Hi guys,
Upgraditis has struck and I have recently bought a second hand Isomac Tea Due and moved on from the faithful 6910. I have had it a couple of weeks now and am very happy with the shots and steam power (although the two hole steam tip has taken a bit of getting used to).
The machine has been giving off a lot of steam, and I have been hearing the occasional hissing noise. Having never owned a boiler machine before I assumed this was normal.
Today I decided these machines probably aren't meant to do that, and took the back off to have a look while it was heating up.
What I saw was water occasionally dripping out of a connection above the boiler, and dripping onto the boiler and vapourising.
It looks like I will have to unscrew the vertical pipe from the boiler to be able to access it. What is this part exactly? Would regular plumbers tape on the thread be a solution to this?
Or should I take it to a repair shop and get someone who knows what they're doing to look at it?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Sam
Upgraditis has struck and I have recently bought a second hand Isomac Tea Due and moved on from the faithful 6910. I have had it a couple of weeks now and am very happy with the shots and steam power (although the two hole steam tip has taken a bit of getting used to).
The machine has been giving off a lot of steam, and I have been hearing the occasional hissing noise. Having never owned a boiler machine before I assumed this was normal.
Today I decided these machines probably aren't meant to do that, and took the back off to have a look while it was heating up.
What I saw was water occasionally dripping out of a connection above the boiler, and dripping onto the boiler and vapourising.
It looks like I will have to unscrew the vertical pipe from the boiler to be able to access it. What is this part exactly? Would regular plumbers tape on the thread be a solution to this?
Or should I take it to a repair shop and get someone who knows what they're doing to look at it?

Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Sam




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