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I refilled the water bottle feeding the FloJet that supplies the VII. While doing so, some of the water in the dip tube leaked out and air got in. I think air got sucked into the pump while pulling subsequent warming shots. Some steam/air spit out of the group head and the pump made a different sound (cavitating?).

I have dumped some water from the steam boiler causing a refill and have pulled a couple more blank shots in attempts to get all of the air out of the line and brew side. The pump sound is close to it was before this but I think it's still a little different.

Did I mess things up or will it be OK; possibly needing a little more time to get the last air bubbles out?

Next time, if I don't get things plumbed in by then, I'll add a bleed line to get the air out.

Joe

No problem. I will work its way out.

Couldn't you bleed it by just engaging the p/i set to the max 8 seconds a couple times without running the pump?

JohnB wrote:Couldn't you bleed it by just engaging the p/i set to the max 8 seconds a couple times without running the pump?

I hadn't thought of that option. Gave it a try and had no problem stopping things before the pump kicked in. Thanks for the suggestion.

Air always gets into the system whenever I change the filters, it works itself out pretty quickly. You don't have anything to worry about.