Coffee Appreciation

After our chat on saturday, you were thinking it could be scale, when was it last descaled? If not for a long time might be worth running pickling vinegar to descale the boiler if there is any scale as this will have a go at descaling it.

Looking here:
http://www.partsguru.com/user/Parts%20dagram%20ER0182_Rev01.pdf

Don't think the fusibble link is gone as then the steam bit wouldn't work.

Check number 17 (coffee boiler temp sensor) is operating. You will need a cuircuit tester ;) Think it is open circuit (high resistance) till the water is up to temperature then it operates (low resistance allows current to flow)

May be look at 21 to 25, its a philips screwdriver and allen key to check that if there is a blockage of some scale in the output valve/tube.

The rebuild kit of a couple of o rings and fibre washers, so you can take it all apart and see if there are any blockages. The kit is the same as the boiler in the baby gaggia so we can chop and change to see what parts are faulty.

I had this exact problem a few weeks ago. I managed to resolve by using an allen key to remove the OPV and 3-way valve:

http://thehippy.net/nucleus/media/1/20090122-gaggia_3way_valve.jpg

http://img-2011-12.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/04/thumbnail/hunuvure.jpg

I then used a spanner and mole-grips to open them up. I then just put them (minus the solenoid electronics) into some diluted descaler overnight. Next morning gave them a good rinse and reattached. Started working again straightaway, although ran a few cups of water through to make sure I'd flushed out the descaler.