Astoria gets new gaskets
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After seeing this quite nice video on lever-gaskets I got myself on job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hMYzGevNE
First we checked the left arms gaskets:
and yes, there is some wear!
Nex was the inner sleeve. Boss's look is not promising:
And as opposite, the videos "gently tap" is not enough at all, so we need this:
like that:
and got the filthy bad boy out:
and trying some simmering:
and O-rings out too:
ad some dirt-softening there too:
-after some midnight elbow?
that is no good but my steam got low:
and wife's little helper is spreading the toys:
bambu-sticks are quite good in this phase:
One group got oldie-style black stuff, and another got these nowadays easy to put silicone ones:
..but where is the difference?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hMYzGevNE
First we checked the left arms gaskets:
and yes, there is some wear!
Nex was the inner sleeve. Boss's look is not promising:
And as opposite, the videos "gently tap" is not enough at all, so we need this:
like that:
and got the filthy bad boy out:
and trying some simmering:
and O-rings out too:
ad some dirt-softening there too:
-after some midnight elbow?
that is no good but my steam got low:
and wife's little helper is spreading the toys:
bambu-sticks are quite good in this phase:
One group got oldie-style black stuff, and another got these nowadays easy to put silicone ones:
..but where is the difference?
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Seems that now I have a bird's nest in there. Other gruppo is singing low volume very high pitch chirping. So there has to be a small leak. No dripping thou.
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A great story in pictures.Very entertaining and informative.Thanks.
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Thanks for sharing!
Nice to see an Astoria machine. They appear to be far and few of these over here in North America Have never seen one before!
Nice to see an Astoria machine. They appear to be far and few of these over here in North America Have never seen one before!
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The lever group is common enough, though, isn't it? My Pavoni has the same, though not so new and nice looking. I see my local supplier also now has these silicon gaskets. May try them next time I order, if I have a choice - there appears to be another group out there with similar but not interchangeable gaskets, so it can be disappointing to order them online.
I see you apparently left the group body attached to the boiler. On my La Pavoni, that connection requires the most frequent maintenance, when the seal fails. It's a little O-ring that I get at the local hardware store, and under the constant heat it gets brittle and dissolves into black ink. The supplier offers a gasket that's clearly intended for some other machine with an Astoria group; my boiler and group flanges have matching circular grooves that look like they call for an O-ring, though to be sure it's a bit awkward to install with the flange facing forward.
I see you apparently left the group body attached to the boiler. On my La Pavoni, that connection requires the most frequent maintenance, when the seal fails. It's a little O-ring that I get at the local hardware store, and under the constant heat it gets brittle and dissolves into black ink. The supplier offers a gasket that's clearly intended for some other machine with an Astoria group; my boiler and group flanges have matching circular grooves that look like they call for an O-ring, though to be sure it's a bit awkward to install with the flange facing forward.
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Have owned this Astoria Gloria from 2013, got it second hand as it was an bicycle-cafe, as it has the gas-option.
Never had any leaks, or other problems. Even this gasket change idea came from youtube, and yes, one gaskets was cut, but still got good espresso every day. Last time I did the change abt 2 years ago. The chirping-sound got now was the back valve on the neck of the group -with a steel ball, it had loose locking bolt (after this cleaning). I was thinking about taking these outs as a whole, as was a bit interested of the dipper tubes, but let them be. These groups have not identical angles of filling the group, or identical flow rate on flush, but I shall do anything on that, just saying -it is interesting as subject still. I haven't noted the differences earlier as one tends to play with one group and the other seems to let alone. But now I use exactly all the time the one not used to use mainly as it has the new-style gaskets. And that is kind of stupid. I should have change the groups gaskets to silicone ones, which I was used to use, the I 'd have some info. Not all I have is "there is difference"
Never had any leaks, or other problems. Even this gasket change idea came from youtube, and yes, one gaskets was cut, but still got good espresso every day. Last time I did the change abt 2 years ago. The chirping-sound got now was the back valve on the neck of the group -with a steel ball, it had loose locking bolt (after this cleaning). I was thinking about taking these outs as a whole, as was a bit interested of the dipper tubes, but let them be. These groups have not identical angles of filling the group, or identical flow rate on flush, but I shall do anything on that, just saying -it is interesting as subject still. I haven't noted the differences earlier as one tends to play with one group and the other seems to let alone. But now I use exactly all the time the one not used to use mainly as it has the new-style gaskets. And that is kind of stupid. I should have change the groups gaskets to silicone ones, which I was used to use, the I 'd have some info. Not all I have is "there is difference"