I restored an early Faema Mercurio a couple of years ago and have used it almost every day without any problems. Now I have a leak around the piston rod only when the piston is down. I found some discussion about an identical machine here, and the comments about gaskets and inlet holes apply to my machine.
http://coffeesnobs.com.au/brewing-eq...ercurio-2.html
With the piston down, the three water inlet holes are above the piston, so it seems the design is to have water in the cavity above the piston. I turned the machine on briefly with the piston assembly removed, and water flowed from the three holes near the piston but nowhere else. So when the piston rises, where does that water go? I must be missing something.
From the previous discussion, there is a small cup washer on the piston rod, and I'm thinking that is the cause of this leak. How do I get to this washer? I don't want to deal with compressing that massive spring only to find there is another way to replace it.
Finally, I didn't have to replace any of the gasket on the piston or piston rod in the restoration. Does anybody have a source for these gaskets?
http://coffeesnobs.com.au/brewing-eq...ercurio-2.html
With the piston down, the three water inlet holes are above the piston, so it seems the design is to have water in the cavity above the piston. I turned the machine on briefly with the piston assembly removed, and water flowed from the three holes near the piston but nowhere else. So when the piston rises, where does that water go? I must be missing something.
From the previous discussion, there is a small cup washer on the piston rod, and I'm thinking that is the cause of this leak. How do I get to this washer? I don't want to deal with compressing that massive spring only to find there is another way to replace it.
Finally, I didn't have to replace any of the gasket on the piston or piston rod in the restoration. Does anybody have a source for these gaskets?



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