I've noticed that my ECM Technica is not releasing the brew pressure after a shot anymore. It is also not building pressure at startup unless I pull the lever.
My precedure is:
- Turn machine on
- Place PF in machine to heat up
- Wait 30-45 minutes
- Come back to machine (Brew pressure is 0)
- Prepare PF with ground coffee and release some water from the machine (Brew pressure rises and settles, now shows 1-1.5bar)
- Pull my shot (Brew pressure reaches 11bar)
- Finish pulling my shot and return lever to idle position (brew pressure is now 10bar)
- Finish preparing my coffee (steaming milk and such)
- Clean Machine, give lever a pull to clean showerscreen (when the lever hits MIDDLE position a sound of pressure release like a blow off valve on a turbo car is heard, pressure returns from 10bar to 1-1.5bar)
Now normally starting the machine would cause the brew pressure to rise to betwen 1-2bar when the machine was ready and when I had finished pulling a shot the machine would release the pressure back to 1-2Bar. I've back flushed every fortnight. Machine does 2-4 coffees daily. The machine is 8 months old.
Is there an easy fix I can do on my own or should I just take it back to the shop for some warranty work.
My precedure is:
- Turn machine on
- Place PF in machine to heat up
- Wait 30-45 minutes
- Come back to machine (Brew pressure is 0)
- Prepare PF with ground coffee and release some water from the machine (Brew pressure rises and settles, now shows 1-1.5bar)
- Pull my shot (Brew pressure reaches 11bar)
- Finish pulling my shot and return lever to idle position (brew pressure is now 10bar)
- Finish preparing my coffee (steaming milk and such)
- Clean Machine, give lever a pull to clean showerscreen (when the lever hits MIDDLE position a sound of pressure release like a blow off valve on a turbo car is heard, pressure returns from 10bar to 1-1.5bar)
Now normally starting the machine would cause the brew pressure to rise to betwen 1-2bar when the machine was ready and when I had finished pulling a shot the machine would release the pressure back to 1-2Bar. I've back flushed every fortnight. Machine does 2-4 coffees daily. The machine is 8 months old.
Is there an easy fix I can do on my own or should I just take it back to the shop for some warranty work.

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