Whistling bolier
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Gad-Westy

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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My boiler has started making a whistling noise when its switched on. Its a traditional (non-combi) gas bolier. The whistling is loudest when stood outside my flat and hearing it through the vent. Anything I can check before calling out a plumber?

Ferg

15,242 posts

286 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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Fan bearing? WD40?

mybrainhurts

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284 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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What tune is it whistling...?

b2dan

699 posts

229 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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Whistle Dixxie!

robinhood21

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261 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
What tune is it whistling...?
Bolier'o?

OK, I know it's not the right spelling of Bolero, but...

mybrainhurts

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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Well spotted...rofl

Gad-Westy

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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OK, been out and got some system cleaner. Will see if that helps at all. Fingers crossed.

Gad-Westy

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Thursday 4th December 2008
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Ferg said:
Fan bearing? WD40?
There is more or less nothing I can actually get to on the boiler itself. Suppose I could climb up a ladder outside to the vent however it sounds more like whistling air rather than a bearing type noise.

Tony 1234

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256 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
What tune is it whistling...?
hehe

Ferg

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286 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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What sort of boiler is it??????
Never come across one where you can't get to the fan...
The flueways are too large to get any air-whistling noise I would have thought.
Poor circulation will always cause 'kettling' noises, but that tends to be banging of various magnitudes, rather than a whistle.

Ganglandboss

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232 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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robinhood21 said:
mybrainhurts said:
What tune is it whistling...?
Bolier'o?

OK, I know it's not the right spelling of Bolero, but...
...or 'boiler' tongue out

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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Ganglandboss said:
robinhood21 said:
mybrainhurts said:
What tune is it whistling...?
Bolier'o?

OK, I know it's not the right spelling of Bolero, but...
...or 'boiler' tongue out

MrVelox

2,974 posts

216 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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I was expecting to see Jade Goody whistling....

robinhood21

31,126 posts

261 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
Ganglandboss said:
robinhood21 said:
mybrainhurts said:
What tune is it whistling...?
Bolier'o?

OK, I know it's not the right spelling of Bolero, but...
...or 'boiler' tongue out
hehe

GB, check the spelling in the thread title.

Ganglandboss

8,547 posts

232 months

Thursday 4th December 2008
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robinhood21 said:
mybrainhurts said:
Ganglandboss said:
robinhood21 said:
mybrainhurts said:
What tune is it whistling...?
Bolier'o?

OK, I know it's not the right spelling of Bolero, but...
...or 'boiler' tongue out
hehe

GB, check the spelling in the thread title.
Yep! Spotted now wobble

Gad-Westy

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242 months

Friday 5th December 2008
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Ok, apologies my slight faux pas in the title.

After a little more research, it would appear this could be an issue with my pump not flowing well enough and allowing the water to 'kettle' in the heat exchanger. Does that sound like a possibility? If it is, I just need to find my pump so I can either turn the valve up, bleed it, or replace. Sound sensible?

Dr Steve

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263 months

Friday 5th December 2008
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We had exactly this problem, a loud high pitched whistle which can be heard inside the house, and even louder outside by the flue. Several houses in the area can also be heard with the same problem.

It turned out to be the air/gas mixture being slightly off. Luckily we had insurance as it took several visits to sort it. Replacing the gas injector made it even worse, they ended up adjusting the air/gas mixture slightly (which they are apparently not supposed to do), but they did full checks on the CO and CO2 emmissions to make sure all was within spec.

Hope that helps.