Here it goes... I'm hoping someone else has made the same simple mistake I apparently have, and can point me to victory:
*Problem:* upon reassembly of E61 group head anything above 8 bar or so opens the exhaust valve and flushes water. This means that If I backflush or pull a shot water is continuously pouring out of the exhaust (not the opv). *Background:* I dissembled my perfectly good and perfectly working E61 group head on my Brewtus III to perform some regular maintenance - clean and lube the valves and springs. I got distracted somehow in the middle and may have swapped springs around between the lever, the intake valve and lower exhaust valve, but didn't realize this until later. On reassembly I'm experiencing the problem noted above. Has anyone run into this? *Troubleshooting:* Seems like it's clearly an issue with the exhaust opening at too low a pressure. My first thought was the springs. I believe I did swap the spring on the intake and lower exhaust valve, but still getting the same problem. I rechecked and reseated the valves to ensure they were mating correctly to the surfaces I reseated the lever cam to make sure it was in the correct position I've read a one of person who seemed to have the same problem but his solution, on a different machine, described some sort of brass plate on the bottom mating surface of the exhaust piston that I don't have on mine. My valves aren't particularly warn. gaskets aren't crunchy and are freshly lubed now. I'm having trouble finding specs on all the springs so that I could measure them and just make sure I have them in the right order. thoughts / suggestions welcome -- thank you -- 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/7f0473d8-c03c-4702-960d-9e1409084969n%40googlegroups.com.
