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Quickmill Anita makes high pitch sound during the pull

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Link to "Quickmill Anita makes high pitch sound during the pull"by SL on Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:28 am

I own Anita for less than 2 months. It started about 2-3 weeks ago. When I was backflushing with the blind disk I heard the high pitch sound for a few seconds. But recently I hear it more and more often even when pulling espresso shots.
I backflush with the blind disk and clear water every couple days. Once (after the month I owned Anita) I did it with Cafiza following the instructions. I do not remember whether the sound started before or after cleaning with Cafiza.
Anyone knows what could be a problem?
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Link to "Quickmill Anita makes high pitch sound during the pull"by TimEggers on Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:33 am

The most common culprit is water resonance of the OPV spring. This isn't an issue (isn't a sign of machine damage) and is most often regarded as an annoyance. If it bothers you you can try to turn the OPV adjusting nut back and forth a few times. Sometimes this can make it go away.

Further reading: strange-noise-coming-from-my-andreja-premium-5-months-old-t4915.html
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Link to "Quickmill Anita makes high pitch sound during the pull"by SL on Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:16 pm

Thank you, Tim. I should've searched the forum before posting my question. It's good to know that everything is fine with the machine.
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Link to "Quickmill Anita makes high pitch sound during the pull"by poison on Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:25 am

Lol, my Expobar does the same.
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