I just pulled the tube away from the nipple and gave it some more slack and take out the kink. That seems to have solved the problem. I have just pulled two delicious double shots (25 secs ea) and the temperature is staying right on 200F, and the brew pressure gauge started off at about 3.5 and reached 8.5 by the end of the shot. Two backflushes and everything is holding together. Seems like very bad quality control. It would have been a waste of time and effort to repack and ship this thing back to Rochester just to straighten out a kinked tube. I guess you have to be prepared to take things apart if you want to own an espresso machine. Thanks everyone for all the advice. I like this group.
On Dec 2, 1:34 pm, Barry Luterman <[email protected]> wrote: > That looks like the problem. I can see an air bubble in there.Remove > the tube. If there is enough slack cut off the kink and reattach the > hose > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:25 AM, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK I uploaded the picture just now to the photo area -- it's called > > "kink" (original, no?) > > > On Dec 2, 1:07 pm, HowardG <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I took off the cover and traced the supply line all the way into the > >> machine, past the three-way coupling and saw that there is a kink in > >> the hose where it is attached to the brass nipple of (what I assume to > >> be) the pump -- I took a photo of it -- is there a way to post a pic > >> to this group? > > >> On Dec 2, 12:50 pm, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > At 07:32 AM 12/2/2010, you wrote: > > >> > >This morning the same > >> > >routine: temp stabilizes at 200, brew pressure gauge reads 10 bars. I > >> > >pull one shot (again a long extraction time) and the brew pressure > >> > >gauge falls to and stays at 0 the temp starts to climb. While this is > >> > >happening I hear a gurgling noise from inside the machine. > > >> > Sounds almost like 2 problems, an overpressure valve that sticks open > >> > and a defective or badly set up PID. Can you go through all the PID > >> > settings and make sure they are the same as factory recommended. > > >> > I keep trying to figure out if a loose wire or a couple of swapped > >> > wires would cause this, but I don't really see how. > > >> > When you pull the second shot with a blind disk and get no pressure > >> > is the water returning to the tank? Does water come out of the short > >> > hose or do you notice the pressure on the steam boiler changing? Is > >> > the water in the steam boiler hot? > > >> > Ira > > > -- > > 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.
