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Re: New Wilesco D32 - first steam
« on: October 19, 2022, 08:42:30 pm »
I hope these new ones have better boilers than the previous ones as they are very prone to developing pin hole leaks and repairing one of these is a nightmare of the utmost degree!

What do you mean the "previous ones" ?    Surely these brand new "limited edition" 2017 D32's are well past any issues?

Bruce
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Previous as in before these remakes.

Wilesco weren't great on removing all the brazing/soldering flux and pickling. I've seen so many photos and help posts of D32's with corroded and pitted boilers, virtually green with verdigris, main reason why I (and others) recommend don't touch these with a 10' foot barge pole.
They are a nightmare (can't be over emphasized) to take apart and fix boiler leaks (or any problem).
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