Help regarding the colour of the pilot light on my gas fire

emineden1


Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 512

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 17:14

Having had the fire for a number of years I cannot remeber if the pilot light flame was always white or whether it should be blue. Any help please

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 17:17

should be blue normally .

emineden1


Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 512

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 17:24

any ideas on how to get it to be blue?

emineden1


Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 512

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 17:26

sorry rowlo, forgot to say thanks

Arockingace



Joined: 24/01/2011
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 18:06

Should be blue. Usually goes yellow if the secondary air port gets blocked with lint or fluff. Clean out the port and all will be restored! If there is no port then the injector may need replacing.

emineden1


Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 512

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 23:23

thanks for he advice, I never noticed a secondary air port when I took it apart to clean but will look again tomorrow.

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
04/01/2012 23:45

You should have the fire serviced, you should also have a carbon monoxide detector in your place otherwise you might not wake up one day

authentichoccie


Joined: 09/01/2008
Posts: 481

Message Posted:
05/01/2012 11:02

I had a similar problem, a white pilot light and trouble getting it to stay on, so I turned the bottle upside down a couple of times and hey presto it seems ok.

emineden1


Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 512

Message Posted:
05/01/2012 11:12

lovingCyprus, you are right I have ordered a couple.



Any ideas on where I can purchase replacement injectors

emineden1


Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 512

Message Posted:
09/01/2012 17:47

stripped the heater down removed the injector and noticed that the air holes were blocked. cleaned them and refitted the injector and everything is now fine. Have a steady blue flame. I decided to do the same with my other heater and it is also now working perfectly. thanks for the advice.