Hi Group,
I've had my machine for almost 10 years and have just replaced a lot of ailing components in an attempt to improve performance. Main issue is that the brew temp seems too high after the machine has been left standing for more than 30 mins.
If the machine has been stood idle for an hour it takes about 5 seconds after pressing the button for water to be expelled from the group head. When the water comes out there is a lot of steam, I generally have to dispense approx 100ml of water before it stops bubbling. Even after all that faffing around the coffee does not espress well, usually blowing holes in the puck and channelling.
My mate (?) thought there was a hole in the heat exchanger pipe (inside boiler) so I managed to buy up a scrap L'Anna and swap the boiler .. alas the problem is the same after 4 hours more faffing, indeed it could be worse!!
So you experts, can you throw any light on it? After all the pain it causes I still love L'Anna and don't want it to die
Thanking you in anticipation
John