Saeco Vienna De Luxe problem

Jon, have a thought on that... you didn't happen to change beans
midway, did you?  One grinder setting will not provide equal brewing
results for different roasts/beans.  I owned a Vienna from early 98 to
2001, so I'm pretty familiar with the machine.  I would recommend
setting the grind setting as coarse as possible and starting over for
a good steady stream of espresso... could be as simple as that, I
hope!

Will it run without beans in it? Try running it and seeing if it is
pumping water in a relatively good volume without coffee.. The
reservoir is full, and the water pickup tube (if it has one) is in the
water...?

        from Randy and Silvia and Rocky
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<< Will it run without beans in it? Try running it and seeing if it is
pumping water in a relatively good volume without coffee.. The
reservoir is full, and the water pickup tube (if it has one) is in the
water...? >>

thanks for your answer, Randy. it's a superautomatic, so it won't pump water if
there are no beans in the machine, it looks for the beans first, and if they're
not there, the warning light comes on, and it stops until you add beans. the
reservoir is full, and there is no water pickup tube, it goes straight into the
machine.

any other suggestions? one thing I could definitely use is someone to tell me
how to take out the bean container and clean the grinder. this doesn't seem to
be anywhere in the instructions. thanks...

-jon

You gave a fixya vote for the person giving you a link to cleaning the grinder. did this actually fix the problem with brewing?
Becuse dont know how cleaning the grinder will help.

You were also given a tip about putting the grinder to more coarse, just whanted to point out that if you do this first make three cups of coffe (trie) . And after that take out the brewing unit an clean it.
Make 100% sure that the filters are clean.

http://www.partsguru.com/SaecoViennaBlack.html