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Group head gasket weeping
A weeping gasket is routine wear. We renew the gasket and dispersion screen, clean the threads, and reseat under brew pressure to confirm the seal.
The specialty bar's workhorse
Tickets piling up and the Café Racer leaking at the group or losing its pressure curve? We repair these machines every week, so the fix is usually familiar: a gone group gasket, a sticking pre-infusion solenoid, the CDS pressure needing a re-dial, a boiler drifting off temperature. Tell us the symptom and we usually know the part before we are through the door.
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Sanremo · Specialty traditional espresso
The Café Racer is Sanremo's specialty-bar workhorse, built around CDS three-phase extraction control. It comes in two finishes, the oxidized-copper Renegade and the open-frame Naked, both serviced the same way. Per-group PID, manual paddle flow profiling, and a tactile feel competition baristas favour make it a fixture in third-wave cafes. On the bench the work lands where you would expect: group gaskets and screens, the pre-infusion solenoids, the paddle and CDS pressure, brew-boiler PID, and the pump.
Why Grajqevci
Call in the morning and a technician is usually on-site before the day is out. Most Sanremo Café Racer jobs get diagnosed and fixed on the first visit.
Commercial coffee equipment is all we do, and Sanremo Café Racer is part of the weekly rotation. Not a generalist guessing at a service manual. Genuine OEM parts, industry-standard procedures.
Flat rate for the visit, with parts billed separately. For bigger jobs you'll see a written quote on-site before we proceed.
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Café Racer faults we diagnose
These are the Café Racer faults that book real service calls in specialty cafes, with the cause behind each one and what we do about it.
A weeping gasket is routine wear. We renew the gasket and dispersion screen, clean the threads, and reseat under brew pressure to confirm the seal.
Channelling and pitting come from oil baking onto the screen. We fit a fresh dispersion screen and backflush the group with detergent.
A sticking pre-infusion solenoid is scale on the seat or a worn coil. We test the coil, descale the valve, and replace the solenoid if it is intermittent, then check pre-infusion timing against spec.
Pressure short of 9 bar is pump wear, OPV drift, or an inlet-screen clog. We gauge brew pressure, isolate the cause, set the OPV, and quote a pump replacement if it is needed.
Hammering at shot start is air, a starved inlet, or a worn vane. We bleed the line, confirm inlet pressure, and open up the pump head.
Swinging steam pressure on mechanical-stat machines is pressurestat wear. We test it against a reference gauge and replace it if it is out of tolerance.
Each Café Racer group has its own boiler and PID, so drift is a calibration job. With a Scace device per group we read brew temperature, reset the PID offsets, and confirm stability across ten shots.
Low steam pressure is scale, a drifting pressurestat, or a sensor fault. We descale, verify the pressurestat or steam PID sensor, and replace the component at fault.
Pooling water is an internal line crack, a brew-group seal, or an HX fitting. We pressure-test the circuit and trace the leak to its source.
A boiler that will not fill is a failed solenoid, a scaled valve seat, or a level probe scaled over. We test the solenoid, descale, and replace the probe if needed.
The joystick cartridge wears with use. We rebuild it with fresh O-rings and a new seat, descale the steam path, and verify clean shut-off.
A wand that drips when closed has a worn valve cartridge or scale on the seat. We rebuild the valve, descale, and confirm a dry shut-off.
Drifting dose buttons are mineral buildup on the flow meter. We clean the meter, confirm pulse output, and reprogram the volumetric doses.
We read the fault history through the service interface, identify the code, and address the root cause.
An erratic brew-side NTC is wire fatigue or sensor drift. We test the NTC, inspect the harness, and replace it if it is out of spec, then recalibrate the PID.
Your coffee emergency ends here
Call or submit the form. We confirm your address, model, and the issue.
An experienced technician arrives, runs full diagnostics, and identifies the root cause.
You receive a flat, itemized quote. Nothing proceeds without your green light.
We complete the repair, run a test cycle, and walk you through what to watch for.
Parts on the truck
Receipts
They fixed our coffee machine on-site, minimizing downtime and keeping business running smoothly.
*Estimated based on the approximate distance from our nearest service centre, average commute time, and median service-call length for one machine. Prices in Canadian dollars (CAD $). Final quote provided on-site after diagnosis.
FAQ
20 answers covering service, repair, parts, installation, warranty, and edge cases.
Updated July 2026
That is a tired group gasket, the most routine wear part on the machine. After enough portafilter lock-ups it stops sealing and water creeps down the group. We back-flush, fit a new gasket, clear the dispersion screen, and pull test shots to confirm a clean seal. The part rides on the truck, so it is one visit.
Yes. The CDS three-phase extraction relies on a clean pressure curve, and when it drifts the shots go flat or uneven. We gauge the pressure, check the pump and OPV behind it, and re-dial the curve against a reference gauge so the three phases land where they should again.
Because each Café Racer group runs its own boiler and PID, a single group drifting is a calibration issue or scale on that element. We read each group with a Scace device, reset the PID offsets, descale where needed, and confirm the temperature holds across ten shots before we leave.
No. The Renegade's oxidized-copper finish and the Naked's open frame are cosmetic; underneath they are the same Café Racer, with the same CDS control, boilers, and wear parts. We service both under one vocabulary, so neither waits longer for a part or a fix.
No, it is the pre-infusion solenoid, scaled on the seat or a worn coil. We test the coil, descale the valve, and replace the solenoid if it reads intermittent, then check the pre-infusion timing against spec. Small part, single visit, and it keeps your extractions starting the way they should.
Around 280 shots per group per day, which is why it anchors so many busy specialty bars. The multi-boiler layout holds that pace; what usually limits a bar is steam recovery or the dial-in, and a group that cannot keep up under a rush is a fault to chase rather than the machine's limit.
Almost always. It is built to run twelve to fifteen years, and the common faults, gaskets, solenoids, a pressurestat, a pump, are small money against a new multi-group machine. If several big jobs ever land at once, we show you the math instead of just quoting the repair.
The wear items ride along: group gaskets and dispersion screens, pre-infusion solenoids, joystick steam cartridges, O-rings, and common sensors. That covers most Café Racer calls in one trip. Pumps, controllers, and paddle parts are ordered per job, usually within a day or two, with the lead time told to you first.
Flat rate for the visit, parts billed at their actual cost on top. You'll hear the rate when you book, and for bigger jobs we quote in writing on-site before any work starts. No estimate that balloons mid-job.
Same-day in most cases. Call in the morning and a technician is usually on-site before the day is out; calls placed later in the day book for the next morning. Urgent breakdowns get priority routing.
The GTA and most of the Golden Horseshoe: Toronto through Mississauga, Vaughan, and Markham, out to Oshawa, Hamilton, and Niagara. If you're not sure you're in range, call and we'll tell you straight.
No. We work call by call. Plenty of customers put us on a maintenance schedule eventually, but that's their choice after seeing the work, never a requirement.
Parts carry their manufacturer warranty, and we stand behind our labour: if the same fault recurs, call us and we'll review it. Specific terms are discussed upfront on each job, not promised in marketing copy.
On-site whenever possible, which is most of the time. If a job genuinely needs the bench, like a full boiler rebuild or major electronics work, we'll say so before anything leaves your building.
Call us or send the form on this page. We confirm the machine, the fault, and a time window the same day. If it's urgent, say so and we'll route the nearest technician.
Diagnosis first: we confirm the fault, tell you what caused it, and quote the fix before touching a wrench. Most repairs finish in that same visit because the common wear parts ride on the truck.
High-wear parts for the platforms we service constantly ride on the truck. Anything else we order, usually next-day where suppliers allow, and we tell you the lead time before committing you to anything.
Usually, yes. We service legacy machines for as long as parts can be sourced, and we're honest when a repair stops making financial sense against a replacement. You get the math, you make the call.
Often, but that's not the pitch. We quote against the actual work, not a factory pricing book, and we'll tell you when a manufacturer warranty claim is the better route. Transparency is the value; the price usually follows.
Yes, and we do it by default on the way out. Half of repeat faults trace back to skipped daily cleaning or wrong routine, so the technician walks your team through what actually matters before leaving.
One call reaches a tech who works on these CDS machines every week.
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