Okay I purchased my first machine, a little Astoria compact about 2 weeks ago. After testing it for a little bit all seemed fine except a few drops of water that was coming out from under it. Upon further inspection, one of the pipes coming from the boiler to the group head is leaking 1 drop every 30 seconds to a minute, very slow.
I contacted the seller and at first he said don't worry that scale buildup would seal it? I thought scale was the death of these machines, why would I let it build up? He sent me another email saying that all espresso machines ooze some water and that it will just boil off, but it never does, it falls out under it. It isn't that big a deal to me as it is a very slow leak, but what he is telling me seems fishy. Why would I allow scale to build up and do these really "ooze water" ?
Thanks a bunch!
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