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PRESSURE PROBLEMS IN MY SIME COMBI BOILER?

I AM EXPERENCEING A HIGH PRESSURE PROBLEM IN MY SIME COMBI BOILER THE BOILER WILL RUN FOR APPROX 15-20MINS BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN AND IF LEFT WITHOUT DRAINING THE EXCESS OFF THE BOILER WILL "RELEIVE" ITSELF ! THE MODEL DETAILS ARE SIME MATRICOLA 04-32 COD5167707 001606

ALAN, March 2007

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i'm lost !

im confused .com, March 2013

far aboots has macconichie plumb plumb gone

smelly nellie, March 2013

aye aye super plumb,ony chunce o a shot o yir dungspreader next wik min.the coos are skitterin like buggery and im gonna hae to clean the coort oot again.cheeridoodle. ps smelly nellys a rel hottie

stinky boab, February 2013

i like the one where the mouse kills the cat

im confused.com, February 2013

hi could anyone tell where i could buy a sime boiler,i've heard they are top quality and you never get any problems with them.money is tight so i want to make sure i fit a good solid boiler.

Nom Rowat, February 2013

Tom and Jerry were mint as well like! S. I. M. E. SAVILLE IS MT ENVY. Get one of these boilers. And when the sime engineer comes round which he will as all of these boilerrs are faulty, which is great! I got some quality time with a strapping man called Mark. Got my probe in his flue.

stinky probe, February 2013

i love itchy and scratchy. i like the one where the mouse kills the cat. mmmmmmmm

im confused .com, January 2013

hi smelly nelly,i think you left them in my tractor when you were helping me wi the dung spreading.

superplumb, January 2013

hi there ive got a sime eco comfort 30ev and ive lost my false teeth,can anybody help please?

smelly nelly, January 2013

dis onybody ken fit al16 means on this sime heater.it jist keeps goin on and aff a the time.i bide in the aiberdeen area o scotland if ony o yous ken fit it could be i wid gledly appreciate yir help.the watter that comes oot mi taps is affa cloudy aswell.laters etc.............

im confused .com, January 2013

sime boilers ,total quality man.loads better than worcester anyday..c'mon the sime!!!!!!!!!!!!1

stinky boab, January 2013

sime sime sime a man after midnight,wont somebody help me chase the shadows away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stinky boab, January 2013

stinky boab yir spikin a load o mince min.i totally agree wi thon machonnichi fella.thon sime boilers are aboot as muckle use as a chocolate teacup problem efter problem efter problem efter problem efter problem.are yi catchin ma drift there.

copper pipes, January 2013

i dinna ken fit a they boys are on aboot,sime boilers are the best on the market.excellent value for money and they give you a trouble free installation.fit them and forget them.the PCB boards are o the highest quality and the back up service you get fae the laddie fae city tech is second to none.dae yir self a favour and rush oot in buy a sime boiler the day min.ayeeeeeeeeeee

stinky boab, January 2013

the sime eco comfort is a good boiler when it is working properly which unfortunately isn't very often.about every 7 out 10 boilers i fit need the manufacturer to come out to them in the first 2 weeks.common problems are o1,o6 fault codes.the manufacturer tries to blame install problems so they dont have to fix them as they are always so busy because of the high volume of sime breakdowns.99% of the time they have to come back as it is a boiler fault

macchonichie plumb plumb, January 2013

we fit this boiler for council contract in aberdeen and it is the worst boiler I have come across in 25 years by a country mile.everything from the fan,pcb,air pressure switch,diverter valve among other things needs replaced within weeks or days of install.you could get a potterton promax for about a £100 more and have no problems at all and get at least 10 _ 15 years out of it

super plumb, January 2013

how do i adjust pressure on a ariston boiler.

daz, December 2012

SIME ecomfort plus HE . Problem after problem . Intermittant hot water , CH cutting out after 10min . Installer wont return my calls , ive had plumber over 4 times , 2 parts replaced and the manfacturers are useless. I just about had enough of washing in kettles in the sink and freezing :(

Lynz, October 2012

hi my plumber tried to fix my boiler, it had a flashing orange light but now it has a permenant red light, can you help got no hot water and no heating, with 3 kids :(

charlotte, October 2012

cant get water into the boiler. i have used the black cold water tap but no water coming in. my pressure reads zero. pls help

chris palmer, February 2012

Hi The presure on my combi is 2.I have to turn on central heating to get hot water,HELP

Mark Clive, November 2011

Thank you Stu (Apr 2008) for the suggestion about the black tap valve on the cold water tap for increasing the pressure on my SIME boiler. Worked a treat! My pressure was nearly zero.

Leke, February 2011

my boiler makes a terrible rumbling noise whenever i turn hot tap on and doesnt stop for over 2 mins after water turned off

george piddington, January 2010

hi
my combi boiler pressure keep rising, i have lowered the pressure, but still keeps rising to 3.5 b

tom, December 2009

my pressure says 2+ and have no hot water

roz, July 2009

i can only get ht water if i turn on the cenrel heating what going on

brian, April 2009

The problem with our Sime boiler starting up and shutting down with a bang after a few seconds was caused by the CH water filter being blocked. Where we changed some radiators, some loose bits had flowed round the system and got caught in it. We drained the boiler and cleaned the filter and it was fine.

Dave, April 2009

water pressure not holding leaking back out of the condenser outlet pipe

jason, April 2009

i have no hot water and there is a letter (d) on my boiler what does this mean?

satisha, November 2008

Hi Alan

I am experiencing similar problems but only my gas pressure is low.

I have a Vaillant boiler and a few days ago it stops working, I had no hot water or heating. A Vaillant engineer came out and told me the fan was faulty. After fixing the fan he ran a few tests and told me my boiler gas pressure was extremely low at 6m bar and he will have to shut the boiler down and I will need to get an engineer to look at my pipe connecting to the boiler and the gas.

My boiler is 6 years and I am not sure if it has come to an end.

All the best with your boiler!

RM, September 2008

i have not hot water and a red light is flashing

corrine, September 2008

Check the air pressure in the expansion tank you have to drain the system. With no water in the system it should be about 2 bar air pressure.

If no air pressure in the expansion tank it just fills with water when the boiler starts up the water expands and has no where to except to over flow.

My problem was the valve was leaking and I replaced it with one from an old bike used a bike pump & tyre pressure gauge to check pressure in expansion tank NOTE ONLY CHECK PRESSURE WITH EMPTY SYSTEM

Then I just refilled system with water and that was that

George the Scot, August 2008

hi, for low pressure problems you simply need to top your boiler up with water from the cold water inlet pipe.

On the cold water inlet to the boiler theres a small, usually black tap valve...it should remain off (90 degrees to pipe)....however if you have low pressure simply turn the tap on and it will bring your boiler pressure back up! the required pressure in a boiler is between 1 and 1.5bar. once you reach this correct level, turn the tap off again until the pressure drops below 1 again.
reason for a loss of pressure can be a water leak either somewhere on your internal pipework or in your boiler itself...would be good idea to get it looked at by qualified plumber!

hope this helps

Stu, April 2008

Hi I have a sime Friendly boiler and the pressure gauge is nearly zero. I think i need to put more water into it but cant find out how. Any help please?

michael day, March 2007

hi alan,

just had similar with my sime boiler - not sure if same model or not, but my pressure gauge was reading high & it'd fire up for a minute then screech to a halt.

the pump turned out to be the problem - a guy came in, opened up the big screw on the front of the pump, poked a screwdriver in to free it up a bit and off it went.

best of luck....

gd, March 2007

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