Glowworm 18si small leak

kopkidda

I have a glow worm 18si boiler, get it serviced every year. Got it serviced in December and ever since when you leave it on for more then an hour the info starts flashing at 2.9 bar, which I assume is because the pressure is too high. Water has started to leak(in small amounts drop by drop), from what I presume is the out pipe of the boiler(this pipe is too the very left and goes through the wall).

It didnt do this before getting it serviced. I lowered down the termostat and the pressue dosent flash anymore but water still leaks out gradually. The boiler works grand otherwise. Any ideas?

slavetothegrind

sounds like the fill loop valve is open slightly thus charging your system to the mains pressure.
this reaches 3 bar and your safety valve opens and discharges to the outside.

see if you can find your fill loop ( hot press?) and check that the valve is off.

kopkidda

slavetothegrind wrote: »

sounds like the fill loop valve is open slightly thus charging your system to the mains pressure.
this reaches 3 bar and your safety valve opens and discharges to the outside.

see if you can find your fill loop ( hot press?) and check that the valve is off.

That "fill loop" your talking about,what would it be like?I have a valve in the hot press with a dial on it,but this is down below .5 bar so dont think this is it.

Buford T Justice

kopkidda wrote: »

That "fill loop" your talking about,what would it be like?I have a valve in the hot press with a dial on it,but this is down below .5 bar so dont think this is it.

Take a pic of the hot press and post it if you can

kopkidda

Well rang up the service crowd and its not under service warranty so will be a call out of €82 to have a look at it, before they fix it. Its only a drip leak so it isnt bad.

Dont really want to have to fork out €82 to have it fixed. Is the problem likely to get worse and I am I better off just paying it and getting it fixed. Id say your man will probably fix it in 5 mins!