Medium
S.54 on Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 610

Your boiler is temporarily pausing because it has detected that the water pressure or the flow of water inside your heating system is not moving correctly.

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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

Waitingperiod:Lowwaterpressureinthecircuit(flow/returnspreadtoolarge)

From this model's manual
Verified against the Vaillant Ecotec Plus 610 installation & service manual, page 33.
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 your boiler pressure gauge; if it is below 1 bar, top it up using the filling loopEnsure all radiator valves are fully open to allow water to circulate freelyCheck for any obvious leaks near the boiler or radiators

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