Top 20 Krups XP7230 Compact Super Automatic Espresso Machine Questions & Answers

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ChoccyBar, THANK YOU. You're answer was so helpful. I have the XP7230 and all of the sudden had exact same problem, machine wouldn't not register a full tank. After reading this I checked the floating piece and saw that it was not floating with a full tank like it is supposed to. Had to obstruct it to keep it afloat as well, and voila, it worked. Ahh... what a relief to have my machine working again. Coffee has never tasted so good.

There are many places for the water to leak out the bottom on those. You are going to need to remove the covers and have a look. Is the water clean or is it part of your brew? In order of most likely to least likely 1) Barista seal at bottom of brew chamber 2) Distributor 3) Tank seal 4) Tamping piston seals 5) Flexible hose or connection 6) Hydraulic Ram 7) Relief valve on end of pump You are not going to figure it out with the covers on and you will have great difficulty running it with covers off to be certain where it is coming from but that is what most of those issues is going to require.

Code 05 for my KRUPS EA 8050?

0C Faulty communication between the 2 boards Disconnect and reconnect the coffee-maker Overconsumption on low voltage power supply: Distributor blocked, does not turn Determine the cause

Faulty communication between the 2 pcbs or distributor is drawing too much current

Let it build some steam first .

Searching for this too to fix a rather simple problem - couldn't find it

You need a special Torx screwdriver to access the insides of this machine, T10 and T15 from memory. Your best bet is to find a proper service agent who has experience with this model, they are NOT simple to work on. There are a lot of repairers who will not take them on so choose someone who is happy to do it and has experience on them. Best person would be whoever does them for Krups in your locality. The failure is nothing at all to do with you, it was going to happen no matter who was using it. The luckiest fault I can think of for you is a broken O ring seal on the tamping piston, you only need the top off to fix that. If it is that seal buy the correct part, they are quite a soft seal by comparison the what you get in a box of assorted O rings.

no you are not missing a screw. There are two clips on the back that keep the top on even after the screws on top are removed. These can be seen by removing the paper manual and looking up to see two slots about a half inch each. I ended up pulling hard and the top came off. But I think a flathead screwdriver might also help separate the clip with little force.good luckjt

There is an arm that drops back into place just before the plunger drops to pack the grounds. After the espresso is pulled the plunger comes back up and the arm moves forward and swipes the pellet into the pellet container. My thought is that the arm has come out of sync or become disconnected. The sound you are hearing could be the mechanism trying to push the arm forward but snapping off.
As for disassembling, there are directions dismantling the unit on other posts here (for 7240 or 7230), but the one thing that wasn't so clear to me is that the front facade isn't secured with any screws, but rather hooks that are part of the molded construction of the facing. Once you pull up on the facade about a half an inch, it should pop off. You can see some of the six hooks in the pic below.

If you look at the water reservoir, you'll see a small black square close to the water outlet that moved around freely inside a small enclosure. That black square is a magnet that triggers a switch inside the coffee maker. When there's water in the reservoir, it is supposed to sort of float to the top of the small enclosure. When the reservoir is empty, it will drop down and disengage the internal switch. In your case, the black square doesn't 'float' anymore even when the reservoir is full.So your coffee machine is again n again telling you to fill water.Actually water is already filled.But the machine is not sensing the water. ---------- Try this procedure to resolve this issue:--- Take a small hammer with a metal head, stuck it in the water reservoir close to the black square and make sure it's 'pulled up'. The internal switch will engage and the coffee maker will detect that the reservoir is full. Of course if you run out of water now, the coffeemaker will still think the reservoir is full, so pay close attention to how much water you actually have left in the reservoir. --------- also check one more thing that your water reservoir sits properly and not loose.Place the water reservoir and then keep is bit pressed with your hand or tell any one to press the water reservoir bit tight to its place.Then see if its working.It will work.Many a times water reservoir tank does not get properly fitted then also such messages comes up.---------- This will help.thanks.helpmech.

you need to get to an authorized service center.

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From experience in your model and also other espresso machines there are many possible points that you may have the leak. The pump, boiler, volumetric dozer, water/steam valve are connected together with Teflon pipes and supports at the ends with the clips and one "o" ring. In one of this point the clip can slip out so the Teflon hose to be loose and so the leak. There are also some cases if the machine is more that 2-3 years one of the above parts to leak itself due to tearing out and it might need to be replaced.

So you need to remove first the top panel and then the side panel and work the machine with extra safety since we have power wires and with visual check to find the point of leak.

If it is just the Teflon pipe and clip slip out the secure it back again, if it one of the part you can try to tight up and if the leak insist then you need to replace it.

I Have the same problem. I just opened the machine to analyze it... Took me a few days any many google searches to realize how to open it.
I put it to work while opened and I could notice water leaking from the water piston upper part. The one that actually moves.
I also noticed that while making a coffee the metal piece that holds the coffee inside the "coffe chamber" while making a coffee starts coming up. This causes a real mess...I assume this is a problem caused by the leaking piston.
Please let me know if you happen to find a solution...

I can remove the bean container by pulling off the grind selector knob and removing the only screw.
Then remove the scute for the cleaning tablets. Then remove the two screws that were covered by the scute. Remove the water tank. Under the tank remove the two screws.
Then the trick where everyone seems to look for: The facade of aluminum can be moved off. Set the machine on the floor and pull hard upwards at the facade. This comes off (pull hard!) and four screw are uncovered. Remove them and pull then back housing of the machine (remove first the containers/drawers). Now the inner parts are freely accessible. Take photos and remove the components from top till bottom to get to the bad parts that need replacement. It's a lot of work but if you're handy you can get to the valve on the bottom of the machine. I have the same problem but haven't looked up the replacement part (can be expensive). Good luck!

Lucky for you the problem probably doesn't lie with the machine but the water tank. Inside the tank there is a flow meter (that little black box). That black box contains a pc board that connects to the machine to tell it how much water is currently available. If that piece does not work properly and the flow meter does not rise (inside, you can't really see it) when water is put into the tank, your machine will think there is not water available to make espresso. Try replacing the tank first then go from there.

I have a xp7240 which I believe has the same housing as yours. I can remove the bean container by pulling off the grind selector knob and removing the only screw.
Then remove the scute for the cleaning tablets. Then remove the two screws that were covered by the scute. Remove the water tank. Under the tank remove the two screws.
Then the trick where everyone seems to look for: The facade of aluminum can be moved off. Set the machine on the floor and pull hard upwards at the facade. This comes off (pull hard!) and four screw are uncovered. Remove them and pull then back housing of the machine (remove first the containers/drawers). Now the inner parts are freely accessible. Take photos and remove the components from top till bottom to get to the bad parts that need replacement. The valve that leaks is on the bottom of the machine (will cost you a lot of time to get to it. Don't know the replacement price.) Good luck!

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