flames escaping

[beatts]

Hi

Before you say get a new boiler, I am! its just gonna take a week or so.

The problem we have at the mo is esaping flames from the main boiler housing (heat exchanger bit i think) it looks like the seal has corroded and some flames are escaping. Not big flames you understand but enough to be of concern.
what i want to know is, is there anything i can use as a temporary seal, i.e some heat resistant cement or something.

regards

mark

 

[Potterton Man]

Be very careful with this these symptoms often arise if the heat exchanger has sooted up if so your appliance will BE GIVING OFF CARBON MONOXIDE CALL A CORGI REGISTERED INSTALLER OUT EMIDEIATLEY

Gas Engineer for 24 years 8 with British Gas 10 with Potterton 6 Self Employed

 

[beatts]

ok thanks i;ll turn it off and forget about it till i get a new one fitted. the flames only escape after its been on about an hour or so

 

[krispy]

B.T.W DONT FORGET YOU CANNOT SEE OR SMELL CARBON MONOXIDE
IT CAN KILL

 

[boxster]

thats crazy. it should have been swicthed off long ago. flames should never be that condition and never even come close to escaping from a boiler. If its under poss pressure fumes WILL be escaping its just a question of how much damage has been donw. You cant smell CO2 but you will still get a strange sicky smell of fumes.

 

[ollski]

All your info is here