Redfyre 15/19 oil boiler
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Well water spilt on control boxes doesn't help. If it's on the HT leads, that won't help either. If it hasn't been serviced "for a while", that sounds like it is due for one. Save yourself a lot of grief and tell the customer to get someone in. You can flood it with oil, and dealing with that is a pain the first time, after that it's just another thing to fix.
Thanks oilman, for your common sense.
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