Lelit Elizabeth - creaking steam wand

MediumRoastSteam Dave, read on from this post: https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/253-lelit-elizabeth-creaking-steam-wand/18

europa How on earth do you quote another post on here

Highlight what you want to quote. Click Quote. Repeat as many times as you wish. ;-)

If you are on a phone, highlighting then clicking the quote option that comes up also works.

Ah I see…me I’d probably initially ferret the o ring out to check it before removing the tip/ball

Vid may be useful to op

europa Would you guys agree with that?

Pretty much yes….I’ve had other machines where the spring in the wand creaks

europa - I would not worry about it. Specially if the machine is cold. I can barely catch a glimpse at the start of your video, for a split second, of the machine being in “eco” mode.

europa -

😞 - this must be incredibly frustrating. I was reading on the OPV issue thread. So disappointing.

europa omg 😲 another OPV Elizabeth issue.

As I said before, most people don’t even check the nanometre so wouldn’t even notice anything is wrong. However this forum is making people check it and now noticing the problem.

For those with eyes 👀 to see

europa - Just as an update, I checked mine. Admittedly it doesn’t creak as much as yours, not when it’s hot at least. But it does make noise, and it’s also depending on how I move the wand too.

Now that I think about it, when I had my Pro-700 it made all these creaking noises and I never thought much of it.

This is all a bit of a puzzle to me.
Ihavetwo Elizabeth’s, both bought from the same supplier in France about 4-6 weeks apart. I use one in UK and one in France.
On the French one the wand moves very easily whether hot or cold and there is no noise or roughness felt while moving it. On the UK one the wand is quite stiff to move but doesn’t creak. No difference whether hot or cold.
I will have a look at the seals and spring on the UK one when I get back in July and see if lubrication will help. The difference is odd as they are both only about 6 months old and have been in use for about 3 months each so far.

Maybe it might be worth asking Lelit for advice. They respond very quickly to queries and usually offer very helpful advice. They might even have a short video on this problem or might make one if they get several queries about it.

MBdoc If the wand creaks when moving it, it needs lubricating…if you don’t the little O ring tears/abrades badly.

Hi Dave, it doesn’t creak it’s just a bit stiff to move unlike the other one which moves like silk.

MBdoc Just lubricate it…try first to get some dow corning molykote iii in there with a cocktail stick around the ball, then work it around. Even better simply remove the wand and lube.

I will do this when I get back.

I have some food grade silicone grease from MaxiCoffee here will that be OK or is the Molykote better?

I will have to hope a bit of grease will improve it.

I am sure it shouldn’t creak unless there is some fault in the components. Have you asked Lilet about this? I have found them very helpful.