X5 espresso machine help

I've gotten parts from and had good luck with ereplacementparts.com. Their diagram for the 3300 indicates that this is the water tube going from the pump to the generator:

http://www.ereplacementparts.com/tube-23cm-long-p-695107.html

It is less than $8.

In my 4500 unit, all of the water tubes have similar connections though in different lengths. At 23cm, this one seems pretty long.

Tube 23Cm Long

Try Descaling. If you haven't descaled for ages you might need to dismantle the machine to clean it internally.

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Any time you run out of water when the machine is operating, you will need to prime the machine again through the wand not the brew head. Turn the knob on the left and then turn the machine on. The pump should get quite after a few seconds and water should come through the wand. If it doesn't you need to turn the machine off. Get a asperator bulb or you can use a turkey baster. Fill with water and stick on the end of the tube going to the pump . Turn the machine back on ( the knob should still be open), and squeeze the bulb to force water into the line. If the pump changes tone, turn the machine off. Remove the bulb and put the tube back into the tank . Try the machine again.

There are two soft plastic tube from the heating elements, one is intake tube which must fit the water reservor intake plastic well. another one is send the hot water to the top of the coffee maker to shower the hot water to coffee. Anyway is take it apart to find out which is the possible spot cause leaking. Not too easy.

The desolve scale have blocked the vibrating pump. You are write sometimes it can be unstuck by itself hoever this time is seems that more scale blocked inside the pump. If you know how you can open the pump directly and clean it with a wire brush. If you find it dificult you can try decalcifying solution once more and leave it for more time inside the machine so that more calcium will be desolve and probably you will have the pump unstuck. When you try to test the machine dont leave it work continuasly for more than 2 min cause this will burn the coil of the pump.
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Hi That means the pump needs to be primed by running water through the wand. Push the water button and open the knob on the right. You will hear the pump change tone when it primes and the light or message will disappear. If you have a restriction in the intake line the message will not go away. There is a flow meter inside the machine that measures water flow. If the flow meter does not spin when the pump is running, the computer thinks that the pump is not primed. Coffee grounds will get into the intake and restrict the flow meter. If you get a restriction in the water intake (below the water tank, on the machine) the pump may run and water comes out, but the flow meter does not create the jet of water to spin the turbine wheel to send impulses to the computer. You get the ventilate message. One thing to remember is when you are working on the water system (have the water tank off) do not fill the bean hopper and visa versa. Keep them covered when working on the other. Cross contamination will damage a machine fast

Hi I would suspect that you have a ruptured tube inside. When the machine starts to pump it looses water from the tube onto the counter. It can be fixed.

I had the same problem. I opened up the back and disconnected the water hose from the spring loaded intake hose and put the hose directly into the tube and into the reservoir tank. Now it seems to **** the water in again. Not sure this is the best solution but it seems to work for now.

If someone has a better solution, I'd be happy to hear about it.

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You can use any readily available tubing, but don't use sealants - they make their way into the water.