I have a problem with one of my most essential devices in the household; the espresso machine :shock:

I use an external tank with a pump for my Izzo Alex Leva. At one point the external tank was empty entailing that the tank in the espresso machine wasn't full. I then filled...

This machine was made in 2009 and I have had it since new. Only water used was bottled AquaFina and there is no scale buildup that I have seen. When new the grouphead temperature gauge read 219F, during the first flush the temp would climb to 226 before decreasing. For the past...

My heating element sticks on and pops the safety release valve. It only happens after turning on first thing each morning and warming the machine up from cold. The display shows that it is NOT commanding the element to stay on, but it continues heating beyond the set point until...

Hello everyone, I'm hoping you can help me because I'm almost at my wits end with my espresso machine. Some backstory, I bought a used Izzo Alex HX machine that was built in 2010 from the original owner. It needed some work which I knew when I bought it, and after I got it...

I was dumb and left water dispenser valve open on my Alex Leva.

Then it turned on automatically in the morning and emptied self, and emptied the bottle water supply, and now the heating element won't turn on. I'm hoping problem is that safety thermostat needs to be switched,...

I am reluctantly selling my espresso machine as I am moving to Europe and it would be difficult to transport and convert the voltage from 110 to 220. The machine was manufactured in 2019 and is in excellent condition. There are no dents and perhaps only some minor rubs on the...

Never liked the idea of a steel socket to be used in a delicate cylinder bore.
After using a piece of PVC for almost 10 years here's the first printed one.

This will probably only make sense to Alex Leva owner, who have changed the piston seals.

When the piston is released it touches the screen in the bottom. I recently changed the teflon ring and the rubber gasket. But I think it was always like this, it's just a little bit worse...

Hi everyone,

I have been a member for a while and learnt so much from everyone's contributions, thank you all for that!

I just took delivery last week of a brand new Izzo Alex Leva and absolutely love it. Once I took my pink glasses off (ok, they are still on..), I noticed...

I am new to this forum (on any forum) and became recently the happy owner of a used Alex Leva with LSM group.
I noticed that the portafilter does not completely fit in the group because Izzo supplies this machine with a 6mm ring instead of the original 5.5mm from La San Marco....