My Vaillant Turbo Tec 242 boiler will not ignite first thing in the morning, when I remove the igniter heat shield it fires up immediately, I replaced the switch with the two tubes attached, but no different, is this the air pressure switch, if not which one is ?
I have the same problem with a thermo compact VC GB282EH. So far all the pcb's have been changed, the entire gas section changed and the air pressure switch. But when the boiler is cold, like first thing in the morning, the lock out comes on. Getting engineers from BG and Vaillant have not helped because they do not know the cause.
Clive
November 2013
i have got the same problem.it just doesn't ignate!what could it be?no hot tab woter no heating..any suggestions?
krasimir
May 2010
my gas boiler won't ignite - shows f 28 - there is gas and it is ticking
susie chapman
September 2009
thanks kengas, we all know that the official engineers should know what they are doing, but if it is intermittant, and unless they have the experience to have had similar/same reports, they have no idea, Vaillant responded quickly to my e-mail, but no help, the official engineer, and i am sorry if you are one of them, fits parts in the attempt of getting it right eventually, so here i am hoping someone had the same prob, and found the answer
robbo
September 2009
stick to the law and employ a qualified, properly registered boiler engineer
kengas
September 2009
We had one of these intermittant Lock-out Turbomax boilers, turned out to be a sticking Gas Control Valve
New Valve and no more problem
www.elanar.co.uk
September 2009
do you find it locked out first thing in the morning? needing a reset.
The older ones used to have a flame senseing electrode on the far right burner rail which you could turn to point to rail 3 or whatever and that used to solve the problem.
depends what your problem is tho, if it fires but locks out, see if your boiler has the above,
ste
September 2009
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