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Posted on Aug 24, 2017

My coffee filter for my Keurig, seems to overflow. Making coffee is fine with the pods, but not the filter with which you can use your own coffee... I have tried different types of grinds (ex. fine, regular, coarse) and filling the filter to different levels. Invariably, it seems to 'overflow' ... water leaks out of the coffee dispense area and my cup ends up with less coffee in it.

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I have had this same problem when all of some of the coffee is ground too fine. It needs to be the correct particle size and if it is too fine, it will clog the screen and either overflow or not flow at all. Look at the ground coffee you use and check to see if it is uniform size or there are a lot of very fine grounds mixed with the coarser sizing. Try asking a coffee shop to grind you some coffee specifically for your Keurig cassettes. Most pre-grounds drip coffees are too coarse and many grinders in the stores where you grind your own whole beans do not produce a uniform size. I have an OEM Keurig cassettee and two generic cassettes and the screens have different pore sizes, with the Keurig being finer.

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Ernest R

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  • Posted on Oct 08, 2009

SOURCE: Saeco Italia coffee too weak - grindes too coarse

Remove beans from chamber, then remove the 2-3 screws in the chamber, then lift hopper slightly and turn adjustment knob towards the middle number, or halfway between fine and coarse. Then lower hopper make sure the gears line up together, set screws add beans and adjust finer.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 12, 2009

SOURCE: hot water does not go through the individual cup

check to see if the outlet hole is plugged up and use a tooth pik to clean it out then try bo brew again..

WEDGIE711

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  • Posted on Mar 31, 2010

SOURCE: my keurig model b66 coffee maker is not dispensing

Run the descaling operation as described in the manual. If this doesn't do the trick, get a can of compressed air with a nozzle on it and blow the air into the upper nozzle, the one that pierces the cup on top. This works when the descaling isn't the problem.

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Lisa

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  • Posted on May 06, 2010

SOURCE: Coffee won't pass through pod

the K-cup is punctured at the top and at the bottom.
you can take a corkscrew, and puncture a number of holes in the bottom of the K-Cup... verify there is a hole at the top... just before you start to brew... press down on the black arm over the cup... but not too hard...Lets see what happens... if it all looks good... no problems... then we need to either adjust the arm... or shim the k-Cup up a little bit...
you may also check the rubber Seal around the top pin that punctures the K-cup...
sounds like you lost your rubber seal around the top of the K-cup...

you can re-phrase after looking and testing....


Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/lisa_52daba487e5b4d53

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 07, 2010

SOURCE: platinum B70 keurig coffee maker water heats up

1. Power off machine.

2. Using a metal paperclip, insert it into left side of top needle. It must insert at least 1" deep. Insert it into slot on right side and again from back of needle.

3. Remove KCup cradle. Separate bottom from top. In the top section, insert the paperclip up into bottom needle from the bottom upwards. It will not go all the way thru and this is normal.

4. Reassemble KCup cradle and reinsert it back into coffee maker.

5. Power on machine.

6. Brew a cup of water only. There may be coffee grounds in the water and these should eventually clear during the remaining steps. NOTE: A large cup brew cycle should output a full 8 ounces (235cc). Less means there is still a blockage

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