Medium
F40 on Johnson Starley Comet 100

Your boiler has too much water inside it, which might cause it to shut down for safety or leak from the pressure relief valve.

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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.

Technical description

Water pressure too high

DIY fix possible

Check that the silver filling loop valves are tightly closedBleed water from a radiator using a bleed key to reduce pressureMonitor the pressure gauge until it returns to approximately 1.5 barReset the boiler to clear the fault code

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