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Rad Airlocked

  • 12-10-2014 4:22pm
    #1
    KERSPLAT!
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    Rad Airlocked, or at least I think it is. The middle section stays stone cold while the rest is piping hot including the top and bottom of the cold section, if that makes sense! I have tried to bleed the rad with about 500ml of water approx, over two goes, coming out but no air whatsoever, or none that I have noticed and no change to the rad. Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated :)


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  • #2
    Dtp1979
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Rad Airlocked, or at least I think it is. The middle section stays stone cold while the rest is piping hot including the top and bottom of the cold section, if that makes sense! I have tried to bleed the rad with about 500ml of water approx, over two goes, coming out but no air whatsoever, or none that I have noticed and no change to the rad. Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated :)

    It's not air, it's sludge in your system. It's likely that it's happening to more than one rad. If you have a gas boiler then it's only a matter of time before the heat exchanger blocks up. If not then the rads will only get worse.


  • #3
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Only happening to one so far, oil burner. Any suggestions on what to do? Remove rad and try flush it out?


  • #4
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Only happening to one so far, oil burner. Any suggestions on what to do? Remove rad and try flush it out?

    I suppose you could alright. That'd be a temporary measure though. A powerflush is what you need


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