Rancilio Silvia parts

Our assortment

At Brooks Parts we can supply a variety of spare parts for the Rancilio Silvia espresso machine. Ranging from portafilter gaskets, to portafilters and Ulka vibration pumps. Original and non Original. If you can’t find the parts your looking for, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Supplying times and warranty

Most spare parts for the Rancilio Silvia are in stock and otherwise we can supply the spare parts pretty fast. So you can go quickly further with the maintenance of your Rancilio Silvia.

The different model types of the Rancilio Silvia

The Rancilio Silvia is a single group espresso machine, which uses their own Rancilio brewing group. This brewing group is a solenoid operated model, instead a manual brewing group you more often see on domestic espresso machines. On top of the brewing group is also the small boiler installed, this boiler is big enough for making espresso and frothing up milk with steam. But not big enough to use it for getting warm water.

The Rancilio Silvia V1.

This espresso machine is the first version of the Silvia series, which was introduced in 1997. The Rancilio Silvia V1. This model has the small water tank on the back, from this tank you pump the water into the boiler. This is done with a Ulka vibration pump, the same pump is also used to create the brewing pressure. The boiler is fixed to the top of the brewing group, at the bottom you have the solenoid valve to discharge the drain water.

On the side of the boiler a over pressure valve is placed and a steam valve. With the V1 version the valve had a different type of handle and the steam tube itself could only turn around it’s own axle.

Rancilio Silvia V2

This model version of the Rancilio Silvia is the second model, this model was introduced in 2000. This does have a lot of similarities with the V1 model. Other design features are the logo on the front of the espresso machine, the rubber grip for the steam tube and a different type of handle for the portafilter.

Rancilio Silvia V3

This version of the Rancilio comes quite fast after the Rancilio Silvia V2, only in 2008. You can clearly see some differences between the models. The steam tube now can go up and down, the handle of steam valve is also more moder. In line with the handles of their commercial espresso machines.

Other design features are the ring which goes around the brewing group head, made from shiny chrome. The grids have been modernized and the portafilter is their new model, with the Rancilio logo on the end.

Rancilio Silvia V4

Rancilio Silvia V5

This model of the Silvia came in 2016. Aesthetically identical to the Rancilio Silvia V4 espresso machine but has been updated to comply to EU energy regulations. The boiler was insulated and the heating element switches off after 30 minutes of inactivity. A other feature is that the power and heating element switch has been fitted with a led.

Rancilio Silvia V6

This is the latest model of the Silvia , this was introduced in 2020. On this espresso machine you see some esthetical changes such as the group ring is now in black polycarbonate, the print on the buttons where redesigned. A other technical feature what has changed is that the heating element is made from stainless steel instead of copper.

Rancilio Silvia Pro

The Rancilio Silvia Pro espresso machines do look similar to the traditional Silvia models, but technically they are definitely not the same. This model was introduced in 2020, so around the same time as the V6 model. But this version is fitted with a dual boiler system and PID temperature control. Price wise it is also different than the standard Silvia models.

Maintenance tips for the Rancilio Silvia

Doing regular maintenance on your Rancilio SIlvia is very important, seen you keep your espresso machine technically in way better condition. Which prevents expensive repairs, but at the end you do require spare parts for your Rancilio Silvia

Regular cleaning

What does regular cleaning mean of your espresso machine? Well the most important thing is backflushing your brewing group, but for that you require cleaning products. This can be done for instance with a blind filter and with Puly Caff cleaner.

Descaling

You do need to descale your Rancilio Silvia on a regular basis, seen you do have scale buildup inside the boiler. Even when you use a in tank waterfilter.

Checking the seals

Once in a while you need to check the seals on your Rancilio Silvia. This means for instance the portafilter gasket or just the gaskets of your steam valve.

Cleaning the steam valve and tube

The steam valve and steam tube, primarily the steam tube needs regular cleaning. When you froth up milk with your milk pitcher to make a cappuccino or a latte macchiato, some milk residue will always remain behind. You can easily clean this off with a good milk cleaning product, such as the Brooks Milk Cleaner.

Filterbasket and shower screen

One of the more important spare parts on any Rancilio Silvia espresso machine are the filterbaskets and shower screen. These are on all the Rancilio Silvia espresso machines the same. The shower screen has a diameter of 51,5mm and is attached with a screw, for that you can use a Wera Stuby flat screwdriver. The filterbasket is a standard 70mm filterbasket. This can be a single, double or a blind filter. You can also use them from the competition series of IMS Filtri.

Heating element

The heating elements used on the Rancilio Silvia espresso machines are not all the same. The first models had a heating element, in 230 and 110V. which was fixed to the boiler. Nowadays the boilers have a removable stainless steel heating element, this is ideal when your element is broken. In this case you don’t have to replace the entire boiler on your Rancilio Silvia.