oil

Evening everyone, This is going to be one of those annoying questions which could be how long is a piece of string lol We moved into a new detached single-story bungalow in April. The oil boiler is used for the heating and water with a megaflow cylinder. It's a new build (10 years old) so...

Hi again folks, I have just moved into a rural property that has oil fired CH and there is a watchman attached to the oil tank. This looks like an old model and has what I think is a 'numeric' display rather than the more recent 'fuel gauge' type indicators on it. When I plugged in the...

Hi, My polo has caused me problems from day one and I was wondering if it was maybe time with me to part with it... The current issue at the moment is my engine management light has come on (this is the third time in about 4 months), I have had my front O2 sensor changed twice in that time and...

Hi there kind people of DIYnot. I need some advice please. We wanted to change our dated stone patio to some nice wood decking. I have bought some weathered hard wood decking locally. It was really cheap (I think £3/m +VAT is cheap) so I did not mind that it needs to get washed and treated. I...

Hi all, Coated my wood floor with Osmo Wood Wax Extra Thin Hardwax Oil this morning. Waited an hour as it was dry and the wood had sucked up the oil and applied a second coat, as per instructions. Now however, it's an uneven finish which doesn't look great. When I do a 'scratch' test on the...

Oil tank located currently in an outhouse needs to be replaced and doesn't meet current regulations anyway. Not many options to put it anywhere else as the yard between the outhouse and house is pretty small. Has anyone installed an integral 60 minute fire-checked bunded tank (like the tuffa...

Bleeding Rayburn 480 Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help with regards to bleeding a 480k Rayburn. We run out of oil and after refilling now have air stopping oil feeding into the Rayburn. I have looked through the manual and have an idea how to do this but wondered if anyone had a step by...

Hi two questions, that would be very helpful to have answered. Questions on how interchangeable oil pumps are. Can you replace a faulty RDB pump with a Riello Mectron oil pump, and vice versa? Is there any possible way that a danfoss oil pump could be used on a RDB burner. Would be really...

Hello all, Summary Burnt out TF832.3 control unit - what could cause it? Now Solved Had the boys in to do a full shake-down and service. Sadly there were multiple issues including iffy solenoid, knackered diverter valve and actuator, slightly gummed jet and a possibly senile timer. Gutted...

Hi, I recently bought two new identical oil filled radiators off ebay. Both of them dont seem to work correctly. They have three heat settings 850w, 1750w and 2600w ( 850w and 1750w combined). On the 850w setting the unit works fine, it heats up and responds to the dial thermostat and...

We bought our house brand new 6 years ago and recently I have noticed what appears to be oil or solvent inside a couple of the double glazing units - see attached photo. At the moment there is no evidence of any internal condensation but I'm wondering if these "oil leaks" indicate failure of the...

Hi hope someone can help, The boiler has been working fine all summer heating the hot water, but now the cold weather has come we've started having problems:- The motorised valve for the heating sounded like it was repeatedly trying to actuate but failing to, this has been replaced with an...

Hi Team, I wonder if someone may be able to help with the following issue. The Thermecon boiler is approximately 15 years and in the main performs well. Last year we had a problem with the spark generation to fire the burner. On inspection the HT leads seem to be arcing and the spark wasn't...

I have applied a first coat of ronseal Danish oil to my breakfast bar but it looks a lot darker than I hoped. Is there any way of lightening up the look of the wood either before or when I add further coats? Thanks in advance

I currently have a Worcester Bosch (WB) 20/25 Heat Slave Combi (non condensing) oil boiler dated 1999. I emailed WB and they said they don't have accurate figures for it's efficiency as it's pre-SEDBUK, but it's probably 65-75%. I'm getting, I think, a WB Heatslave II 18/25, which has a SEDBUK...

Hi all, My heatslave keeps going to lockout :( can i ask whats the most likey cause? It makes all the usual noises apart from like a wind noise before firing up, and of course no ignition firing up too, i can hear water running through the system, biler clicks when i turn tap on, oil in tank...