High
280 on Worcester Bosch Greenstar CDi Compact

Your boiler is struggling to restart because it is having trouble clearing out gases from its internal safety cycle.

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Book a Gas Safe engineer within 24 to 48 hours. Your boiler may be unsafe or could break down completely if left.

Technical description

Recycle time error Reset button After the burner has stopped, the recycle mode purges gas from the heat exchanger before attempting to burn again. The software has 3.1 seconds to intervene before the boiler goes into this fault condition.

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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