When did you last descale or clean the vibe pump ? Never had one fail other than the coil burn out and it would not work..
Have had plenty that have had crap and scale and that gets caught in teh internals and can cause problems. A bit of care and maintenance can save one from expensive parts replacement. Mind you that is not the say the pump is not faulty but......... Regards Anger On May 11, 1:37 am, Chris Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks guys. I know I've seen it drop in pressure with a blind PF. Of > course just now I went and did two blind PF runs and it held both times. I > then pulled a shot and it seemed to hold. I then did another blind PF. It > held. But, an oddity was that maybe 20 seconds later, with nothing on, the > pressure gauge just went up to 9 bar. The machine was not working > (everything was silent), etc. I flipped on the brew lever for a second or > two and the pressure dropped down, and then stayed down once I turned off > the brew lever. > > My guess is the OPV is relatively inexpensive, but a new pump is probably > fairly costly? I'll call WLL today and at least order an OPV and see what > they say on pumps... > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:49 AM, William McKenzie > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have had a very similar problem for about 6 months now. I installed > > a new OPV and it did not fix the problem. I'm now waiting on a new > > pump. In my case the pressure tends to fluctuate. It builds up to 9 > > or 10 (depending on where I set the screw) and then drops back to 4 or > > 5 after a second. It keeps going through this cycle every 3 or 4 > > seconds. With a blind pf in it seems to hold the pressure > > indefinitely. That's another test you might want to try. It makes > > sense to me that if it can hold it's pressure with a blind pf it's > > maybe not the OPV. > > > On May 9, 4:47 pm, Chris Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've seen others complain of similar problems, and so I believe I > > probably > > > need an new OPV value, but before I order that... > > > > I've had my Brewtus II about 3 years. Recently, I found that not too > > long > > > into extraction, the pressure just drops, fairly quickly. And I mean it > > > drops say to 4 bar - this is not a grind problem or what not. Sometimes > > > it'll ramp back up, but most of the time not. > > > > I've tried slightly (turned from maybe 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock position) > > > tightening/increasing the pressure (with the screw behind the drip tray), > > > but to no avail. Anything else I can try? I have no problem replacing > > > parts, etc. if that's the best way to go. If so, should i order it from > > > Whole Latte Love, or? Anything else folks suggest once I open up the > > > machine? > > > > -- > > > 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. > > -- > 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.
