Ideal Classic - is there something wrong with the flame?

[blueplanet]

Hi, my first post. I have an Ideal Classic FF230 which has been noisy for a while but recently has gone a little quiet. It used to make a noise which seemed like the fan was going but that seems to have gone. Now the burner shows a mix of orange with the blue flame and there seems to be red bits burning at the bottom. Is this anything to be concerned about? The boiler is 22 years old. Thanks for any input.

 

[PETE 123]

needs a service and clean.

 

[king of pipes]

As above needs a service .

 

[blueplanet]

It was serviced 6 months ago. Surely it cannot need another one in such a short time? Or can it? Thanks

 

[king of pipes]

It was serviced 6 months ago. Surely it cannot need another one in such a short time? Or can it? Thanks

It's dirty mate you can see that through the flame picture window it needs stripping down cleaning and the gas pressure checking at the burner a full service not just a safety check . Kop

 

[blueplanet]

It's dirty mate you can see that through the flame picture window it needs stripping down cleaning and the gas pressure checking at the burner a full service not just a safety check . Kop

Thanks, I will call the engineer back round and ask him to redo his alleged service.

 

[Ben-gee]

Might be more productive to find a different engineer.

 

[blueplanet]

Might be more productive to find a different engineer.

True! I'll get them to change the fan too. Thanks.