Gasket and shower screen

Which gasket, and when

Ascaso gives no interval for the gasket. The manual's only advice is to clean it with a damp cloth, and to call the After-sales Service if it is defective. The steps on the next two screens are general workshop practice, not a Dream method: no Dream PID write-up was found.

A retailer's tune-up kit for the older Dream suggests every 6 months. Signs it is due: leaks round the handle, or a handle that turns further than it used to.

Take the screen and gasket out

General practice for a group like this. Ascaso gives no method.

1. Unplug, let the machine go cold and take the portafilter out.
2. Brush the grounds off the shower screen.
3. Undo the central sprayer screw (I.3511) that holds the cup-shaped screen.
4. Lower the screen out of the group.
5. Prise the old gasket out with a pick, working round it.
6. Clean the groove and the bell with a brush and a damp cloth.

Fit the new gasket and screen

Still general practice.

1. Press the new gasket evenly into the bell, the same way up as the old one.
2. Hold the screen in place and refit the sprayer screw, snug.
3. Lock the empty portafilter in to seat the gasket.
4. Switch on, wait for the coffee temperature lamp, run water through and check for leaks round the handle.

Ascaso Dream PID: every job