baxi solo 2 pf 80 - Leaking Water

[dwaviation]

Hi all - My Baxi solo 2 pf 80 has started to leak quite badly from the heating element (boiler?) I first noticed some odd popping noises in the pipes a few days ago and had to re-pressurise the system a few times.

Tonight I had a look at the boiler itself and noticed water everywhere I removed the front panels and sure enough it looks as though the boiler has cracked or something.

Looks like I'm on electric heating for a few weeks....

Any help would be appreciated

 

[dwaviation]

Bump - Water certainly looks to be coming from the heat exchanger. Are these an easy swop over?

 

[DP]

Know of this problem. Email- details in my profile

 

[dwaviation]

email on its way - thanks

 

[dwaviation]

Just bumping again

Can anyone else help?

 

[powell30]

If the water is leaking from the heat/ex then it's a big job and one that will require an rgi to carry out

 

[dwaviation]

Managed to coax the boiler back into life.... will monitor for a day or two and then a replacement is due I guess - Thanks

 

[dwaviation]

Due to the cold and needs must I investigated this leak a little further. It would appear that the boiler only leaks water and reduces the pressure in the system when the boiler is actually off and even then it only leaks for about 10 minutes - However, due to the PCB being directly underneath the boiler their is a good chance of the PCB frying as it gets soaked So I have removed the outer casing which trapped the water and got the PCB up and out of the way of any future leak (positioned buckets accordingly)

As I said the boiler only leaks when it is off - So I have put it on its minimum heat setting (one) and run it continously for the last 48 hours. It has run perfectly... No leaks, the house is like toast, perfect.

So now I'm thinking could it be a failed seal or loose union instead of a cracked HE?

 

[twgas]

Hope you've taken off no more than the white case.

So now I'm thinking could it be a failed seal or loose union instead of a cracked HE?

HEs are a fairly common failure on these boilers and iirc there are no joints/seals within the sealed combustion chamber.

 

[dwaviation]

Nope - Only the white casing which was trapping water around the PCB. Nearly 72 hours now without a problem Will get someone in when the cold snap ends.

 

[mickyg]

maybe baxi will do it on a fixed price. bargain.

 

[dwaviation]

Not being dull but what do you mean?

 

[mickyg]

baxi offer a fixed price repair service. Basically any fault, all parts and labour included for one price. usually about £250 ish. Probably less than the price of a heat exchanger. give em a call.

 

[dwaviation]

Will do

 

[dwaviation]

Good tip - Phoned Baxi and their out tomorrow for £289 fixed price with a one year warranty policy on everything except rads and pipes

Let's hope they can fix it - boiler finally expired last night...