That nut won’t budge with my spanner and I’m reluctant to try much harder to undo it! Can i check what way i should be unscrewing? From the attached angle I’ve heen going anti clockwise

Scrap that I got there in the end, but it just seems to loosen - not clear what should come off…

Does this bit come off some how? Machine map suggests so:

Hi all, I fixed the blockage. I had to take the whole steam tap out and nudge the blockage through from the other side - it was very stubborn. Culprit in the picture! Steaming like new now, so I’m chuffed.

Huge thanks for all the guidance!

    creditchris Hi all, I fixed the blockage. I had to take the whole steam tap out and nudge the blockage through from the other side - it was very stubborn. Culprit in the picture! Steaming like new now, so I’m chuffed

    I had a similar issue with the Teflon pad, which wore too easily. I know how that fitting works and how to ever so gently close and then reclose it, to extend its life, but you really should not have to do that. It’s just bad design. I also encountered steam leaks in other areas of the valve. Their quality control over that valve and also the OPV valve (which had to be swapped out) is not good.

      I’m wondering whether Elizabeth owners experiencing steam leak issues can simply replace the Elizabeth’s compression valve with a non-compression one, such as the one used for the Bianca. This may or may not be feasible or mighty be too costly.