Mike,FYI, when the lever is in the down position and you get water leaking through the shower screen or the bottom blow of tube then the seal in the top of the brew group is leaking by. Access it by removing the large nut on the brew group and pull out the spring and then the long brass rod that you will see, near the bottom of this brass rod you will see what looks like a brass disc. On the bottom of this disc is the rubber seal, check it and the brass part of the brew group that it seats against.Yes, a total cleaning is a great idea. My guess is that the shower screen is also plugged and that is why water was leaking through the blow off tube and not the shower screen when the machine is siting idle and hot.Hope this helps.ToddWhole Latte LoveTodd and Doc,Thanks for the replies. Both of your comments make sense. Now that Ithink about it, a leak in the E61 group sounds logical based on mysymptoms. I'll tear that down and clean-up/repair/replace asappropriate. As for the P-stat, I'll plan to order 2...1 to replacethe current one, and 1 so that I'll have a spare on hand. I doregular back flushes, but I've never gone so far as to pull the "guts"of the E61 and inspect/clean them. After 30 months of use, that'sprobably not a bad idea. As for 24/7 ops...its more like 9 hrs/5 daysa week for my machine. Personally, looking at the quality of theparts in the Brewtus, I'd think it could hack that kind of"punishment". You are right about the energy consumption though. Ineed to figure out some kind of a timer that will have everything upto temp before I get up in the AM and then again before I come homefrom work. Does anyone have any recommended timers that have workedfor them?Sincerely,Mike-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group.To post to this group, send email to [email protected] unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
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