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[KPH]

I have a Potterton Kingfisher MF, 4 years old.

Problem is that everything appears to be going (pump, fan, green light, see the flame through the front) but house is still cold.

How can I tell if pump is actually going, it has power to leads and vibrates/hums, pump is SMC and pretty old and there isn't a centre screw to turn.

The flame through the front seems pretty tame, I would have expected something a little more furnace like.

 

[kevplumb]

try tapping it with a mallet or similar
NOT a hammer
sounds like its stuck

 

[KPH]

No change. I have been round house and listened to radiators which makes me think pump may not be working as there isn't the usual noises. Is there a reasonable simple way to poke thing back to life?

 

[kevplumb]

in a word no
sorry
replace it

 

[KPH]

Better get another bag of coal in then...

Cheers for prompt reply.

 

[kevplumb]

might be worth waiting im not the only one that posts some of the regs might know a way
coal live by the sea m8 its free

 

[KPH]

New pump installed, heating still not going. Can now here water running through rads and so therefore think old pump was shot anyway. Boiler lights pilot OK but I don't think much is happening after that. Gas Valve has power going to it so it looks like yellow pages for a professional.

 

[ChrisR]

If you say where you are, you never know one of us might be local.

 

[KPH]

Caversham, Reading