water hardness to assess the frequency of
descaling of your appliance in normal use.
Descaling depends on the hardness of the
water, but also on the use cycle. The frequently
of descaling indicated by the 054 accessory is
thus given by way of indication only.
- Then follow the following method:
•
Unscrew the grid from the head of the
appliance and clean it.
Dissolve 2 dessertspoons of the descaling
•
product or a sachet of KRUPS descaling
accessory, reference 054, in half a litre of
lukewarm water and pour the whole lot into
the empty water tank.
Place a container under the brewing head.
•
Run through about 1/3 of the liquid
immediately, setting the selector to the
position (10).
Stop the appliance, leaving the
•
(10) engaged and wait for 10 - 15 minutes
to allow the descaler to take effect.
•
Next, start the machine again and allow the
rest of the liquid to run through.
•
Then rinse with two water tanks of fresh
water and replace the grid on the head of the
appliance (see paragraph on maintenance).
Problems, probable causes and
how to correct them
Problems
Probable causes Corrective actions
Espresso not hot
Cups, filter and
enough
filter holder
are cold.
Coffee leaks
The filter holder
around the filter
is not mounted
holder
correctly or has
not been tightened
sufficiently.
There are coffee
grounds on the
edge of the filter
The brewing head
gasket is dirty.
Pump is very noisy
Water does not run No water in the
through
position
Water runs through Coffee grounds too Try a finer coffee
too quickly
Preheat the
accessories (cups,
filter, filter holder)
See paragraph
«Preparing an
espresso».
See paragraph
The espresso has
«Preparing an
no froth (froth on
espresso».
coffee)
Clean around the
filter and the
gasket.
Clean the gasket
with a damp cloth.
The brewing
Contact an
head gasket
approved Krups
is defective
service centre.
No water in the
Fill the water tank.
water tank.
Water tank incor-
Press firmly down
rectly mounted.
on the water tank.
Coffee grounds too Use fresh coffee
old or very dry
and the pump can-
not produce
pressure.
Fill the water tank.
water tank.
Press firmly down
Water tank incor-
on the water tank.
rectly mounted.
The filter is blocked, Clean the filter and
the coffee grounds the grid on the
are too fine or
head.
tamped down too
See the paragraph
hard.
«Maintenance»
and try a coarser
coffee.
Brewing head
Put the grid to
grid is encrusted
soak in descaling
solution
See paragraph
«Maintenance».
Appliance needs
See paragraph
descaling.
«Descaling».
coarse
Quantity of
Use the spoon
ground coffee
provided to
is insufficient.
measure out the
coffee.
Coffee grounds not Tamp down the
tamped down
coffee again.
firmly enough
Coffee grounds
Try a finer-ground
too coarse
coffe
Coffee grounds
Tamp down the
not tamped
coffee again
Coffee grounds
Use fresh coffee
stale or too dry
21