ivan858 Senior Member Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 1 Location: San Diego, CA Expertise: Just starting
Posted Sun Jun 10, 2012, 8:12pm Subject: Rancilio Silvia Spiting out Metal Shavings like its the Holidays
Hi Guys! First post here.
For some reason when I brew, it spits out small red and green metallic chips!! I filmed it if you want to see what I'm talking about. http://youtu.be/w3yRzg1A2jY
Also, How can I tell if my Rancilio Silvia is still under warranty? There is no phone number on the sticker under the drip-tray.
Stuart Senior Member Joined: 9 Feb 2012 Posts: 113 Location: TX Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Sun Jun 10, 2012, 9:00pm Subject: Re: Rancilio Silvia Spiting out Metal Shavings like its the Holidays
That's both from the steam wand and from the brew head, right? I don't know the Silvia, but did the seller by any chance say the machine was freshly descaled? You might ask how that was done.
alanfrew Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 596 Location: Melbourne Expertise: Professional
Posted Sun Jun 10, 2012, 11:19pm Subject: Re: Rancilio Silvia Spiting out Metal Shavings like its the Holidays
The chips are almost certainly debris spalled off your element after it's been overheated. Travel will have distributed them through the water path, but they'll flush out pretty easily. Try not to overheat the element again, it will almost certainly kill it.
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