Rizwa, I live in Manhattan and have a Brewtus II that I bought in Oct 2007. Almost 13 years old. The water here is good and produces minimal scale. I worry about the fact that I have never descaled it. But, it still works well. At one point I opened up the brew head and replaced all the springs and valve things using a kit from WLL. There may have been other problems inside, but I saw very little scale.
I used a 12" adjustable wrench to open the E61 brew head. Just put some tape on it to prevent scratching. I lubed a little when I replaced parts. A aged gasket was my problem. I do not think it needs to be opened and lubed on a regular basis. On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 7:02:48 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > thank you both! >> > > @tyrone - do you think so, even in NYC? Hardness trends under 50 mg/L on > average in manhattan, the coffee tech I got this machine from said tap -> > Brita gets 90% of the way there...sadly Peak recycling wont work so well > across the pond (as I understand filters need to be sent back to them to > recycle the carbon?), but please let me know if you have thoughts on using > a Peak in the US. I know 90% of espresso machine problems are water related > so have a keen eye on this. > > @Brian thank you for the detailed advice! that link was very helpful in > demystifying the lube process. I have cafiza already, but I am in the camp > of preventive maintenance vs reactive, and it makes sense to just relube > with every cafiza backflush.*May I ask - *what wrench set is needed to > open the E61 lever? any amazon link handy? have just 1 basic IKEA toolbox > adjustable wrench that I was planning to wrap up with electrical tape to > not further scratch up the machine, but all the E61 lever lubing videos > shows two (and sometimes tubing type) wrenches being used... > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/ee1c8255-533c-4013-b2b4-64dc0b839527n%40googlegroups.com.
