Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom

cynic wrote:

On 20 Sep, 09:32, Stickytroll wrote:
Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?


Your gauge is probably knackered

Maybe the needle's just stuck. Try itting the gauge wiv an ammer. Gently!

On 20 Sep, 09:32, Stickytroll wrote:
Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom

Your gauge is probably knackered

On 20 Sep,
cynic wrote:

On 20 Sep, 09:32, Stickytroll wrote:
Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom

Your gauge is probably knackered

More likely the relief valve is leaking, give it a twist to discharge any
gunge and see if it helps. If it can't be re-seated a new one may be needed.


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On 20 Sep, 12:13, wrote:
On 20 Sep, *
* * *cynic wrote:





On 20 Sep, 09:32, Stickytroll wrote:
Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom

Your gauge is probably knackered

More likely the relief valve is leaking, give it a twist to discharge any
gunge and see if it helps. If it can't be re-seated a new one may be needed.

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Thanks for the suggestions so far... So am I to assume that the fact
this happened (knackered/stuck gauge or leaky relief valve) after
taking out a radiator is just coincidence?

Tom.

On 20 Sep, 12:25, Stickytroll wrote:
On 20 Sep, 12:13, wrote:





On 20 Sep, *
* * *cynic wrote:

On 20 Sep, 09:32, Stickytroll wrote:
Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom

Your gauge is probably knackered

More likely the relief valve is leaking, give it a twist to discharge any
gunge and see if it helps. If it can't be re-seated a new one may be needed.

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Thanks for the suggestions so far... So am I to assume that the fact
this happened (knackered/stuck gauge or leaky relief valve) after
taking out a radiator is just coincidence?

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It's one of four.
Water isn't going in.
Water is going but is leaking out somewhere (possibly relief valve)
Check outlet from relief valve.
Needle on pressure guage has gone all the way round the dial and is on
"wrong" side of the zero pin.
Pressure guage stuck/full of gunge.. BE CAREFUL not to over pressure
the system. Remove pressure guage, see that water comes from pipe
where it was. Check pressure guage by wrapping inlet with tape and
holding tight agains a CW tap. Don't over pressure it.

On 20 Sep, 12:58, harry wrote:
On 20 Sep, 12:25, Stickytroll wrote:





On 20 Sep, 12:13, wrote:

On 20 Sep, *
* * *cynic wrote:

On 20 Sep, 09:32, Stickytroll wrote:
Hi all,

We took a radiator off yesterday, and some dodgy pipework meant that
quite a bit of water was lost from the system before it was capped
off.

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Will bleeding the remaining radiators fix this, or has something else
gone wrong?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom

Your gauge is probably knackered

More likely the relief valve is leaking, give it a twist to discharge any
gunge and see if it helps. If it can't be re-seated a new one may be needed.

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* Change lycos to yahoo to reply- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks for the suggestions so far... So am I to assume that the fact
this happened (knackered/stuck gauge or leaky relief valve) after
taking out a radiator is just coincidence?

Tom.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's one of four.
Water isn't going in.
Water is going but is leaking out somewhere (possibly relief valve)
Check outlet from relief valve.
Needle on pressure guage has gone all the way round the dial and is on
"wrong" side of the zero pin.
Pressure guage stuck/full of gunge.. BE CAREFUL not to over pressure
the system. Remove pressure guage, see that water comes from pipe
where it was. *Check pressure guage by wrapping inlet with tape and
holding tight agains a CW tap. Don't over pressure it.

It would appear toe the last of these. Water is definitely going in,
and is not coming out of the relief valve.

The needle is at the correct side of the zero pin.

If I turn on a hot tap the boiler is firing up and I'm getting (very)
hot water out. When I turn the tap off there is a lot of gurgling and
sucking going on around the radiators, so I presume there's some air
in there somewhere, but bleeding any of the radiators just gives
water, no air.

Is it safe to use hot water now? Do I need to get the gauge fixed
first?

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:32:28 -0700, Stickytroll wrote:

The pressure meter in the Worcester combi reads 0, but attempting to
refil it has no effect on the reading. After letting water into the
boiler the meter didn't move but we started getting a drip out of the
safety discharge pipe. Presumably there is enough water in the boiler,
but the meter is still reading zero.

Pressure gauge stuck? Happens on some of them.



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