Carpigiani 181 never stops running...?!

[Jepson75]

Well, to be honest, some days it works great (Perhaps a bit to noisy though...is that common?)
Anyway, some friends of mine bought a used Carpigiani 181 soft-ice-machine...and there are some problems with it:

Some days, it´s like the Energizerbunny, the motors just keep on going and going and going....!
And some days, they run for a few minutes, and then stops! And it´s the last thing that´s normal...isn´t it?!

Is that adjustable in some way?! And if so, how and where?!

I know there´s some kind of adjustmentknob on the back of the machine - but we´ve tried that one, without any specific results, sometimes the ice-cream is perfect, and some other time, too hard, or too soft - and that´s without adjusting anything at all!!

Any ideas, except for the junkyard?! :)

[littleyapper]

that adjustment on the back is the hardness adjustement... normally set to 80% of the running amps of the beater motor...i would check that the beater is sitting nicely in the barrel ... and also that the mix does not run low

[DL A/C]

possible faulty 10 minute timer??? ive came across 1 or 2 where the contacts have stuck causing the motor to run and run and trip on overload. have you checked running pressures?

[Jepson75]

Thank´s for the advice, will start with the timer (Where´s it located?)
By the way, havn´t checked anything yet - don´t didn´t know where to start, have no info or manual at all to the machine!