My parents gave me their old espresso machine, it looks gross when I take the top lid off. How do I ensure it is properly cleaned? It's the Krups allegro fnd 112

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.

I'm not sure what a T18 is, but maybe you could post a photo. Since you mention 'old', I think of the first few Krups machines that I had. The looked like the Espresso Bravo Plus model 872. You can find a manual for that machine on the Krups site, but I've created a shortcut for you here. The photo looks like: Hope this works for you!

You want a Krups carafe 016-42.

Shopwiki has a page here listing several sellers. (Be patient; many of them are "out of stock"!)

Alternatively, Nextag lists one for $24.99 (minus the lid... did you save your old one? If not, Abtechparts will sell you the lid for $9.99.)

Good luck!

There must be a blockage in that steam pipe, I think you need to dismantle the machine and remove all of the steamer parts off the boiler and look for the cause of the problem. Oftentimes it will be old hard milk that has been drawn up the pipe and gone hard from the heat. Once cleaned out prevention by blowing a large amount of extra steam through it after each use is the solution.

Error code 07 on my Krups XP 7220 coffee machine what to do? Nick

When is the last time you cleaned it out w/ vinigar?

Yes!!! by the word lid do you mean the top or swing out filter holder? If you use small flat screwdriver you can expand plastic at hinge enough to pull apart!

http://www.fixya.com/support/t236560-stuck_senseo_maker

Look for Petra10 solution
It worked for me!

Remove the the four screws at the rear of the machine you will need a pair of pliers to do this and remove the hinged lids on both sides.looking down from the top and to the front you will see a phillips screw on either side,remove these and the top will come off you will then see the channels that the coffee runs from the machine now just use a piece of suitable material to clean the pipe,easy!

yes, there is a small rubber tip on it.