Before I dive in and spend good money on a new rotary vane pump for my E61 I just wanted to gather a consensus that my diagnosis is correct.
The check valve (non-return valve) that comes between my pump and the thermosyphon loop is making a lot of noise.
I replaced it but it...

Hi everyone! I'm new here but no stranger to the forum life. So nice to see the mania extends to coffee! As is to be expected, a problem precipitated my first post here. I have a Rancilio Silvia, a later model based on the braided stainless line from the pump to the boiler....

Hi all,

Posting for the first time with a repair issue I'm hoping someone can help me with.

I own a Rocket Appartamento and have had it for 19 months now. The issue is that the boiler does not stop the buildup of pressure once it hits the intended 1.2 bar. The pressure will...

I bought lelit pl41plust machine about 6-8 months ago and then due to circumstances I did not use it for ~4+ months. I did a back flush clean but did not empty the boiler before putting away but overall 50-100 shots pulled. Upon returning to the machine when I was going to clean...

So this happened:

What now?

I found an old Olympia Cremina. Really don't know much about espresso or coffee machines. But I tried repairing it, I did pretty much everything and cleaned it all out and change the gaskets, however when I tried it out today (finally) lots of steam came out. I really don't know...

To all a Merry Christmas...

I have a QM Vetrano old model HX with Sirai pressure stat. The copper pipe/tubing between it and the boiler is leaking with pin hole. I have been working with my original dealer, but exact parts like this are not available. They sent a replacement...

I have a 2 month old Quick Mill QM67. It's the newest model with the dual manometer. I've noticed some intermittent overheating of its steam boiler. This only seems to happen after using the steam or hot water wands. I've never noticed it during initial warm up.

I have the...

Hi,
I'm wondering what is the repair procedure to disassemble enough to be able to tighten these 5 screws in the thermo block collar

it seems that causes larger gap between the steam ring and portafilter cup.

don't know if I'm explaining this right.. basically the steam...

Hello, I purchased my espresso machine about 6 months ago. It's a Bezzera BZ13 PM, a HX machine- no issues until last week.

I spent a month away from home, and when I came back to use the machine, there's now a high-pitched noise when it gets around 9 bars of pressure.

I...