I've had my Brewtus II for about 5 years now (Still got my email receipt from 06), and I admit, I haven't been taking care of it as much as I should. While I have been backflushing and cleaning with cafeza regularly, I've recently been forgetting to recharge the softener.
To start with, in the past year (2010) my E61 has been leaking, either dripping from the bottom, or out the screen. Recently, I thought it might be the buildup and so per instructions through here, I did a descale. (There was a LOT of gunk built up). Unfortunately, this didn't work. Still have a constant drip. I decided to peek into the grouphead to see if it was the flat seals found on the three valves and they could possibly use some replacing. How hard is it to replace these seals? Is it easier to just buy three new valves, springs and even a new mushroom? (The chrome plating was eaten away by the scale). If I do go through the preferred method of just replacing the washers, springs and O-rings, how do I even remove the washers from the valves themselves? They seem pretty stuck in there and I may need another Pre infusion valve anyways due to the end not wanting to screw in correctly. I've looked through the archives and haven't found any mention of this sort of rebuild (other than OPVs and hissing). I'll also be replacing my screen and 8.5mm gasket, especially since the gasket just cracked today. -- 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.
