Need some help please! - Potterton combi 80e heating issue

[andybibby]

Need some help please! - Potterton 80e combi - when heating is called for the fan just runs and there is no flames. Pilot stays alight but no heat - help please!

 

[oldplumber]

callout a gas safe techi as it could be several things, all involving gas/safety hence why your combi is failing to work. sorry i am not being more helpful.

 

[Blackcatgas]

This boiler doesnt have a pilot, its automatic ignition?.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

This boiler doesnt have a pilot, its automatic ignition?.

your right bcg the clues in the e bit 80e electronic

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Need some help please! - Potterton 80e combi - when heating is called for the fan just runs and there is no flames. Pilot stays alight but no heat - help please!

what does it do on hot water?

 

[andybibby]

My mistake! - it has a permanent pilot.

The hot water works, and reading some other threads it looks like I need to replace the wax capsule head.....

 

[Blackcatgas]

Lol ,oh dear......

 

[wnjswozo]

let us know how you go on replacing wax capsule head,
i have a few candles in the van

 

[gasmarc]

o I do love doing that nut at the back lol

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

My mistake! - it has a permanent pilot.

The hot water works, and reading some other threads it looks like I need to replace the wax capsule head.....

change the boiler

 

[gasmarc]

na fix it ,i went to one of these that had a split heat exchanger the other week the customer was an old bloke and he had a few buckets underneath it, the combustion chamber was full of water which went downstairs into the gas meter and his cooker, so the boiler would need a new heat exchanger gas valve panels perhaps and maybe a new pcb also all for the bargain price of £330 ,customer well happy or better still get a BG contract well worth the money I always recommend customers to get BG out when there is hundreds of pounds in parts lol

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

yes buts its a puma a shed anyway,and getting on a bit

 

[gasmarc]

i know they are crap i still have a few pcbs for them lol

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

i know they are crap i still have a few pcbs for them lol

good point,come to think of it i have a electronic pcb,a perm pilot pcb,and 4 stat pcbs

 

[gasmarc]

yes likewise and there new, a fan for one of them is around £150 ,got a quote for a swiftflow fan £162 at trade