Vaillant g10 seals and servicing

[Sharp Point]

Is it a pig to swap? Never done one

 

[Sharp Point]

Was it an internal leak and going down condo?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Is it a pig to swap? Never done one

Not really. Just a faf. Make sure you have one of these. Just in case.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Was it an internal leak and going down condo?

No mate. Popped at top.

 

[Scott_D]

Lovely job for a Saturday? And nope. I’m not helping Ron on a service

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Not a proper service if you didnt remove the gas valve

 

[Harvest Fields]

Not a proper service if you didnt remove the gas valve

It’s coming out now mate

 

[Harvest Fields]

All back together

 

[Riley]

What’s it cost roughly in parts mate

 

[Harvest Fields]

Heat ex under 10 years old. Free under warranty.
Fan pipe £25.00

 

[Riley]

Oh fair enough

 

[Scott_D]

It’s coming out now mate

Did you use RAL9016 to touch up and scratches on the case?

Heat ex under 10 years old. Free under warranty.
Fan pipe £25.00

did they just give it to you to fit?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Did you use RAL9016 to touch up and scratches on the case?

did they just give it to you to fit?

Yes mate sent it in the post. But now the heat ex is brand new the CO reading is blooming high.

 

[Scott_D]

Yes mate sent it in the post. But now the heat ex is brand new the CO reading is blooming high.

Give it a proper service?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yep that’s how I found the heat ex was leaking.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes mate sent it in the post. But now the heat ex is brand new the CO reading is blooming high.

Oil in the manufacturering normally go back in a week to do the readings / paperwork

 

[Harvest Fields]

That’s what I figured in the end. I Left 20 minutes ago. Said would be back the end of the week.

 

[Old Account]

That is the damn reason why the boilers don’t last long. When I service a boiler I strip it down, clean burner, flush main heat exchanger, siphon, ****, replacing seals, electrodes . that’s what the customer is paying for. There is no other service than that. Majority of engineers don’t service boilers properly and that’s so wrong.

@Riley, where did I mentioned that the engineers on here don’t service properly? I said in general not particular the engineers on here did I?
However, if you say I’m wrong that’s fine with me don’t bother me at all, I will keep it going the way it should be.

 

[king of pipes]

Strip down and change the G10 seal every service . Kop

 

[Old Account]

Lovely job for a Saturday? And nope. I’m not helping Ron on a service

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But that’s the way to do it

 

[Old Account]

Is it a pig to swap? Never done one

It’s time to stripe then

 

[Old Account]

Not really. Just a faf. Make sure you have one of these. Just in case.

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Had the same problem a month ago. On a Saturday had to drive 11 miles one way

 

[Riley]

@Riley, where did I mentioned that the engineers on here don’t service properly? I said in general not particular the engineers on here did I?
However, if you say I’m wrong that’s fine with me don’t bother me at all, I will keep it going the way it should be.

I realise English is not your first language Ron but you have to be mindful of people reading your messages. Text speak which is what this essentially is, can be construed in many ways depending on who reads it. And you can see from the reaction how many people got upset by it.

 

[Harvest Fields]

View attachment 37958 thought I would continue this here instead of the other thread

When I went in the Ecotec training day a few years ago I was told to open the heat exchanger up every 5 years unless FGA reading say otherwise

Every time you open the heat exchanger you should replace the seal

Am I wrong? Or has it changed?

Just been on a Vaillant course. They say that the seal only needs changing if you inspect inside the burner chamber which should be done every 5 years as a minimum. He said that you can change annually if you wish, but there is no need.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just been on a Vaillant course. They say that the seal only needs changing if you inspect inside the burner chamber which should be done every 5 years as a minimum. He said that you can change annually if you wish, but there is no need.

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Does that mean your vai

 

[Harvest Fields]

Just thought as I was on site I would ask the question and get some feedback mate.