red light, would indicate boiler lockout, ie, the pcb has judged an 'unsafe' condition or a part that is not longer signalling and shut the boiler down.
without more details, ie. boiler make, model, and lots of detail of noises etc heard when you turn it on, it would be guessing!
T
June 2008
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