This whole pavoni was abused horribly. Amazingly, the electrics are flawless. Anyone ever encounter this issue with a pavoni group? The siphon screws in and functions fine, but the screw which is part of the whole casting it seems has split along the thread on the very edge....

Hi,
Looking for help with my machine. As the boiler was heating up there was a pop and (my wife saw) a puff of smoke!
I immediately shut it down and took the cover off. Can't find any signs of electrical fire.
Orange light comes on. PID comes on but stays at .65 F.
Red light on...

Hi all,

I'm a brand newbie when it comes to espresso machine (or any machine for that matter) maintenance. To the point where I had to google what a gasket is

Anyway, I've been gifted a Rancilio Silvia machine that I think is a v1. It works beautifully but needs a solid...

I recently purchased a used Oscar I to replace a previous Oscar with broken boiler.

I have been having troubles with the shot times varying from 18 to 120+ seconds. Most often the first shot pulls at about 25-40 seconds, but the following shots are slow. I have noticed the pump...

Hello, I'm in a really weird situation. I've had a Silvia v3 for ~7 years that has worked great. About 5 years ago I installed a PID. It's model # is SYL-1512BW-F. Again it's worked great up until tonight.

All I did was I went into the settings of the PID and changed the...

Still beating my head against the two group Riviera. Got most of it sorted, but still have persistent leaking once it starts to come up to pressure. What is odd is that the leaking usually stops once it's up to pressure.

So far I've disassembled both groups about eight times....

Hi everyone

I recently encountered a problem with my La Nuova Simonelli Musica Lux that I can't seem to fix easily. I was hoping someone here could help me, or had encountered a similar problem.

Problem:
When I plug in my machine and turn on the main power switch, the...

Hi everyone I'm new to the site so thanks in advance for any help.
I recently got an old isomac espresso machine and have been taking it apart. I'm having two problems
1- when I first turn on the machine the auto fill function works and refills the boiler with no problems....

Here are some pics of a leak I've had on BDB 920. It's coming out the front of the machine under the drip tray on the side under the power button. When removing the drip tray can see water built up underneath. Before I open it and start investigating, thought to share and ask...

HI all new here. My mokita crema started tripping my gfci's recently , I have had the machine since 2005. After some research and an old thread here via member (the_art_of_design) I found the problem was probably the boiler coil. So I have a brand new boiler coil now installed...