Medium
S.41 on Vaillant Atmomax

Your boiler has detected that the water pressure is too high, often caused by the filling loop being left open or a fault in the expansion system.

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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

Water pressure > 2.8 bar

Shared across the range
This code is shared by the boilers in this range, which use the same control board. It may not be printed in this exact variant’s manual.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

DIY fix possible

Check that the silver braided filling loop valves are tightly closedBleed water from a radiator using a radiator key to reduce the pressureMonitor the pressure gauge to ensure it returns to between 1.0 and 1.5 barReset the boiler once the pressure is within the normal range

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