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Hi,

We have a potterton apollo boiler and it's showing a E1 fault due to a drop in pressure.

Normally I just pull down the green lever inside to increase the pressure but zilch is happening when I do this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 

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You have water through your hot taps ?
 
That green lever isn’t something I’m familiar wit, it looks a little like a pressure relief valve. It also looks like you may have an external filling loop connection setup as well?
 
Colopolo said:
Hi,

We have a potterton apollo boiler and it's showing a E1 fault due to a drop in pressure.

Normally I just pull down the green lever inside to increase the pressure but zilch is happening when I do this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
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Undertrained said:
That green lever isn’t something I’m familiar wit, it looks a little like a pressure relief valve. It also looks like you may have an external filling loop connection setup as well?
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The Baxi guy told me this replaced the filling loop, so I'm not sure. They changed it about 2 years ago.
 
There not that good they do stick / fail
 
Undertrained said:
Yes they do. Looks like they’re usable, precursor though- they may leak. Remove the caps, Attach the filling loop to both valves, and using a flat bladed screwdriver or a kitchen knife turn both valves and you shouldn’t be able to get boiler back up and running.
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Undertrained said:
Yes they do. Looks like they’re usable, precursor though- they may leak. Remove the caps, Attach the filling loop to both valves, and using a flat bladed screwdriver or a kitchen knife turn both valves and you shouldn’t be able to get boiler back up and running.
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Thanks. We managed to get the left one off and it did leak but the right one just wouldn't budge with tools. Even my neighbour tried.

I wish I had known how feeble those green levers are as I would have told them not to change it. Its frustrating having to pay someone to come and fix it.
 

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