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Posted on Jan 18, 2009
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Breville 800esxl won't extract coffee or steam milk.

For some reason it is not sending the water through. it makes the pumping noise.

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  • MikeMorrison Mar 06, 2009

    I am getting some flow through but it is very slow. I tried de-calcifying and even buying new coffee. The problem still exists and now I think I just burnt out my pump trying to fix it! =(

  • scottypotty Mar 22, 2009

    Only water flows through the basket with my machine. The pump appears to have lost strength, as it won't force water through even coarsely ground coffee. Could the pump be bad? It's not the grind.

  • Anonymous Apr 03, 2009

    no steaming, no espresso. the grind is fine.
    I tried tamping it differently--no effect.
    now barely anything happens when it's on.

  • rnanderson Apr 19, 2009

    We had the same problem, and it was fixed when we purchased a new filter basket.  How can we keep this from happening in the future? Is there a way to clean these filter baskets other than with soap and water?

  • Anonymous Mar 18, 2013

    If I run my Breville 800esxl without espresso in it the flows just fine. I have done the cleaning as suggested on Breville's website. I have cleaned the 2 shot basket. I have owned this machine for a few years and have just started having this issue. When there is espresso in the basket it just barely dribbles out liquid even with coarser espresso. Any suggestions?

  • Anonymous Mar 18, 2013

    If I run my Breville 800esxl without espresso in it the flows just fine. I have done the cleaning as suggested on Breville's website. I have cleaned the 2 shot basket. I have owned this machine for a few years and have just started having this issue. When there is espresso in the basket it just barely dribbles out liquid even with coarser espresso. Any suggestions?

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Is your machine new or is this a new problem? If you have had the machine for a while there is a possibility that your double wall filter is clog between the walls which would prevent the water from going through (this happens when your grind is too fine). If however the water does not go through when you do not have a filter in the basket than you have a diferent problem.

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