Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

glad you got if fixed. On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Eric Christoffersen wrote: > Ok, being amazon the '2 day free shipping' ordered friday was due to > arrive tomorrow but instead the mailman knocked at my door this sunday at > 10am. > > Thats good news. More good news is

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

Ok, being amazon the '2 day free shipping' ordered friday was due to arrive tomorrow but instead the mailman knocked at my door this sunday at 10am. Thats good news. More good news is that the new pump appears to be a drop in replacement and seems to work fine. However, the pump replacement

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

Thanks for the info. Never thought of looking on Amazon for this. Herman On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Eric Christoffersen wrote: > Revive old thread for 2016: > > Last week my brew pump started sounding weak, running inconsistently. This > morning it wouldn't generate

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

Revive old thread for 2016: Last week my brew pump started sounding weak, running inconsistently. This morning it wouldn't generate more than 2 bar. No Coffee! Water flows (albeit slowly) when the portafilter is empty (pump still sounds gimpy. Not much flow at all when there's a puck in place

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

Late reply but my 3 year old Brewtus III was doing the exact same thing. I drained the tanks a fair bit in the process of fully unscrewing the OPV adjustment and removing the spring to check the rubber seating and looking for any accumulation or debris. Nothing found, so I put it back together.

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

I just wanted to share my experience with my Brewtus-II, because it sounds similar in some ways. When I am pulling a shot lately, quite often the pump will become very quiet, but the speed of the shot apparently remains the same. I haven't been watching the pressure gauge. My shots taste good,

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

I would check the OPV -- if that is not the issue --then I'd change out the pump. Check to see if the water return rate to the tank varies during the shot. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Josh Borys jbo...@gmail.com wrote: I've been having on/off problems with my Brewtus III-V after over 3

Re: Brewtus III Pressure Issue

Thanks for your reply. What should I be looking for with the OPV to diagnose the issue? My machine only has 1 inlet tube from the water tank, there is no return tube (not sure if this is because it's the model that can also be plumbed in directly?). How would I return the water return rate?

Brewtus III Pressure Issue

I've been having on/off problems with my Brewtus III-V after over 3 years of ownership. When I flip the lever to pull a shot, the pressure will ramp-up as normal and then abruptly drop off and the pump will become much quieter (almost sounds like it's off but it's still going). This lasts for