Technical description
1. Heat exchanger scaled. Ultimately this will cause the heat exchanger fins to discolour and buckle. 2. Noisy ignition could be caused by incorrect setting of the slow ignition screw. 3. Reduced pilot rate caused by dirt. 4. Burner aeration ports and main flame ports blocked.
Engineer required
This is a high severity fault. Stop using the boiler and call a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.
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