Troubleshooting - Sage the Bambino BES450 Guía Rápida

Troubleshooting

PROBLEM
Water does not flow
from the group head.
No hot water.
Espresso only drips
from the portafilter
spouts or not at all.
Espresso runs
out too quickly
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POSSIBLE CAUSES
• Water tank is empty.
• Water tank is not fully inserted
and locked into position.
• Machine needs to be cleaned &
descaled.
• Coffee is ground too finely and/
or too much coffee in filter basket
and/or over tamping and/or filter
basket is blocked.
• Coffee is ground too finely.
• Too much coffee in the filter
basket.
• Coffee tamped too firmly.
• Water tank is empty. Fill tank.
• Water tank is not fully inserted
and locked into position.
• The filter basket may be blocked. • Use the pin on the end of the provided
• Machine needs to be cleaned &
descaled.
• Coffee is ground too coarsely.
• Not enough coffee in the filter
basket.
• Coffee tamped too lightly.
EASY SOLUTION
• Fill tank.
• Push water tank down completely to
lock into place.
• Perform clean & descale cycle.
• See below, 'Espresso only drips from
the portafilter spouts or not at all'.
• Use slightly coarser grind. Refer to
'Coffee Dose and Tamping' on page
13 and 'Extraction Tips' on page 16.
• Lower dose of coffee.
• Tamp between 15-20kgs (30-40 lbs)
of pressure.
• Fill tank.
• Push water tank down completely to
lock into place.
cleaning tool to unblock the hole(s).
• Perform clean & descale cycle
• Use slightly finer grind.
• Refer to 'Coffee Dose and Tamping'
on page 13 and 'Extraction Tips' on
page 16.
• Increase dose of coffee and tamp.
Refer to 'Coffee Dose and Tamping'
on page 13 and 'Extraction Tips' on
page 16.
• Tamp between 15-20kgs (30-40 lbs)
of pressure.