Baxi boiler problems

[Naich]

We moved into a new house about 4 months ago, which has got a Baxi 105E combi boiler. It's just over 4 years old and was serviced yearly by the previous owners.

Although it seems to work fine, it leaks. Probably about 100ml a week. It's coming out of the radiator water because I have to keep opening the valve to keep the pressure up. I had the cover off and it looks like the water is coming from deep within it's bowels.

Is this the sort of thing I could have a go at fixing myself? Plumbing is not my strong point. Jen phoned up a plumber (who comes with several recommendations) who told her over the phone that we'll probably need a new boiler. I'm a bit wary of phone diagnoses that result in large expense, so I'm not sure whether to trust them or not. I would expect a boiler to last longer than 4 years.

Any advice? Thanks.

Naich.

[Frank Erskine]

It's a known problem (a bad batch?). I forget what the offending item was, but I had the same trouble with my 105E of about the same vintage. My heating engineer arranged for HeatTeam to fix it and it took about 20 mins to do.

[Ed Sirett]

At 4 years old even being a Poxi-Batterton unit it should be fixable for much less than the cost of a new boiler.

If all else fails I think the manufactuers have a service division possible called 'Heat Team'. They should be able to fix a leak.

[Naich]

Thanks (and to Frank) for the advice. I'll give Poxi a ring. Their site says they do repairs for a fixed fee, so if it's a known problem then that should be possible I guess.

Naich.