X5 espresso machine help

Stop! Do Not use this machine until it can be serviced by your vendor or the MFR!
** There is probably an open or ruptured heating element in your brewer. The heating wire is embedded in a sand filled copper tube which is immersed in water. Sometimes when the copper tube cracks or leaks allowing water to seep into the heated wire. This will steam the water and rupture the tube thus exposing the element directly to the water in the tank. Most units will short out and trip out any breakers by overloading the line. Some will still heat the water but this is a dangerous situation as the 'short' in the water will still heat up the water to a high boil and may rupture to whole brewer. If your power cord does not have a good 'ground' wire then there is a strong chance your operators will get a shock while touching the machine and another 'grounded' machine (like the grinder)
** Be safe and get it properly serviced.
Aloha, ukeboy57

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

Message :Fill System

Causes/Troubleshooting:
Leaks in the fluid system-localize the leaks and seal them.
Blockage in the fluid system, no water can be fed - Localize blockage and replace blocked components (valves, heater, tubes) if necessary.
Flow meter-count error - Open the floow meter by a quarter turn and clean it, replace if necessary.

Something like this needs to be looked at. This truly could be caused by a lot of things. We service this machine. www.dolcevitaespresso.com

there are tiny screws behind the clock and more in the back take them out.

I had the same issue when a friend tried to use mine - if you remove the top plate, you can then lengthen the hose as there is an extra bit of tubing. It should be enough to reach the bottom of the water container again. You can then attach the filter from the severed half.

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.

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.

Hi
Sounds like you need a new pump. The internal check valves are stuck. I have seen them on ebay. Ulka EX5 is a good substitute.

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