I just replaced my pump last week after slightly over 4 years. Should have done it about 15 months ago when it started acting like the original poster and stopping mid shot if the machine had been on for 2hrs+. Had replaced the OPV at that time since my machine came with the original nylon adjusting screw and WLL recommended the brass screw version as the fix for the pressure drop. Never really fixed the problem and the power-on time to failure kept getting shorter. Put a new 52W pump in and BII is pumping out some nice shots again.
Any good solutions for the chrome ball on the hot water wand? I don't use it except to heat cups and occasionally drain the boiler but pulled it off when I was disassembling and could see where the metallic and green bits in my cups were coming from. I had always assumed it was coming from the boiler but don't get anything out of the steam side. I did pull the nylon tube out of the steam wand and thoroughly cleaned it as it looked like there was a film on the inside. On May 1, 10:11 am, the doctor <[email protected]> wrote: > typical Ulka life in home use? FIVE + years. > > do NOT leave the machine on continuously. Heating the pump is bad. > > On Apr 9, 9:27 pm, Miroslav Stankovic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Every two years new pump... Could it be some systematic problem? > > I think that temperature inside machine is too high. > > I am thinking to insulate boilers and all hot tubes, except tube that > > goes back from the group head. There are some excellent threads in HB > > and CG about various insulation materials. I am just worried about > > waranty as my machine is brand new. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
