DeLonghi EC190 manual Problem solving, Problem Possible Causes Solution

Problem solving

PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSES	SOLUTION
Espresso coffee no longer	• Lack of water in the tank.	• Fill the water tank.
comes out.	• The holes in the filter	• Clean the holes in the
	holder are blocked.	spouts.
	• The outlet of the espres-	• Clean as indicated in
	so boiler is blocked.	the “Cleaning the
		espresso boiler outlet”
		section.
	• The tank is badly inserted	• Press the tank lightly so
	and the valve at the bot-	as to open the valve at
	tom is not open.	the bottom.
Espresso coffee drips from	• The filter holder is badly	• Attach the filter holder
the edges of the filter	inserted.	correctly by rotating
holder, instead of from its	• The gasket of the espres-	firmly as far as it will go.
holes.		• Have the espresso boil-
	so boiler has lost elastici-	er gasket replaced at an
	ty.	Service Centre
	• The holes in the filter	• Clean the holes in the
	holder are blocked.	filter holder.
The espresso coffee is	• The ‘OK’ pilot light was not	• Wait until the OK pilot
cold.	on when the coffee deliv-	light comes on.
	ery switch was pressed.
	• The preheating was not	• Carry out the preheat-
	carried out.	ing as indicated in the
		“Preheating the coffee
		unit” section.
	• The cups were not pre-	• Preheat the cups by
	heated.	rinsing them in hot
		water.
The pump is too noisy.	• The water tank is empty.	• Fill the water tank
	• The tank is inserted	• Press the tank lightly to
	wrongly and the valve at	open the valve at the
	the bottom is not open.	bottom.
The coffee crema is light-	• The ground coffee has	• Tamper the ground cof-
coloured (the coffee comes	not been pressed enough.	fee down more.
out quickly from the	• The quantity of ground	• Increase the quantity of
spout).	coffee is scarce.	coffee.
	• The coffee is not ground	• Only use coffee specifi-
	finely enough.	cally ground for espres-
		so coffee machines.

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