Gday Tez,
I wouldnt go jumping the gun on pulling anything apart just yet.
If you apply the so called "stink test"
to the steam, that will give you a good idea how bad it is. If its really offensive then youll need to do the job either yourself or through a service provider.If its not too bad the easiest course of action is to flush thoroughly and often just with water. Just make sure when you are pulling water out of the boiler, that you dont overdo it and blow your element by dropping the water level too low.
Here is an example of what I would do.....If the boiler of your machine is say 2 litres (???), and they usually dont fill to more than say 2/3 that capacity at the most, then you have say no more than 1.3 litre water in there. The boiler is in say the bottom 1/3, so I wouldnt pull any more than say a 600ml jugs worth of water out of it at any one time. That is however, a considerable amount of water in the scheme of things for a machine this size.
The machine will then automatically refill with a good quantity of fresh water.
You can do that as many times as you like in a sitting, just waiting for the machine to go to full pressure again between flushes.
It will eventually run clean but over a period of days as that boiler water ages, some of the smell will probably return. How well all this works depends on how bad the contamination was in the first place. However, it may well be acceptable and nothing further may be required other than say a good weekly flush. You dont know til you try, and its better than having to pull something apart when it may not have been necessary.
Good luck!
Attilio.
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