Hey guys & gals,
Long time reader first time poster. Thanks for your previous insights and advice. Youre help would once more be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
Heres the low down. Bought an ECM Giotto Prem (major upgrade from Sunbeam EM5800) off eBay at a great price, 3 yrs old in sweet condition but had a couple of issues when I got it:
1. The power light didnt work - easy fix, called ECA (ECM importers) and they sent me a new light assembly. Good excuse to pull it apart. After a small electrocution
now working. Nice!
2. Theres a ticking noise when I turn it on before I can hear the boiler start to heat. Its a regular tick, tick, tick. It then slows down after a while then starts to heat the boiler. The ticking slows down then stops after a while then everything works fine: group, hot water, steam. Not great but OK - any ideas?
3. This is the doozy! The group leaks when under pressure (with basket full for a shot or blind inserted) via the lever axle. Took it apart to find the seal had completely disintegrated. ECA sent me a seal for this too but after cleaning it out as well as I could and then replacing the seal it still leaks. Should I undo the thick arm that the the lever axle screws into and give it a good clean out? Or should I just bite the bullet and take it to Di Bartoli for a service.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Mattt
Long time reader first time poster. Thanks for your previous insights and advice. Youre help would once more be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
Heres the low down. Bought an ECM Giotto Prem (major upgrade from Sunbeam EM5800) off eBay at a great price, 3 yrs old in sweet condition but had a couple of issues when I got it:
1. The power light didnt work - easy fix, called ECA (ECM importers) and they sent me a new light assembly. Good excuse to pull it apart. After a small electrocution
now working. Nice!2. Theres a ticking noise when I turn it on before I can hear the boiler start to heat. Its a regular tick, tick, tick. It then slows down after a while then starts to heat the boiler. The ticking slows down then stops after a while then everything works fine: group, hot water, steam. Not great but OK - any ideas?
3. This is the doozy! The group leaks when under pressure (with basket full for a shot or blind inserted) via the lever axle. Took it apart to find the seal had completely disintegrated. ECA sent me a seal for this too but after cleaning it out as well as I could and then replacing the seal it still leaks. Should I undo the thick arm that the the lever axle screws into and give it a good clean out? Or should I just bite the bullet and take it to Di Bartoli for a service.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Mattt

. Is the pressurestat performing normally to maintain element pressure?

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