My mother is having an on-going (for months now) problem with her oil central heating. Basically sometimes when it gets up to the set heat and switches off, it never comes back on again.
Pressing the little reset button on the boiler usually gets it going again, but not always, though eventually it does come back when it cools down.
Other symptoms are that the rads can get very hot when running.
Initial thought was the thermostat, but we had the guy who services the boiler check that and he says it is ok, He fitted a new oil filter as the old one was leaking, and he said he purged an air bubble when doing that job.
Fair enuff after that it seemed pretty good, maybe ran for 2 weeks without an issue, but now its happening again.
The guy who has looked at it a few times, does not seem to have any idea what to try, and suggested last time it might be worth replacing the electric unit on the front of the boiler/burner, but it all seems a bit uncertain.
Any advice appreciated
Mike
Pressing the little reset button on the boiler usually gets it going again, but not always, though eventually it does come back when it cools down.
Other symptoms are that the rads can get very hot when running.
Initial thought was the thermostat, but we had the guy who services the boiler check that and he says it is ok, He fitted a new oil filter as the old one was leaking, and he said he purged an air bubble when doing that job.
Fair enuff after that it seemed pretty good, maybe ran for 2 weeks without an issue, but now its happening again.
The guy who has looked at it a few times, does not seem to have any idea what to try, and suggested last time it might be worth replacing the electric unit on the front of the boiler/burner, but it all seems a bit uncertain.
Any advice appreciated
Mike