Hello, I own a flair classic with a pressure gauge and today I wanted to clean the inside of the cylinder and did it with cotton swabs, now I saw that at the upper end, where the pressure gauge is screwed on, something came up behind the seal, Looks Like a piece of plastic..I don't know if that's something that belongs in there or not?? Is it maybe a valve? or can i just remove it? I don't want to break anything, that's why I'm asking.

Or is it a filter to prevent coffee residue from getting into the pressure gauge?

Thanks.

I don't have a Flair but that looks like a dough nut type gasket to prevent leaks. If you were to remove it I'd guess you'd get a leak where the pressure gauge screws in. Some one else who has experience with the Flair may chimein and correct me if I'm wrong.

This is an O-ring to seal the connection between the pressure gauge and the stem, don't remove it.
I advice that you have a dedicated group in Facebook, Brew with Flair, where you have a lot of Flair owners and tips to use your machine, and in Reddit a sub/r r/Flairespresso too, where you can talk with other Flair owners.
Good luck.

OK,I guess I was right...

Pressino wrote:I don't have a Flair but that looks like a dough nut type gasket to prevent leaks. If you were to remove it I'd guess you'd get a leak where the pressure gauge screws in. Some one else who has experience with the Flair may chimein and correct me if I'm wrong.

Urupackers wrote:This is an O-ring to seal the connection between the pressure gauge and the stem, don't remove it.

thank you for your reply but i do not mean the red o-ring. I mean the gray uneven piece of plastic you see behind, sorry for the confusion.

Urupackers wrote: I advice that you have a dedicated group in Facebook, Brew with Flair, where you have a lot of Flair owners and tips to use your machine, and in Reddit a sub/r r/Flairespresso too, where you can talk with other Flair owners.
Good luck.

thanks for the advice , i just sent them a request.

Ah, good, this piece I don't know what is, maybe you can remove the O-ring and post the screenshot in the Facebook group,there you have many users with your precise model.

Do you have Something Like this in yours or is there nothing Like that, its a simple question.

I never disassembled my pressure gauge off the stem, I think that here need to go the water fluidly, if you have a plastic or something like that I think that this shouldn't be there, but if you want you can contact the Flairespresso customer service with your find and a screenshot.

ok thank you.