warm brownwater leaking outof bolier..

asparagus1968

Bad yes? Anything I could check or do I have to call a plumber?
Many thanks

Browntoa

Could be a loose nut , could be a leak from the heat exchanger itself

TheCyclingProgrammer

Well it's not good. You definitely want to get a plumber out.

I'm sure it could be a number of things but the boiler in our house started to leak about a month after we moved in and it was a cracked main heat exchanger which was terminal. Boiler was nearly 20 years old though so not a bad innings.

macman

Make and model would help...
No, you need a GSR RGI. Plumbers are not qualified to work on gas boilers, although some can do both.

asparagus1968

thanks, I have boiler insurance luckily, just wondered if it could be something simple I could do.
It appears the water is coming from way up inside the thing
It's a vaillant, about 10 years old.


wow, hope I don't need a new one...

madeinireland_2

Might just be the air vent broken - I have a valliant and that was what was wrong on mine. You can just tighten it up to check - but you can't leave it tightened as its meant to remove any build up of air. Mine was just above the pump.

asparagus1968

well ,engineer coming sometime tomorrow. So, no heating or hot water until then.

unclebulgaria

It could be a stomach bug, I was leaking warm brown water when I had one!