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Gary, Thanks for the advice. Very helpful.

As this is an ongoing problem and Garys reply makes perfect sense would the mods consider it as a sticky ?

Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 21/7/2011

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Hi Jim C you said you replaced gas bottle with a calor lite. Did you have pay extra for tha lite bottle or did they exchange and you just paid for the gas.

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   Hi Chalkie, I just paid for the gas, £22, now I'm propane only, I'll be changing my other 2 propane bottles for Calorlite once they're empty too.

             Jim

Quote: Originally posted by Fat Belly on 21/7/2011

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told by the dealer that the black hoses were more susceptible to this problem and that people that had fitted the stainless steel hoses rarely if ever had the issue.

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I heard that one too, not sure how much truth is in it, but the gist of the arguement was that the plasticiser was being leeched out of the rubber hose. The cure was a stainless steel one or at least positioning the regulator higher on the bulkhead as the 'oil' didn't run uphill into it and block it.

Dave.

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So how come I have oil at the inlet of my boiler which is on the wall of an upstairs room, 12 feet above the regulator of my central heating system?

Calor Gas Propane. Worcester Bosch Boiler. Oil found by Bosch Service Engineer.
Calor Gas say that the oil could not possibly come from their gas!

Well they would say that, wouldn't they?

Hi Gary, Thanks for your input.

The gas is indeed in 47kg cylinders and are delivered by lorry then hand truck and the cylinders are changed by the Delivery Driver.

I have never seen them lain down on the ground or anything as they are always kept vertical.

Hi Gary, It was a clear liquid, but with the consistency of light machine oil when you rubbed it between your fingers.

This installation has been on the go for 5 or 6 years now and from what you are saying, this could have happened at any time over that period and is not a build up over a period of time.
I guess one bad batch could have been the culprit.

hi, cant say it as . they have been round a couple of times and scrubbed the algie off it and painted it.

have known gas bottles be used as air reicivers for taking air to somewhere there isnt a compressor . just a thought.