Utica UBSSC-100 Ignition Error

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I'm finding that in my area there aren't many techs familiar with boiler units, so here I am on the forums to see if the internet can save the day!

This boiler will start getting an "A 01 Lockout Alarm, Ignit Error" after about a month of operation, and then it will persist for several days until I remove the flame sensor and sand/clean it. Then the problem goes away for another month. The thing is that the flame sensor doesn't look that dirty to me. I feel like there's got to be something else going on.

I can say that the last time it fired up I noticed an unusually loud "bang" during the ignition process, when the burner lit. I usually don't hear that, and the last tech that came out said I just need to clean the flame sensor every month to avoid the error. Not sure I buy into that though. This is only a few years old and it's been happening since day 1. I've never had to clean a flame sensor monthly in any of our other gas appliances that I've ever owned.

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Weak spark or gas valve. Change the igniter assembly and the gas valve. Ox those two fail to fix it, it's likely the board.

Ohm the gas valve that'll tell you if it's bad.
 

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Do u do yearly maintenance on the boiler?

Funny, I thought I was paying someone to do it but now I am questioning what he was actually doing. I guess I'll have to learn how to do it myself. I'm guessing there's a video on removing the inducer fan?
 

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Funny, I thought I was paying someone to do it but now I am questioning what he was actually doing. I guess I'll have to learn how to do it myself. I'm guessing there's a video on removing the inducer fan?
Might find something on utube looked for a service manual haven't found one yet.
 
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