Flue component for combi boiler

[PJ]

Hi

I have a flu component in my combi boiler which I need to clean very
thoroughly. It is called a "flue elbow" by the manufacturers and this is
quite a good description I think. In this flue elbow are a couple of little
tubes which are part of the pressure sensor mechanism. The flue elbow looks a
bit like a part of an extremely large carburettor.

The problem is that this flue elbow seems to get coked up every couple of
years and this interferes with the pressure sensor. The small tubes for the
pressure sensor probably get coked up I guess. I can get a pipe cleaner down
them but I don't know of any solution that could be used to assist with
cleaning of them.

The main flu elbow itself is an aluminium casting. The smaller tubes within
it are definitely metal but it is hard to know which one, they aren't
aluminium, they could be copper, but they seem to hard for copper to me.

I'd like to know if there is a solution of some sort that could be applied to
this component to bring it up shining like new?

TIA

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Patrick

Brighton, England

[Sweep]

"PJ" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:01HW.BBD322B80004C40904D8A520@news.freeserve. com...
> Hi
>
> I have a flu component in my combi boiler which I need to clean very
> thoroughly. It is called a "flue elbow" by the manufacturers and this is
> quite a good description I think. In this flue elbow are a couple of
little
> tubes which are part of the pressure sensor mechanism. The flue elbow
looks a
> bit like a part of an extremely large carburettor.
>
> The problem is that this flue elbow seems to get coked up every couple of
> years and this interferes with the pressure sensor. The small tubes for
the
> pressure sensor probably get coked up I guess. I can get a pipe cleaner
down
> them but I don't know of any solution that could be used to assist with
> cleaning of them.
>
> The main flu elbow itself is an aluminium casting. The smaller tubes
within
> it are definitely metal but it is hard to know which one, they aren't
> aluminium, they could be copper, but they seem to hard for copper to me.
>
> I'd like to know if there is a solution of some sort that could be applied
to
> this component to bring it up shining like new?

The only part of a combi that should be cleaned by the owner is the casing .
If you have to ask what the tubes are made of then maybe you're not
competent to be messing with the boiler. Instead of asking this group, who
are mostly Yanks and wouldn't know a combi boiler if they saw one perhaps
you should be getting a Corgi reg. person in to deal with it.

[PJ]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 2:16:00 +0000, Sweep wrote
(in message <6c9431f7372e51d2bbaaa6617f5c531d@grapevine.islandn et.com>):

> The only part of a combi that should be cleaned by the owner is the casing .
> If you have to ask what the tubes are made of then maybe you're not
> competent to be messing with the boiler. Instead of asking this group, who
> are mostly Yanks and wouldn't know a combi boiler if they saw one perhaps
> you should be getting a Corgi reg. person in to deal with it.

Hi

I think I'll try uk.d.i.y, maybe that would be a better newsgroup for this
query.

--
Patrick

Brighton, England