Magnaclean

gas4you

You should have been left with the large 'spanner' that fits the top and the little one to turn the isolation valves on and off.

If it is only a year old, there should have been a set of spare 'o' rings come with it as well.

dander

Well, overnight I seem to have had no more drips and the casing seems to be dry - so it looks like just tightening the lid was all it needed!
Thanks SO much - thank God I asked here before taking it all apart or wasting the plumber's time!

dander

I've a nasty feeling I threw some spare bits away, thinking, oh, I won't need those. Doh!

aboard_epsilon

spanner wrench ..looks like this



all the best.markj

jarviser

We just had a sudden leak from one of the new ones (black taps, black O-ring). About 1 drip every 5 seconds. Enough to drop the pressure to zero overnight. There was no obvious reason, no nicks or cracks in the o-ring, no accidental knocks to the filter bowl (its in the loft) and no freezing. Fortunately once the combi pressure was lost the boiler stopped and I only lost about a litre of water which was retained by the carpet under the boiler in the loft. An open vented boiler would have been a different matter. Using the spare O-ring and an obliging plumber seems to have fixed it - hand tight (his not mine) then 1/8th turn with the spanner. There's a washing-up bowl under it permanently now just in case.

I would still recommend it. The new boiler was fitted 6 months ago following a professional power flush, and over those months the unit still collected enough sludge to half fill a coffee mug. It's also a handy place to replenish the inhibitor.

cyclonebri1

I can echo that, we emptied the one I mentioned earlier after abour 15 months, a good bowl ful or crap that was hopefully allready in the system when we started:T:T