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Not pumping water through properly even though I have primed it.
I have had the machine for 3 years now and whenever it stops pumping the water through properly, I immediatley prime it. This time, priming didn't work. Is there anything else that I could do to fix it or does it need to be take to a repairer?
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Turn on the machine and turn the steam knob all the way on. Let it run until the light goes off. This primes the pump. It should run properly after that.
To prime the pump run the hot water cycle for a few seconds, also when inserting the tank on the machine make sure it slides down the back making contact that will help the reed sensor, find the magnet in the float.
Water is not being drawn from reservoir into boiler. The valve at the base of the boiler seems to function properly. After repeated attempts, I am unable to prime pump and fill boiler with water.
sounds like you need to prime it. if the water tank is full, then there's no water in the espresso machine. even after we followed the directions in the manual for priming the sirena, we still couldn't get the water to go from the reservoir in the back into the machine.
johnshami had this solution on another post, and it worked for us:
make sure the water in the tank is stone cold -- which is a no brainer since it
will not heat h2o unless it's primed.
take off steamer wand cover, turn the steamer knob clockwise till pump starts.
then s*ck (as you would on a straw, with your lips sealed around the end of the steamer wand) the tip of the
end of the metal tip hard until pump stops
may need to do it a couple
of times. yes this seems crazy, but it works! you are
flushing out the vapor lock in the pump.
You can't manually reset. The machine will have to do it. I had the same problem, two green flashing lights with one red (water) all 3 would just keep flashing and not turn solid. No coffee can be made or hot water. I could not pump prime. The problem was the steam wand was blocked with old milk residue. It needs unblocking or you will never pump prime. I could not unscrew the steam wand...so I let it sink in a glass full of hot water for a few minutes and then turned the water knob counter clockwise to push out the softened residue. After that, everything was good. When water started flowing out of the steam wand, the red light turned off and the green lights turned solid. The obvious answer to why you can't pump prime is there is a blockage somewhere and best to start with the steam wand. --Mabada
Assuming that you have a discharge line check valve. Start with a full close control flow valve. Then Open and fill the priming port with water. Once full, close the priming port, and switch the power on. And then, slowly open the control valve to appropriate level, such that it will not break suction. Just send your e-mail for further assistance.
you need to prime the machine. if the instructions for priming don't work (as they didn't for us), then try this:
johnshami had this solution on another post, and it worked for us when
the manual's instructions to "prime" the machine resulted in no water
leaving the tank to enter the machine:
make sure the water in the tank is stone cold -- which is a no brainer since it
will not heat h2o unless it's primed.
take off steamer wand cover, turn the steamer knob clockwise till pump starts.
then s*ck (as you would on a straw, with your lips sealed around the end of the steamer wand) the tip of the
end of the metal tip hard until pump stops
may need to do it a couple
of times. yes this seems crazy, but it works! you are
flushing out the vapor lock in the pump.
brand new machine you put water in the container prime it with turkey blast open the valve on the side off machine and it still does not work tank good for warranty cheers
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