Hopefully this post is a bit pre-emptive and I can sort this out on the phone tomorrow but just in case my pessimism is justified......
Our ECM Giotto was serviced 1 week ago through Caffe Bianchi (dont know who they use for servicing) in Leichhardt. It worked fine from last Sat for a week and then on the w/e the pressure would drop off to nothing and the boiler wouldnt heat... no coffee (I assume the safety relay was kicking in here or something to stop the boiler heating). This happened about 4 or 5 times and the prob was solved by turning the machine off for a few minutes then on (could hear the heater click on then a brief hiss (from anti vacuum valve???) and the pressure would build as normal and coffee etc. But by the end of yesterday the valve had stopped doing its thing and no coffee >
. There is no hiss sound when power is turned on and no pressure.
Am I thinking in the right direction with the anti vac valve? This is mainly my suspicion as it was replaced in the recent service and I just saw a post mentioning one that had seized.
Before I go exploring inside the machine to try to sort this out I just wanted to see if anyone has any suggestions and knowledge of whether I should just try to get a new part and replace or if the current (new) valve could be made to operate correctly. I would love to just pop back in the the store and have them sort it but we are 3 hrs from Sydney and another trip in that direction is not likely in the near future.
Our ECM Giotto was serviced 1 week ago through Caffe Bianchi (dont know who they use for servicing) in Leichhardt. It worked fine from last Sat for a week and then on the w/e the pressure would drop off to nothing and the boiler wouldnt heat... no coffee (I assume the safety relay was kicking in here or something to stop the boiler heating). This happened about 4 or 5 times and the prob was solved by turning the machine off for a few minutes then on (could hear the heater click on then a brief hiss (from anti vacuum valve???) and the pressure would build as normal and coffee etc. But by the end of yesterday the valve had stopped doing its thing and no coffee >
. There is no hiss sound when power is turned on and no pressure.Am I thinking in the right direction with the anti vac valve? This is mainly my suspicion as it was replaced in the recent service and I just saw a post mentioning one that had seized.
Before I go exploring inside the machine to try to sort this out I just wanted to see if anyone has any suggestions and knowledge of whether I should just try to get a new part and replace or if the current (new) valve could be made to operate correctly. I would love to just pop back in the the store and have them sort it but we are 3 hrs from Sydney and another trip in that direction is not likely in the near future.


and the difference in shot quality and steam pressure is very noticeable. Fingers crossed that we have no more nasty expensive repairs again in the near future.
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