I took the safety valve casing off & determined it's an "old style" spring & (white) valve.
I'm not convinced this is the issue - they are in good shape.
I tightened the nut & valve casing and the steam is already a but less loud & forceful. But I don't have a tool to get into the boiler to...
Has anyone ever dealt with a La Pavoni lever machine that has a lot of steam coming out of the safety valve? I think that's the name of the area... it's to the right of the boiler cap. The steam/milk frother works fine.
The pressure gauge reads 1 consistently, and that is when I pull an espresso...