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Ernestine Posted on Jan 15, 2012

Is prime the same as descale

I purchased the xlarge water reservoir for the B60 and prime has appeared two times. The reservoir is half or more full at this time, but the blue light indicator is blinkinjg to add water, plus prime is on the LCD.

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I knew the paperclip trick, I tried the air shot to reverse the flow of water. After running Vinegar and water through and letting sit overnight. I tried the air blast then make a cup, another blast X 4....though I get a good flow through the K-cup area, I still only get 2/3 cup of water.

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  • Posted on Aug 25, 2011

SOURCE: B60 draining water back in

There is no fix for this problem that you as the consumer can do. When my coffee maker did this after 6 months I went through all the de-scale and safety pin mumbo-jumbo and ended up getting a new maker from them. Now 2 months later I am getting the prime problem. To be brutally honest... I just want a cooffee maker that will give me a ---- cup of coffee in the morning without having to do major restoration on the maker. The Keurig is a good concept... but in reality I have to stop at Quik Trip for the morning Joe.

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SOURCE: my Keurig b60 is spitting water into reservoir instead of kcup

I had a similar problem except there was no water going into the K-cup. I fooled around with the machine for awhile but I had no luck. Figuring I had nothing to lose, I broke out a can of air that one uses to clean computer keyboards. I sprayed the air into the nozzle that puts water back into the reservoir and air came out of the water intake hole but not the needle that puts water into the K-cup. This meant that there was a block between the the needle and the reservoir. I plugged the water intake hole with a towel and my fingers then sprayed the air into the same nozzle. All of a sudden, a large blast of water came out of the needle. The machine worked after this. Just be careful not to put your hand in front of the needle because the water might be hot. Also, unplug your machine before doing any tinkering. Hope this might help some people.

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