Hello all! I've been a bit of a voyeur on Coffee snobs for a while now, and now I need some serious help!
I have a straight-out-of-the-box EM6910 that I bought second hand. It had not been opened, not been used, but had been sitting packed in a box for roughly 3 years. Unfortunately, the steam was a bit intermittent and weak, so I decided to try a descale with vinegar solution. Not much of a result, but the steam became a bit stronger, but took a while to get there.
Now I've taken the cover off (yes, I unplugged, switched off, double-triple checked and am aware of the 240V nasties!), unscrewed the nuts on the copper pipes going into the steam thermoblock, tried to give them a little clean, screwed everything back up, and now it seems I have a leak at the lower elbow pipe going into the steam thermo block (see the big arrow in the pic). Am I looking at having to replace the thermo block? Or can I seal this up somehow?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Having no coffee in the morning is not cool at all!
Picture courtesy of one of Martrix's post (thanks!)
I have a straight-out-of-the-box EM6910 that I bought second hand. It had not been opened, not been used, but had been sitting packed in a box for roughly 3 years. Unfortunately, the steam was a bit intermittent and weak, so I decided to try a descale with vinegar solution. Not much of a result, but the steam became a bit stronger, but took a while to get there.
Now I've taken the cover off (yes, I unplugged, switched off, double-triple checked and am aware of the 240V nasties!), unscrewed the nuts on the copper pipes going into the steam thermoblock, tried to give them a little clean, screwed everything back up, and now it seems I have a leak at the lower elbow pipe going into the steam thermo block (see the big arrow in the pic). Am I looking at having to replace the thermo block? Or can I seal this up somehow?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Having no coffee in the morning is not cool at all!
Picture courtesy of one of Martrix's post (thanks!)

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