My Gaggia Classic Coffee has started playing up. It seems to be constipated and I suspect it's the main solenoid valve that is gone.
If I mess about with it it can sometimes work, but then it stops again. I've done all the usual things like de-scaling and unscrewing the shower screen and shower holding plate to poke about and make sure that's not blocked. It doesn't appear to be the pump because it will pump hot water and steam through the wand in a normal way.
What makes me think it's the solenoid is because if it tries really hard and squeezes a few drops of water through the group body, then when I switch the pump off, it doesn't blow any water through the outlet pipe, like it would if it was working properly.
Any clues, anybody? Can the solenoid be user serviced or is it a send-the-whole-thing-back-to -Gaggia job?
