Hi everyone, we have a sunbeam em7000 bought in 2016, no extended warranty.
So the steam pipe burst last week. we opened the top and saw the thin plastic pipe connecting the pump to steam wand burst wide open at the connecting point. because we live far from sunbeam's repair agents and its out of warranty, we called people near us and was told that it may not be as simple as replacing the pipe and there could be other problems that caused the burst; and also hard to seek sunbeam parts, etc etc... so to make things easier we just bought a milk frother
but my concern is: even though we can still use it to make coffee, during the warming up time when we start the machine, will there still be steam or hot air coming out of the burst pipe? or,(not knowing exactly how the twin thermoblcok works), there is actually a valve, and there won't be anything coming out if we don't turn the steam knob outside, meaning we can still keep making coffee until the machine eventually dies completely. I just don't want the leaked steam to slowly erode the rest of the machine.
thanks much in advance for any knowledge you can offer.
So the steam pipe burst last week. we opened the top and saw the thin plastic pipe connecting the pump to steam wand burst wide open at the connecting point. because we live far from sunbeam's repair agents and its out of warranty, we called people near us and was told that it may not be as simple as replacing the pipe and there could be other problems that caused the burst; and also hard to seek sunbeam parts, etc etc... so to make things easier we just bought a milk frother
but my concern is: even though we can still use it to make coffee, during the warming up time when we start the machine, will there still be steam or hot air coming out of the burst pipe? or,(not knowing exactly how the twin thermoblcok works), there is actually a valve, and there won't be anything coming out if we don't turn the steam knob outside, meaning we can still keep making coffee until the machine eventually dies completely. I just don't want the leaked steam to slowly erode the rest of the machine.
thanks much in advance for any knowledge you can offer.

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