The machine will not froth milk, and will not produce hot water from the spout for longer than around 30 seconds before needing to reheat. Regular espresso making is fine. Have tried multiple descaling and cleaning of both the machine and the milk jug with no improvement.
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I purchased a unit second hand for my wife's birthday today. It's only 4 months old, got it home, tested it, same problem... No froth!
I've read all the posts here and all were very helpful troubleshooting guides however they did not solve the issue.
Understanding how the frothing mechanism functions is half the battle in figuring out the solution. It's a simple vacuum type system. No doubt you've read about checking the orings. This is definately the first thing to check however if this is not the reason then consider the following.
The larger of the white tubes that has the red and black oring inserts deep into its port on the tap. Why? It pushes steam past the milk pipe directly into the chrome frothing tube which causes a vacuum essentially drawing milk up it's hose creating the froth. What you can't see without further investigation is that on the underside of the tube centered between the red and black orings is a small hole. This hole is responsible for drawing the milk upwards. If this is blocked, and it probably is then no milk and no froth. Use a really small screwdriver to carefully clean the white tube both from the front and the little hole underneath.
So in conclusion. Any air leak between the red and black orings will prevent the vacuum required to draw milk up the tube and alternatively any blockage of the milk channel will also obviously prevent the flow into the frothing mechanism. Hope this helps.
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I had the same problem. With my machine a little O ring came off the main unit. It was on the little pipe above the big pipe where you would slide your jug in to. I bought a spare o ring from the hardware store and all is good now.
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use cold low fat milk and keep the milk container in the frig.
Make certain that when washing water come out of both holes.
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Your problem is the holes in the cappuccino maker and
steam nozzle are clogged. Clean the holes in the cappuccino maker and the steam nozzle.
IMPORTANT: Before cleaning the holes in the steam nozzle, make sure that there that it is not hot and there is no pressure on the machine.
I'm sending you a free pdf manual download of what I believe to be your machine. If this is not it, give me the model # and I will try to find it.
Good Luck!
Jim
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Here's what I did... with great success:
If you've cleaned all the milk deposits from around the o rings and you still have a problem then its almost certainly the milk spout (the little pipe that directs foamy milk into your cup)
Detatch the spout and get a 2.5 mm drill bit and use it to clean all the milk deposits out of the part that plugs into the lid. Rinse through with water to clean away all the bits of hard milk.
[If you put water through the spout before and after, you will notice a dramatic difference]
Doing this completely fixed the problem for me (I had about 3 years of milk build up in mine!).
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It is a Delonghi Magnifica EAM 3500 with one-touch automatic cappucino. It's almost two years old.
Sounds like the same problem I had with my EAM3500S at about 2 years old and now again at 3 years - the solution first time round was to have the rubber rings on the hot water outlet replaced - actually one had perished and was missing - looks like this has happened again and I am now waiting to hear back from Delonghi about sending replacements. First time Delonghi fixed it for me as it was just out of warranty but now hopefully I can do it if they will send the parts!
What brand is the machine or frother?
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