Thank you so much Ira for the quick reply. The problem with the air/steam in the line is that in this state when I brew a shot the pump first has to refill all of the tubing from the pump through the heat exchanger, then the brew boiler in order to brew a shot. This is both an annoyance and I believe it is affecting the quality of the espresso.
The steam starts to flow backwards from the fitting on the bottom of the steam boiler connected to the heat exchanger from here it travels back through the silicon tubing towards the opv. > How can you tell it's coming from there, the tubing is not clear, is it? I failed to tighten the fitting properly ( I have since corrected this) and so the very first place the steam/air starts to form is here then I see it in the silicon tubing connecting to the OPV. > Are you sure it's steam? Steam is hot and as soon as it cools it turns to > water. if it's steam, the tubing should be really hot. if it's air, maybe > that piece of tubing has a hole in it. Can you take it out of the tank and > blow gently to see if it leaks? Actually, if the pump is sucking air because > of a leak in the inlet hose it might cause this also. The silicon tubing connecting the steam boiler to the OPV becomes very hot when the air/steam starts to flow backwards as described. That's why I thought it was steam. I suppose it could water above the boiling point that then turns to steam when exposed to atmospheric pressure...whatever it is though it is hot. I don't know if this silicon tubing from the steam boiler back to the OPV and finally back to the reservoir should be hot like that. Should it contain air? I don't ever remember this when I first used my machine. Thanks. Patrick -- 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.
