20-May-2021, 00:55
I'm looking at buying a used Expert 120 at a good price from a local friendly HiFi shop (as you might have seen from my previous post). The problem is that although it is working perfectly, we have just discovered that it is leaking some oil from the bottom panel screws. A search of the forum shows this to be from the thermal pad. I am reasonably handy electronically so my questions are:
1. How bad a problem is this leak long-term (I assume that as the leak continues, the temperature will rise ultimately leading to failure)?
2. Has anyone replaced this pad themselves and if so, is it easy to get the part from Devialet and is the swap easy?
3. Would this leak have caused any other damage?
Thanks for your answers everyone, and before people suggest sending it back to France for repair (I'm in USA), the cost of this would probably be prohibitive.
Cheers
Graeme
1. How bad a problem is this leak long-term (I assume that as the leak continues, the temperature will rise ultimately leading to failure)?
2. Has anyone replaced this pad themselves and if so, is it easy to get the part from Devialet and is the swap easy?
3. Would this leak have caused any other damage?
Thanks for your answers everyone, and before people suggest sending it back to France for repair (I'm in USA), the cost of this would probably be prohibitive.
Cheers
Graeme
