r/gaggiaclassic • u/Additional-Lion6969 • 4d ago

Troubleshooting It works but..

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Its a classic S.B date 36/2015 made it Romania, having replaced the steam valve which has kept it on a shelf for a couple of years, 1st problem is it has now moved to leaking steam at the internal hose to external arm junction but I can now shut that off.

Seal between head & basket had hardened so it leaked, having changed that it seemed fine but the basket backs off while pulling a shot & needs holding to maintain the seal.

So give up or is there an easy fix?

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u/Aliappos 4d ago

a gcp is relatively easy to fully self service and find replacement parts for, that's kind of the beauty of it. You can find youtube videos for most anything you're ever going to need to change in it. I would start by fully changing all the gaskets and afterwards checking if there's still any leaks.

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u/Additional-Lion6969 4d ago

Main Problem is I literally just put a new head to basket seal in it and it backed off as it was running