Medium
117 on Baxi EcoBlue Plus Combi

Your boiler has too much water in the system, which puts extra stress on the internal parts and may cause it to shut down for safety.

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This fault should be looked at by a Gas Safe engineer within the next week or two. It may get worse if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Primary System Water Pressure Too High

From this model's manual
Verified against the Baxi Ecoblue Combi installation & service manual, page 65.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

What causes this fault?

This fault occurs when the water pressure inside your system has risen above the safe operating limit. The most common reason is that the filling loop valve used to top up the boiler has been left slightly open or is leaking water into the system. It can also be caused by a failure in the expansion vessel, which is meant to handle the natural pressure increases that happen when water is heated.

DIY fix possible

Check that the filling loop taps are tightly closedBleed water from a radiator using a bleed key to lower the pressureMonitor the pressure gauge until it returns to the green zone (usually 1.2 to 1.5 bar)Press the reset button to clear the fault code

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