Problem solving
PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSES | SOLUTION | |
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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 | |
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| espresso boiler outlet” | |
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| 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. | |
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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 | ||
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| ty. | Service Centre | |
| • The holes in the filter | • Clean the holes in the | |
| holder are blocked. | filter holder. | |
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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. |
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| • The preheating was not | • Carry out the preheat- | |
| carried out. | ing as indicated in the | |
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| “Preheating the coffee | |
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| unit” section. | |
| • The cups were not pre- | • Preheat the cups by | |
| heated. | rinsing them in hot | |
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| water. | |
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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. | |
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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- | ||
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| finely enough. | cally ground for espres- | |
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| so coffee machines. | |
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Coffee Maker | 10 |
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