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Saeco Italia water lite and green lights flashing

My water light was flashing so I filled it and now the green lights that flash initially while it is heating up as well as my water light flash continuosly - it doesn't stop after the ususal 2 minutes.

I called Starbucks help line and was told they weren't open to 6AM (long gone by then) so I waited until 6AM one morning and found out it was PST! Then when I got through during operating hours, they said the non starbuck Italia had to be handeled by Saeco! ARGH!

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mbvv Sep 08, 2008

Thanks Mirran - it worked! The machine is about 2 years old and I descale it every 4 months - I use it 2-3 x ea AM.

Martha
lisette83 Mar 04, 2009

The water tank was empty and I was filling it as I used it. Now two green lights are flashing and the water light is on. Won't pull shots/steam. Will run cold water if steam wand is opened up.
writemeplz Mar 11, 2009

I have the same problem - my Saeco ran out of water while making a cup of coffee. Unfortunately, my steam wand only works intermittantly, and now is one of those it's not working. Have had the knob turned to fully open for over an hour, and not one drop of water has come out.

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Hi,

Try to open the steam knob and make a cup of water (tea), see if you can get a full cup or just a half.

How old are your machine?
How often do you descale the machine?

Best regards
/Mirran

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