After making a coffee, the excess coffee grinds (some fresh and some used) are spilling into the right hand side of the drip tray near the grinds collector, but the grinds collector is empty when this happens. There are grinds on top of the infuser and all down the side and underneath. The coffee that the machine makes is fine, but this seemed to start happening after I cleaned the machine although it has been cleaned before

Sulejman Sulejmani

• 138 Answers
• Posted on Mar 28, 2009

SOURCE: Water in the drip tray of coffee machine

take out the mecanism and clean it how is instructed in manual, than get it back carefuly. Pay attention on position of mecanizm.

SOURCE: coffee overflowing and spilling out of the basket

Your coffee maker likely has the option where you can remove the carafe while it is brewing so that you can serve yourself in the middle of the brew. When you pull out the carafe in the middle of the brew, a small lever closes off the drip at the end of the basket (to keep the coffee from flowing onto the empty space where the carafe was on onto the burner).

Then when you replace the carafe, the lip of the carafe pushes against that lever and re-opens the valve so that the brew can now drip into the replaced carafe. Simple.

In your case, it appears that when you place the carafe onto the burner plate, it is not engaging that lever and opening up the valve; hence the valve stays closed and the brew fills over the basket and makes a mess, right?

So do this, pull out the carafe and look up where the pointed end of the basket drips into the carafe. You should see a lever, or plate that the carafe top lip hits when the carafe is placed into the burner plate. Once you find that lever, or plate, give it a push (like the carafe would) and see if it moves. if it does not, then that's your problem. It is stuck closed and won't allow the brew to exit the basket into the carafe. Clean it thoroughly if it is stuck and then see if works.

Ernest R

• 1618 Answers
• Posted on Jul 10, 2009

SOURCE: no coffee comes out

Remove the screen in the brew unit and clean.

SOURCE: Delonghi coffee machine making an aweful noise,

Hi. Husband asks: When you first turn the machine on at the power point, does it make a motor sound and then stop, or is the awful noise apparent at that time.

If the awful noise starts as soon as you turn it on, then most likely there is a motor problem which will need to be seen by a Service Center.

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