I hope this is the final chapter in my Aga Saga.
It was the only thing I hadn't been able to do. All the online info says
'if this doesn't work *remove the oil control valve* and clean the
little slit in it with a bit of paper.

Nowhere was there any info on *how* to remove the fucking thing. Mine
came partially out and then simply stuck.

I eventually tried pulling and unscrewing with some force, and that did
the trick. What *no one* had mentioned is that there is some sort of
crappy little O-ring seal that essentially just popped out.

I am posting here so the next poor sod who googles "Dismantling AGA oil
control valve" will find this post somewhere and be thereby illuminated.

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conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the
windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor.) "

Alan Sokal

On 24/11/2023 13:32, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> I hope this is the final chapter in my Aga Saga.
> It was the only thing I hadn't been able to do. All the online info says
> 'if this doesn't work *remove the oil control valve* and clean the
> little slit in it with a bit of paper.
>
> Nowhere was there any info on *how* to remove the fucking thing. Mine
> came partially out and then simply stuck.
>
> I eventually  tried pulling and unscrewing with some force, and that did
> the trick. What *no one* had mentioned is that there is some sort of
> crappy little O-ring seal that essentially just popped out.
>
> I am posting here so the next poor sod who googles "Dismantling AGA oil
> control valve" will find this post somewhere and be thereby illuminated.

Might be worth adding a quick step by step to the wiki - those kinds of
articles seem to get quite a number of hits.

--
Cheers,

John.

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