On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:02:00 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Adrian C wrote:
Yikes. The Transco man did mention a bit of corrosion.

The Kingfishers have O rings between the heat exchanger sections, and
these can need replacing after this sort of age. And if it's been leaking,
it's possible the linings to the burner box are damaged too and need
replacement.

They are pretty simple boilers to strip down totally, but I'm not sure
what spares are still available.


I have a CF60- of similar vintage and it started leaking recently and
it was the gaskets that fit to each side of the heat exchanger .They
are simply replaceable by removing the casing to get access ,then
removing the plates on either side .The gaskets on mine were totally
hard ..I scraped them off and cleaned up the surfaces and replaced
them( also using Heat Resistand Silicone) after brushing out the
boiler .I also replaced the ceramic rope thats seals the casing round
the pilot light as it had got wet with the leak....£16 a metre
tho'...ouch!!!.....spares are still readily available .
Check the website at
http://www.potterton.co.uk/aftersales/spares/index.html


Stuart ...




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