Thank you for your response. I am gearing up to disassemble the lower part of the grouphead for cleaning as you suggest. In preparation I have ordered the following three parts from Whole Latte Love. Can you yhink of any other parts I might need?
[image: Screenshot 2021-08-03 183042.png] On Monday, August 2, 2021 at 6:18:39 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Ok, on the bottom of your grouphead is a long silver cylinder. Takes a big > wrench, 35mm? Inside are two springs and a pair of brass posts with rubber > washers on them. > > My guess is that this area is completely full of tar. Let machine cool, > undo that cylinder, take note of part location and orientation and boil it > all in cafiza, probably will take some scrubbing too. Potentially when you > do this you'll remove tar that kept the rubber washers sealing - they may > have turned hard by now, mine were like bakelite. > > Probably best approach is to undo that lower cylinder and clean out the > major tar but don't clean those brass pieces and their rubber ends until > you have some new ones in hand? If those rubber washers can't seal you > won't be able to make brew pressure and then no espresso... > > The whole thing is super simple, you'll see, but since you haven't had > this apart before you should probably plan to do the top as well, order new > brew lever seals. > > On Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 8:39:49 AM UTC-7 HowardG wrote: > >> >> My 11-year-old Brewtus (III-V with vibration pump) has developed an issue >> where it has a tendency to not fully depressurize the grouphead after >> pulling a shot. After the shot is completed and I lower the lever, I notice >> that the amount of water expelled from the bottom of the grouphead (into >> the tray) has recently been much less than previous operation. As a result, >> pressure remains inside the brew basket such that when I twist it off there >> is a small explosion of water and grounds. Sometimes the result is not so >> dramatic, but the amount of water discharged from the bottom of the group >> head is still small and the puck is quite soggy. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Howard >> > -- 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/e9db450d-bf74-471d-b82a-1b6103237e04n%40googlegroups.com.
