Lubri Film Plus is a petroleum based lube and shouldn't be used on rubber parts

Use it before on piston seals for the same reason. Although it worked, I wouldn't necessarily use it again for that application. Dow 111 and Loxeal #4 are undoubtedly superior. However, for your Flair58 plunger seal, I believe it'll do just fine

I merged your 4 other threads on your repair efforts into this one. It's easier to help you if your questions are in one place

I usually use Molykote 111 but only have Lubri-Film Plus at hand at the moment. It's specified maximum temperate is 210F/98C. Will it work to lubricate the plunger gasket of a Flair espresso machine?

Hello forum, So i've been posting here the last couple of days, because i wanted to repair og service my Izzo Alex Duetto 3, which i love alot. Now it started with steam coming out of safety valve. So i bought a new and switched it. At the same time i changed the fill probe, cause it was

In fairness, unless the brew boiler is drained, then nothing should have happened really, so the no water connection "might" be a coincidence. the steam boiler elements won't even come on if empty (unless someone has modded someting)

I had an interesting experience. I was using a spirograph WDT device, but not on a perfectly level surface. Well, the grounds were not level to the basket. Even though I tamped with a leveling tamper, the shots were still noticeably one-sided. Moral of the story: grounds distribution >> tamping

Same The beautiful tamper I bought on Etsy sits on my accessories shelf just for decoration. The PV has a small diameter

That's possible. Old roasts tend to have less crema than fresh roast. The expiration date shown may not be faithfully chosen. Any roast older than 1 - 1.5 month is... "over the hill", "past its prime". That's why I do my own roasting so that I know what the real expiration

Air bubbles coming out the anit-vac valve and all your other symptoms point to a not-sealing anti-vac. Could be what cmin has experienced and the o-ring has failed. But before you resort to disassembly, (even though it is super easy), give it a tap with something hard like a small hammer... a tap, not a smash, or several taps, in