My 2008 Saeco Odea Giro all in one brewer has served us well for almost a decade now of active service.
Cost avoidance at Starbucks, Timmy’s, etc down by 100% so the ole girl owes me nothing.
Replaced the automatic tamper o ring last fall and of late she started to drip constantly at the frothier wand. I could live with that but the internal pressure safety switch had started to detect the pressure loss during injection and initiated the abort function. Dumps the puck before the coffee brewed. Get frustrated, repeat, have an instant instead.....
So instead of giving in to temptation and buying something new I figured I owed it to the Saeco, and my wallet, to look inside and see if I could do something.
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This is the three way valve that is leaking.
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Surprisingly not a sealed plastic unit, thank you Bosch!
I can take this apart, so pop the c clips and get the innerds out for inspection. Must be a pinched o ring I figure. .
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Hmm, not a bad o ring after all. Actual erosion of the pin and bosses has developed some slop in the left right slide function. Zero is no longer zero and the water is leaking through the gap.
Guess my descaler regimen is a little aggressive, hehe.
I will order a new valve but for now I filed off about an 1/8” of material from the hard stop to allow me to go a bit past zero when I turn off the frothier and seat the stem.
Should work, I hope.
Put it all back together and hit the decant button after selection charge and size of cup.
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No leaks and a great cup, look at that crema!
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I use lavazza la crema beans in my rig.
Cheers men.