The group head gasket should be changed yearly. Yours will now be fairly difficult to remove. You might have to gently screw in 2 wood screws180 degrees apart into the rubber gasket. Then use pliers to pull down on the screw heads to remove the gasket. Make sure not to screw the screws all the way through the rubber. The pf group is brass and easily marred. if you screw the screws into the soft brass you will have a permanent leak. Gasket replacement is a topic you should find in the archives. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Bruce Keeler <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like you need a new group gasket. If it's been a while, a new > dispersion screen might be a good idea, though they're pretty sturdy and can > be cleaned if you have the patience. A good soak in cafiza and some time > with a toothbrush and dental pick should do the trick. > > When I first did mine I had to pretty much chisel the old gasket off, as it > was thoroughly baked on there. > > On 10/28/2010 12:29 PM, Chris Bailey wrote: > > Recently I've been getting a fair bit of water coming out the side/outside > of my PF. I have not changed my coffee, methods, etc. I suspect either I > need to do some intense cleaning, or maybe my PF is worn or something and > not getting a proper seal? To illustrate what I'm talking about, see the > annotated photo: > http://skitch.com/chrisrbailey/d7axc/bii-leak > Those red arrows are pointing to the water that's leaking out the side. > I've got the PF in there tight, so I don't think that's the issue (and > again, I haven't changed my methods, and this is a new thing that's > happening). The leak has gotten progressively worse. Initially it was just > a few drops of water, but in this photo it's quite extreme where it's a full > on stream. > What would folks suggest? I've done the usual cleaning with the cleaning > powder and backflushing, and I've scrubbed around in the area where the PF > locks in (although I still seem some dirt/coffee sort of ground on there - I > need to figure out how to get in there with a tool and maybe cleaner > (recommendations?) so I can get that truly clean). So, before I got into > intense cleaning mode, figured I'd post and see if anyone else has > experienced this and what you did to solve it. Thanks. > > -- > Chris Bailey > [email protected] > @chrisrbailey > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. >
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