Medium
2945 on Worcester Bosch Greenstar 2000

Your boiler is rapidly cycling on and off because it cannot efficiently release the heat it is generating, which often points to a blockage or a bottleneck in your heating 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

Too many short heat demands in short time period

From this model's manual
Verified against the Worcester Bosch Greenstar 27cdi installation & service manual, page 86.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

Engineer required

This fault requires a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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