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12/28/2010
Rick Ridley, UK Heating Engineer
Category: UK Plumbing
Satisfied Customers: 2,708
Experience: 30 Years on the tools, now retired, Ex CORGI
VerifiedHi I am Rick, UK Plumber, and I specialize on Boiler problems, there are a few things that can cause this so to try and narrow it down can you check the following, (1) does it do it from cold or does it only do it when hot? (2) when it is cutting out what sort of temperatures do you have on the flow and return close to the boiler? Rick
Rick Ridley, UK Heating Engineer
Category: UK Plumbing
Satisfied Customers: 2,708
Experience: 30 Years on the tools, now retired, Ex CORGI
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the first thing to check is the hoses that go to the air pressure switch at the back of the control panel, they can get folded if you fold the panel down and the boiler operates OK then that will be the problem, and also you will find a brass feral that joins two hoses together this has a fine hole in it that can get clogged, Rick
Rick Ridley, UK Heating Engineer
Category: UK Plumbing
Satisfied Customers: 2,708
Experience: 30 Years on the tools, now retired, Ex CORGI
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