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Hmmm, thats a new one on me.
Related though - the thermostats on my similarly old machine started giving up the ghost. The brew one would fail occasionally, so it would heat all the way to the steam and possibly beyond? It was on my list to fix for ages, but the machine in general was just about reliable enough that I ignored it. Eventually it blew the thermo fuse on the top - so my hand was forced.
Chucked two new thermostats and new fuse on top (20 min job) and was amazed at the improvement. Think my temps were all over the place the last few years with the old thermostats. Still need to get round to the pid upgrade - but I just know as soon as I do that the thing is going to die - although another part of me feels like after the apocalypse it will be just cockroaches evolving to use the remaining classics - it's the favourite thing I own from a fix it yourself perspective.