H i Fellas,
I have a Worcester 24cdi combi boiler that has had an intermittent fault for a while now, i should explain, the boiler is in girlfriends house!
Anyway the problem is that the boiler cuts out intermittently within maybe an hour and a half of it firing up from cold, it can be reset and does fire up again but after a while it cuts out again and the cenral heating light flashes. I do know a bit about combis and went around and the first thing i found was that the pressure gauge did not have the usual permanent red needle on the face to act as a guide to the pressure, so, i operated the pressure relief valve but the pressure did not drop as expected although i could here the water being released. My girlfriend explained that she knew how to "top it up" but i wondered that she had over pressurized it by no knowing what the pressure was because the gauge didnt seem to work. The boiler is situated upstairs in the airing cupboard. So, after i had though i had drained the boiler to what i though was empty because i couldnt hear anymore water draining, i then topped it back up basically guessing at what pressure it was.
All seemed fine this morning as the boiler came on at the timer, and also this evening when my g/f returned from work but the it cut out within an hour and a half again.
Any ideas please?
p.s the boiler is 7 years old
I have a Worcester 24cdi combi boiler that has had an intermittent fault for a while now, i should explain, the boiler is in girlfriends house!
Anyway the problem is that the boiler cuts out intermittently within maybe an hour and a half of it firing up from cold, it can be reset and does fire up again but after a while it cuts out again and the cenral heating light flashes. I do know a bit about combis and went around and the first thing i found was that the pressure gauge did not have the usual permanent red needle on the face to act as a guide to the pressure, so, i operated the pressure relief valve but the pressure did not drop as expected although i could here the water being released. My girlfriend explained that she knew how to "top it up" but i wondered that she had over pressurized it by no knowing what the pressure was because the gauge didnt seem to work. The boiler is situated upstairs in the airing cupboard. So, after i had though i had drained the boiler to what i though was empty because i couldnt hear anymore water draining, i then topped it back up basically guessing at what pressure it was.
All seemed fine this morning as the boiler came on at the timer, and also this evening when my g/f returned from work but the it cut out within an hour and a half again.
Any ideas please?
p.s the boiler is 7 years old
