Dear all,
My inlaws own a EQ6 s300 coffee machine, which has just gone out of warranty. A few months ago they complained that it would ask for descaling already after some 20 cups or so. I performed a factory reset and it worked for a couple of weeks.
Then, the problem reappeared. I put the hardness to 'separate descaler' and the problem went away for a while.
Two weeks ago the problem came back again, but now with the added discomfort of a bang, followed by steam coming out of the brew group during startup. Since they are quite desperate they entrusted me with their coffee machine. After opening, I saw that an incoming silicone hose to the ceramic valve had a kink. I replaced it, though it did not solve the problem. After some mental preparation I decided to inspect the ceramic valve on the inside, but during disassembly the #$^#* connections of 2/3 pressure hoses snapped.
A little more surprising to me was that I could not find signs of clogging in there: both the disks and the channels seemed rather clean.
What is your opinion on this? Does the problem lie nevertheless in the ceramic valve and does it warrant replacement (some 65E)? Or is it perhaps the steam valve?
Thanks a bunch!
Best,
Andreas
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