Espresso Machine Pressure Gauge Not Working

It s worked flawlessly and produced great results up until recently when i started noticing that the pressure gauge wasn t showing any pressure at the group head.

Espresso machine pressure gauge not working.

No machine can produce a crema with burnt coffee beans or a grind that is too coarse or too fine so make sure you re using good beans and an espresso grind when you test your machine. Breville espresso machine pressure guage not working breville not getting up to pressure breville the barista express espresso machine bes870xl. Remove the top cover and or side uni body. Also steam based machines won t produce much of a crema if any.

There are so many pipes carrying steam and water round a machine to identify where the problem lies it will be necessary to remove the top from the machine. No hot water or steam. I purchased a breville bes860 professional series coffee machine some time ago 2 years. A variation of this test is to tape up the small hole in the black pressure disc and run the test.

Last updated by damien wilde on monday the 21st august 2017. Machine has not come up to operating pressure. Turn off and disconnect your machine. If the machine is spewing a lot of steam from the top as it is heating up then the vacuum relief valve may be stuck open.

Allow it to cool down shut off and disconnect the water line if you have the direct connect version. Please note that this guide has been reproduced with kind permission of brasilia renowned manufacturer of espresso machines. Your machine will not dispense steam or hot water until there is sufficient pressure in the hot water boiler. After a few seconds for the pressure to build up the gauge should reach up to the mid range.

Pressure still showed very low and eventually after. I tried cleaning de calcifying etc. If the gauge sometimes reaches 1 1 2 bar but flicks around a lot or randomly drops to zero or is always sitting at zero then the steam boiler is not building pressure for some reason. Recently regardless of coffee grind sizing the pressure has stayed in the pre infusion level of the gauge and the coffee tastes like water so not the gauge itself.

Troubleshooting espresso machines at home can be no fun but it is a necessity when the taste of your espresso is affected espresso machines need a little attention sometimes. It happens to all of us from time to time when our espresso machines start behaving differently. I tried to clean the machine with a tablet just to check the gauge and almost no water came out and the gauge went all the way to the top of the range. If your gauge is not moving at all there is a very high likelihood that the capillary tube or pressure gauge is blocked with limescale.