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nasher1
Joined: 07 Oct 2013
Posts: 9
Location: SSE of Lincoln
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 Posted: Sat May 10, 14 12:35 pm Post subject: Wood burner back boiler leaking possible easy fix. |
 
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Three weeks ago my back boiler in the wood burner developed a small internal leak after looking round for a replacement wood burner I decided to try an inexpensive fix,
I spent one evening draining down the boiler and part of the heating system, the next day I put 4 pints of clean water in the back of the boiler, then added 500ml of Wonderweld, a heavy duty repair for cracked engine blocks costing around �13, then added more fresh water, but kept most of the radiators closed leaving a small circuit for the water and the Wonderweld to run around, got a small fire going, shortly after that the leak stopped, after two hours each radiator was brought back on line one at a time, the fire was kept in for nine hours, the following day another small fire for seven hours.
The instructions for wonderweld say �run the engine for 500 miles around 30 to 50 mph� I felt I had done that in the sixteen hours running. I have not had any problems since. |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
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