No hot water when you turn on the tap(Vaillant 242e combi boiler)?

When I turn on the tap for hot water, the boiler does not fire so to overcome this I turned the CH up full to fire the boiler. After some investigation I found that if you make the micro switch manually, on the unit on the right hand side below the pump, the boiler will fire and you have hot water. I was wondering, in the unit I have described is there a diaphragm to operate the micro switch to ignite the boiler. Any help would be gratefull received.
William Wood, July 2006


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Hi, just remove the diaphragm and check for holes, but don't forget to turn the mains water supply off as well as the electric first!

Paul, July 2006
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