How To Repair Your Espresso Machine
If you are a devoted fan of coffee, the espresso machine might be an essential part of your life. However, what may make you feel troublesome is machine often encounters some problems,such as not turning on, heating system errors, leaking water, and so on. In this guide, we’ll cover nearly everything from the machine’s grinder and coffee’s taste to more specific problems. Hope these can help you better troubleshoot your espresso machine and extend its lifespan
1. Mechanical and Pressure Issues
1. Grinder not working
If you want to make a delicious cup of coffee, the first step is to grind coffee beans, so it may always get stuck. Regular cleaning is necessary for your espresso machine, and sometimes you can disassemble it and install it again.
Due to the influence of coffee beans and external factors while using it, we recommend to clean the powder outlet and the grinder wheel once a week. If the powder output decreases significantly or after grinding fine coffee powder, it should also be cleaned promptly.
1. Rotate the bean hopper counterclockwise to the end, then press the hopper sensor.
2. Press the grind button to empty the coffee beans from the bean hopper and grinder. Gently tap the hopper area to shake off any coffee powder residue inside.
3. Take out the dedicated cleaning tool from behind the water tray. Lift the grinder wheel by rotating it counterclockwise. Place the brush against the hopper sensor, press the grind button, and remove the remaining coffee powder from the blade plate again.
4. Use the cleaning tool to clean the grinder blade, its surroundings, and the powder outlet. Finally, thoroughly brush out the coffee powder stuck in the grinder wheel’s grooves.
Once cleaning is complete, reinstall the grinder wheel and bean hopper back into place. Note: The grinder wheel should not be rinsed directly with water. And just like that, your grinder is now deeply cleaned!
If these can’t solve the problems, motor may need to be replaced.
2. Leaking water
This might be the most common issues. Sometimes you faulty installed the water tank, but most often is the broken seal. There are many seals on the espresso machine . High and low pressure line fitting seals, tank fitting or tank check valve seals, Damage or detachment of any sealing ring can cause the machine to leak water, so we need to replace them.
3. Milk Frother Not Functioning
Steam wand can quickly turns your milk to be warm and smooth. Espresso machine’s steaming function error may caused by water pump. Sometimes the pump is working but no water is coming out. Use the hand pump to start by filling water from the tank seat. If the water pump does not work (the water pump dries up causing the water pump does not produce water), then we need to replace the pump.
There are other tips that you need to know while disposing of frother problems.
1 The internal pipework of the machine is clogged with scale.
Follow the descaling procedure (recommended to repeat 3 times).
No steam/hot water
2 The pump terminal is loose, resulting in the pump does not energise.
Re-insert the pump terminals firmly.
3 The power board is damaged and cannot supply power to the pump.
and coffee function button switch INT.
Replace the control board.
4. Unusual Noises
It’s normal that machine will make noise. For a espresso machine, noise is always from motor and pump. So if you hear noise from other elements, you need to keep an eye on your machine.
1. The water pipe or high-pressure pipe touch the coffee machine’s back cover or main body.
Reinstall the pipes or add zip ties to secure them,which can avoid the connection with the machine casing.
2. There are some objects inside the solenoid valve.
Replace the solenoid valve.
3. The water pump vibrates excessively during operation.
Replace the water pump.
4. The grinder motor is malfunctioning and making noise.
Replace the grinder motor.
5. Basic Operational Issues
For beginners, operating problems may be a big challenge. If you don’t use the espresso machine well ,matters will come with you, so we also provide a guide of the questions.
1. The machine isn’t turning on
The first step is checking the power source, then checking other elements.
1. Power cable failure
Replace the power cable.
No start/no display
2. Power board, control board damage (the user uses a high voltage which damaged varistor).
Replace the power board, control board.
Control board display lamp is damaged.
Replace the control board.
2. Coffee Not Brewing
If you done all the previous steps like preheating, grinding, espresso machine still not brew coffee. Some parts may have already been damaged. Same as the questions 3 of Mechanical and Pressure Issues. Water pump and main control board may need to be replaced if there is nothing getting stuck inside the coffer maker
3. Low Pressure
Sometimes the pressure gauge stops, and the machine operates abnormally. Many factor can play important in this matter
1. Wrong choice of coffee beans, using hand brewed light roasted coffee powder
Medium/dark roast espresso beans can be used.
Coffee beans left for too long and not sealed properly
Use fresh coffee beans
2. Coarseness of ground coffee
The grinding level is too large (20-30 levels).
Remarks: According to the use of coffee beans to choose the appropriate grinding gear; such as pressure is small, grinding gear to the left small gear.
Bean gear to the left small gear adjustment; Conversely, the pressure is large, the grinding gear to the right large gear
Adjustment.
3. pressure powder strength
The pressure is too small and not compacted.
It is recommended to press the ground coffee at a pressure of about 10-15kg.
Correct use of the bowl (single cup for single cup coffee, double cup for double cup coffee).
cups for single cups and double cups)
4 Incorrect use of the bowl
Single-cup and double-cup bowls are used incorrectly, and a double-cup filter bowl is used to make a single cup of coffee.
powder bowl, resulting in too little coffee powder, affecting the extraction pressure.
Warm tips: This product is equipped with a single layer and double layer 4 powder bowl, a single layer of powder does require the operation of a higher level of skills, not good to master, the single layer of powder does require the operation of a higher level of skills.
The single-layer powder requires high operating skills and is not easy to master, novice users are advised to prioritise the use of double-layer powder, which is easier to operate.
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