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I have a Krups coffee/espresso maker, with a milk steamer. It makes great coffee and espresso; however, the steamer is not working. It is not clogged; I cleaned the handle with a fine needle, and water comes out of the steamer. However, after about 5 minutes of being on, a steady flow and then drip of water stops coming out of steamer, and steam is emitted from the top of the machine - not the steamer. It has done this before, but cleaning and unclogging the steamer fixed it, unfortunately not this time. I'm at a loss and love my steamer! It's the reason I bought the coffee maker.

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There must be a blockage in that steam pipe, I think you need to dismantle the machine and remove all of the steamer parts off the boiler and look for the cause of the problem. Oftentimes it will be old hard milk that has been drawn up the pipe and gone hard from the heat. Once cleaned out prevention by blowing a large amount of extra steam through it after each use is the solution.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 11, 2008

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Try opening the frothing valve by turning the dial and force water through it instead of steam by pressing the middle, coffee button. You may be experiencing vapor lock. Once the water comes through the steamer valve, turn the steamer knob off and release the coffee button. Then try the steamer button with the steamer dial open. This may do the trick.

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Pierre Laplante

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  • Posted on Jan 19, 2008

SOURCE: Milk frother /steamer not working

if you could remove the pipe put the pipe in a solution to remove the calcium in thr pipe dry calcium is like concrete dip it and use a piece of wire to clean cheers

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 11, 2008

SOURCE: Krups FND1 water escape

What position do you have the knob in? According to your manul it should be in position 9 not in position 8 for steaming.Good Luck.

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Anonymous

  • Posted on Aug 20, 2008

SOURCE: Hi, we have a Krups

suggestions include very cold milk.  having the nozzle just barely in for frothing.  
On my model there's an air passage in the nozzle that foams quite nicely.  If you have that too, it might be clogged with milk.  You have to keep these clean with every use.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 27, 2009

SOURCE: Water steams away and nothing drips into the caraffe

I had this problem too and finally found a fix for it.

I don't know if the cause of this issue is the same for everyone experiencing the problem, but the issue for me was hard water. The fix is to run vinegar mixed with water through the machine quite a few times, until it starts to run normally.

If you do have hard water issues, it's recommended that you run vinegar or citric acid through the machine about once a month, to keep deposits from building up.

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