[Closed] Replace fan in Boilertrackworld?

I replaced the fan in my Potterton boiler, very easy.

DIY I swapped one at our last place ( baxi boiler) we'd had it serviced and the engineer said it had limited life and would cost £150 ish at the time.

As long as you're not touching the gas side I'd go for it, it's simple as you say a few screws and plug the new one in job done

I'm not an expert, don't come after me if you screw it up 😆

I have one of those in a house I let. It's like Trigger's broom that boiler, 2 fans, 1 pressure sensor, 2 pcbs, 1 timer, 1 diverter valve and a gas valve. It's not a hard boiler to work on, and there's full manual as a pdf on the net. If you're not confident with gas stuff, I wouldn't want to do it, they will spot things wrong that you might miss and regret. My gas man certainly wouldn't be charging me that much, can you try more quotes?

Hey guys, I could try some more quotes, my previous valient boiler had an indy come out and he changed the motherboard 3 times and various bits and in the end I went direct to manufacturer lol So much faff and expense.

Thats why after the initial round of quotes i'm tempted to try this myself.

I'd love to find the manual online, but had no joy so far.

That I can help with.

[url= http://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/cache/file/158/installation-and-servicing-instructions-for-24i--discontinued-nov-04.pdf ]http://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/cache/file/158/installation-and-servicing-instructions-for-24i--discontinued-nov-04.pdf[/url]

Edit: I stand by my advice, get someone competent in for any gas work, including this.

MY 2001 Worcester used to blow fans regularly. Found out it was due to the condensate trap being blocked (water staying in the combustion chamber and rusting the fan). Very awkward to unblock the thing (newer ones are easy to get at).
Fan on my one was very easy to replace.

Could be the fan bearings just need a lubrication. My old boiler regularly needed a bit of GT85.

Looks easy enough from the manual.

Just don't touch anything to do with the gas inlet or flue (including test points) and you will be fine. Oh and make sure you switch it off at the mains and remove the fuse (assuming it's on a fused switched spur). If in doubt trip the breaker that it's powered from.

I service / repair our own boiler, it's really not that hard.

Seriously, Worcester put the entire fan including the windings in the combustion chamber. It will be really rusty looking if there is standing water (condensate) at the bottom of the chamber.

I'm very safety conscious but replacing a fan in a Combi-boiler is very easy. I did ours earlier this year and it took about 15 minutes to replace.

Once I'd disconnected the power I took off the White external cover, then the internal cover. I unplugged the fan from the electrics and identified all the 6 fixing screws.

Undid the 6 screws with a Philips screwdriver and removed the fan.

Replacement is a reversal of removal (as they say in all good Haynes manuals).

Very easy and it worked first time and kept working.

I did it a few years back...it was dead easy