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[Terrywookfit]

I'm sorry too Tony that I seem to have offended you by wanting to try my best efforts to solve the problem without costing a significant amount of money when I could possibly fix it for far less.
I thought that was kind of the point of these forums and indeed the site (clue in the title - DIY?).
Appreciate engineers need to make a living but times are tight for all of us. Don't see why I shouldn't wield an Allen key and spanner and order a part online if that's all that's required. Have successfully done it before in other spheres.
Thanks anyway for the note about the photocell.
There is no way I would have the blokes who last serviced it back in my house, I'm afraid. I'd rather pay again.
I am fairly sure I'm going to have to find a recommendation from somewhere and get a qualified person in but your sarcasm was not really what I was looking for.

Ok here goes

Chanage the photocell ..... if that does not work try the PCB .......... if thats not working try the burner .......... then if still no luck check the oil filter and perhaps have a go at the fire valve

Then If its still not going ( O, by the way ..... if you change the burner then you will need to set the burner up but any fool with a spanner and allen key can have a go) kick it!!

Or ............. go on OFTEC website and call someone that maybe is also accredated to your boiler

Finding some one from the Oftec website is no guarantee of competence.

It simply means that they have paid £1600.00 for 5 years registration and have proved they are capable of reading and writing.
There is no requirement to be Oftec reg for servicing and repairs.

Actually although you dont have to be OFTEC registered to service/repair oil fired equipment you do have to be "a competant person" which means being trained in how they work and how to work on them. Loads of places offer these courses and issue certificates which then can be used as proof of competence to get registered with OFTEC if you then wish. Hence why when you do your OFTEC course you have a practical and written examination by an approved boby (mine was through EOGB this time). This then allows you to apply to OFTEC to register with them.
Being able to wield an allen key does not a boiler engineer make!

Neither does Attending an Oftec course.

Which legislation states you must be a competent person?

 

[brian62c]

Found a young chap who took the boiler apart and discovered not only a load of debris in the oil supply but also - in excess of 30 litres of WATER in the oil tank. The best theory for how it got there seems to be courtesy of the suppliers. Do they monitor how much water their tankers are carrying, along with their load of oil? How often do they check?
Anyway, it meant a new pump and nozzle and I had a new flexible line (old one was, well, old) and an extra in-line filter fitted while we were at it. A bit of old-fashioned siphoning got the water out of the tank (after one aborted effort due to sub-zero temperatures causing ICE in the tank - and I'm now keeping a Water Magnet in there to try to avoid a repeat.
The boiler was virtually recommissioned and after a bit of fettling - including tapping the long-dormant circulating pump with a lump hammer to get it going again - we are now basking in the luxury of a warm house and loads of piping hot water, using oil which was paid for long since.
The air adjustment switch on the boiler was also found to be worn but was persuaded to adjust enough to get the right readings. That will be replaced in the summer when we get Thomas back to service the boiler ready for next winter.
Happy days