operating valve, screw it in by one full turn.
Cleaning / replacement of the rubber gasket
for lid
Clean under hot running water or in soapy water.
As soon as the rubber gasket for lid has become hard
or is damaged (“brown discoloration”) it must be
replaced. In most cases after using approx. 400 times,
at the latest after two years. If these limits are excee-
ded, the safety function of the rubber gasket for lid
may be impaired.
Storage
Store the cleaned, dry Sicomatic in a clean, dry and
safe place. Do not place the lid in its operating
position or close it but lie it e.g. upside-down on the
pressure cooker pouring rim.
Sealing cap replacement
If the sealing cap is defective, please replace it imme-
diately with a new one. Before doing so, clean the
pressure indicator area and then mount the dampened
sealing cap.
Only use original Sicomatic
®
spare parts.
Only then is the function and safety of your
pressure cooker assured. It is imperative
that the lid sealing ring is stamped with
the name “Sicomatic
®
”.
Care and maintenance
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Cleaning your pressure cooker
Food residues can normally be effortlessly removed
if, after emptying the pressure cooker, it is rinsed out
with a little water. If something should stick, please
do not scrape it off or use steel wool, soak it instead
and boil clean with a special cleaner for Silit steel or
stainless steel and Silargan
®
from Silit. The bottom
part of the pressure cooker can of course also be
cleaned in the dishwasher.
Lid cleaning
The lid need only be rinsed under hot running water
(possibly with a little washing-up liquid). To do so,
remove the rubber gasket for lid and wash it separa-
tely .
The valve and steam outlet opening also need only be
rinsed out under running water. Re-assemble the indi-
vidual parts afterwards.
Please always clean the lid by hand and do not put in
the dishwasher. (Not to damage the seals).
Please do not remove the lid handle even when
cleaning thoroughly! Please leave dismantling and
fixing the lid handle to an authorized partner (your Silit
dealer or Silit after sales service).
When cleaning thoroughly (manual cleaning) please
remove the transparent operating valve and clean
separately.
Cleaning the transparent operating valve
To clean the transparent opera-
ting valve, remove and rinse it.
To ease reinsertion, wet the
edge of the valve opening in
the lid with washing-up liquid.
Once you have inserted the
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