How to Fix a Baxi E119 Boiler Fault Code Repair

Last updated on October 15th, 2024

The Baxi E119 boiler fault code indicates low boiler pressure, so you must repressurise your boiler to fix it. Low boiler pressure will cause your boiler to not fire up when it drops below a certain pressure. You first need to check the pressure gauge and if it’s low, repressurise it until it’s at 1 to 1.5 bar.

I have been fixing boilers for over a decade and have been called out to many E119 error repair jobs.

E119 Boiler Fault

Low water pressure can be caused by bleeding a radiator and boiler part problems, but if the pressure keeps dropping, it could be caused by a leak anywhere on the heating system.

The E119 boiler fault code should disappear when the boiler is repressurised, and you should hear the pump start to circulate the water around the boiler.

How to Reset a Baxi Boiler

The first thing I would check on a boiler that is not working, no matter what fault code is showing, is to check the pressure and reset the boiler. Knowing how to reset it is the simplest way to get your boiler working again, as it might have just locked out.

To reset a modern Baxi boiler, you must find the reset button. This is a button that has ‘Reset’ on it. You have to press the button to reset the boiler. Sometimes you have to hold it down for a few seconds, but on some, it just needs to be pressed.

If it’s an older boiler with a knob to turn the boiler on and off, then you will need to turn it fully anti-clockwise and hold it there until it resets.

E119 Error Keeps Happening

If your boiler pressure loss keeps happening, showing E119 and going to lockout, then you most likely have one of these problems:

1. A leak on the boiler or central heating system
2. If the boiler pressure is dropping straight away after repressurising, you must have a serious leak or an open-ended pipe on the central heating system
3. Expansion vessel pressure problem

Leak

A leak could be anywhere on the boiler or heating system and is most commonly caused by a leaking radiator valve

Open-ended Pipe

An open-ended pipe is usually obvious as the boiler won’t hold pressure when repressurising the boiler. This could be on a pipe under the floor, the pressure relief valve stuck open, or maybe the radiator bleed valve is open or missing

Expansion Vessel Pressure

An expansion vessel pressure problem is quite common which means the expansion vessel will need to be recharged or replaced to fix it.

How to Repressurise a Baxi Boiler

To repressurise a Baxi boiler, you must find the boiler filling loop. If it’s a built-in filling loop, it will be two blue handles under the boiler. Both handles must be turned to open and then closed when the pressure reaches 1 to 1.5 bar.

If it’s an external filling loop, it will probably be on two of the pipes under the boiler. It will most likely have two valves with black handles and a flexible hose connecting them. You must open both valves to repressurise the boiler, then close them both when it is repressurised.

You should be able to hear the water filling the central heating system when both valves are open, if not, then the boiler filling loop might have problems or the house’s mains water might be turned off.

Other Causes of an E119 Fault

Other causes for the E119 boiler fault code, if it’s not low water pressure, could be:

• Pressure sensor
• PCB

To Sum Things Up

The Baxi E119 fault will cause you to have no hot water or heating but it’s easy to fix most of the time. It’s simply a case of repressurising your boiler. If it keeps losing pressure you’ll need to find and fix the cause or it will keep happening.

A Baxi boiler E1 code is the first half of the full code as it's typically shown in two halves flashing E1 then 19, or whatever the rest of the code is.

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