Noisy fan on Worchester 24i

matty_hunt

Hi. Ive got a noisy Worcester 24i. An engineer said it’s the bearings on the fan and given a verbal quote of £220. Looking on ebay there are fans from around £65. Whilst I don’t want to be taking work for anyone, times are hard so, my question is…Is a fan replacement on this model boiler something I could do myself? Or does it involve the gas in some way so necessitating a corgi engineer? If so, is £220 reasonable as that’s about a quarter of the price of the boiler. Anyone know at what sort of age I should consider replacing this boiler? If things are going to start going wrong then it maybe better to buy a new one.


many thanks

greyteam1959

As far as I know and I might of course be wrong..........
You need to be Gas Safe registered ( Old Corgi ) to take the s*odding front of the boiler never mind actually do anything when you get in there !!!

matty_hunt

Thanks Mervyn. I assumed I would only need a registered gas engineer for the parts that invovle gas directly. Not, say, replace a circuit board.
cheers

shandypants5

mervyn11 wrote: »

As far as I know and I might of course be wrong..........
You need to be Gas Safe registered ( Old Corgi ) to take the s*odding front of the boiler never mind actually do anything when you get in there !!!

As far as I am aware... and I may be wrong too.

You only need to be corgi or acops registered for the "gas carrying" parts.
Well thats what it said on the paperwork with the boiler fan that I just changed..;)

matty_hunt

So, I would ba able to change this myself then? Could anyone confirm this? Many thanks

stef73

I have the same boiler and last weekend the fan became noisy and would not fire . A friend of mine works for a company who fit worcester boilers so he got someone round . Have you taken off the front opened up the inner case 4 phillips screws and sprayed the fan with wd40 ? . This is what the person who came round to mine did . Its alot quiter now he used alot of WD40 and it smelt abit , might be worth trying . He also told me i could replace the fan myself if it went .

jkgray

stef73 wrote: »

Have you taken off the front opened up the inner case 4 phillips screws and sprayed the fan with wd40 ? . This is what the person who came round to mine did . Its alot quiter now

I second this. We had problems with our boiler which had numerous parts replaced (under insurance) but it kept breaking down until one of the 'engineers' sprayed the fan liberally with WD40 worked until recently when we suspected the fan had jammed again so we sprayed it with WD40 ourselves and the boiler has been working fine since.

greyteam1959

Errrrmmm....
I did'nt like to say it, but I would look at my boiler and try and repair it.
Not touching any gas fittings of course.:eek:

matty_hunt

Thanks eveyone for the replys. Im going to give the WD40 a go and take it from there.
Cheers.

TimBuckTeeth

I have also used WD40 to get my fan going. Only use a small amount of WD40 and catch any drips with kitchen roll to avoid contaminating the burners or heat insulation. Bare in mind that it is only a temporary fix as the WD40 will dry out and the fan bearings are worn out so the fan needs replacing.
If replacing the fan ensure it is fitted correctly as before. Take care to replace the front cover of the boiler so that it is sealed well.

keystone

mervyn11 wrote: »

As far as I know and I might of course be wrong..........
You need to be Gas Safe registered ( Old Corgi ) to take the s*odding front of the boiler never mind actually do anything when you get in there !!!

shandypants5 wrote: »

As far as I am aware... and I may be wrong too.

You only need to be corgi or acops registered for the "gas carrying" parts.
Well thats what it said on the paperwork with the boiler fan that I just changed..;)

TimBuckTeeth wrote: »

Take care to replace the front cover of the boiler so that it is sealed well.

On some modern boilers the casing forms part of the gas train and in that case it is sealed and it is importnt that it is resealed correctly on refitting. ONLY GasSafe registered engineers can work on the gas train in domestic premises for trade. Thats why you may hear that you may not remove the front cover of any boilerunless you are GasSafe. Its erring on the side of caution TBH.

Shadypants - Corgi ceased to maintain the gas register on 1st April 2009 - its been maintained by Capita under the GasSafe banner ever since. ACOPS is for mobile homes / caravans.

Cheers