ideal isar/icos service procedure

[P4ULT]

hi guys i dont deal with these much but what is the correct way to service these? new parts needed etc and i also seem to get a lot of blockages in the condensate traps.

 

[sparky3366]

step 1...get a big hammer
step 2... smash boiler to bits
step 3...fit a decent boiler

 

[P4ULT]

good advice but im not sure ill get away with it. i know they are unbelievably poor but sometimes needs must. i remeber a thread on here a long while ago a guy arguing they are good boilers as log as serviced correctly.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

get a service gasket kit ordered ,check the ionization probes are in place and the insulation panels have not moved,clean hex,remove sump cover clean in there and check discharge hole remove trap and clean rebuild,do gas rate ,inlet pressure and fga,also check flue/air assembly integrity,pray it works when switched back on if not hit it with a big axe or hammer or come back here for advice/best axe to use etc good luck

 

[Dannypipe]

Change the spark electrode every other year as it wilts quite easily and causes a bit of explosive ignition.

Clean out the sump and ensure it's not blocked to the condensate trap. Clean condensate trap, two minute job but as you said, it silts up badly. Check the condition of flame sensing probe (if you have a spare gasket as it tends to tear upon removal) and if need be clean it up. All pretty standard stuff, but do check that electrode as they're quite flimsy and only cheap to replace. Again only check it, if you have a spare gasket.

 

[Dannypipe]

Er snap Gas man, you must have beat me by seconds.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

and i have a dodgy typing finger good advice on the electrodes though Danny they do bend

 

[pjgas]

also rremove burner being very careful not to snap any of the six screws take of clean wih a soft brush again place the burner upside down repace if nes burner gasket and also you cannot find a service brush to clean hex so was advised by idal to pour hot water over hex thogh con drain

 

[sparky3366]

that made sense...?!

 

[Toned.f]

pray it works when switched back on /QUOTE]

The Gas Man is not joking neither!.

 

[quality]

These are very good boilers unreliable, break down all the time and very good for earning wages. Ferolli and Vokera are just as good

 

[gasmarc]

I hate ideals and british gas installed loads of them. Got 2 to look at next week I am not going to touch them if possible one complaint is rads not getting hot and another is it is working intermittently which I will advise a manufacturers call out as could be a pcb issue, I had one of these go wrong last christmas in the snow a right nightmare

 

[Toned.f]

I went to one job a few weeks ago where BG fitted this old couple an Isar about 6 years ago. In that time it has had five PCB'splus and two heat exchangers plus all the other bits that give up the Ghost on this boiler.

 

[REDSAW]

I went to one job a few weeks ago where BG fitted this old couple an Isar about 6 years ago. In that time it has had five PCB'splus and two heat exchangers plus all the other bits that give up the Ghost on this boiler.

'i have had this brush for 25 years, only had 8 heads and 4 handles'.lol.