My delonghi espresso machine EC701 was spoiled ( stop working after a pop spund, guess some electrical parts whent wrong). Backgroud: I have been using this machine for just 1.5 mths. Got this from amazon. It was fine when I make my coffee with the bean grinded in Startbucks. When I switched to the Coffee Beans & Tea Leaf expresso ( the bean grinding look too fine) and my espresso machine experince less water drip out from the coffee filter. Questions: This is a US specs espresso machine and I'm living in Malaysia. could the diffenrential is power rating become an issue when the machine need to process the fine coffee grinded? Secondly, could it be due to the backpressure was too high and caused the machine damaged? 3rdly, or this euipment could not process fine grind. Thanks in advance.

SOURCE: Coffee machine Delonghi Magnifica grinding function not working

There are two reasons for this usually. Either the grinder is jammed or the grinding wheel or wheels have broken. Your machine needs to go to a repair shop to be looked at.

SOURCE: my delonghi esam5500 coffee bean grinder part is

In our case we were lucky. Grinder was blocked by the beans. This is what I have done with our Delonghi 5400. It looked fiddly but was quite simple really. I started from the back panel. Once back panel was removed I had access to 4 corner screws that remove both side panels. Now that give me access to 4 corner screws that hold top of the machine. I l also had to unscrew 5 screws that hold coffee container in place. 4 are visible once the coffee beans container is open, but the 5th is hidden in the middle of adjustment arm with a black cap on top.(adjusting how fine you grind). I used small sharp screwdriver to lift the cap. Once all are out I removed the top of the machine and then the funnely coffee container too. That exposed grinder assembly. Top of the grinder is actually loosely sitting in the lower part of grinder. Twisting it counter clock should release it I Think. Our was not budging, and I had to completely remove the grinder and detach motor but that is quite obvious too, and probably not needed. I just wasn't sure what I was doing. Our machine was out of warranty so... Would be nice if we had some schematics.

SOURCE: I have a Delonghi Magnifica EAM3200 Expresso and

Hi,

The hot water dispensers in units such as yours are controlled by solenoids.
The unit then senses that there is something wrong, as there is no water flowing. This tells the control card that the water system needs to be primed/purged of air.

What you will need to do is access the interior of the unit and locate the solenoid that is at fault.
I am sorry but there is no information available to help you do this repair. Apparently DeLonghi wants you to take your unit to one of their authorized service centers so that they can charge you too much to fix it.

There is a consolation though. They will sell you the parts to repair it. You will have to call the 800 number in your owners manual, and know what part it is that you need.

I called them just a few minuets ago and they actually were helpful. But as I am not the owner they would not tell me the part number or anything more than they did have the part in stock. They wouldn't even tell me if it was actually a solenoid. Just that they were familiar with the part and it was in stock. You should not have the same brick wall to knock down as you are the owner of their product.

At this time DeLonghi is still maintaining propriety over the service manuals for this unit if any even exist. There are people like myself that don't need a manual to repair units like your espresso machine. The only thing I would require is access to the repair parts.

Once these units are made obsolete they may release the manuals. It depends on whether they are still bringing in repairs to their authorized centers.

In a nutshell they are not letting go if it makes them money, or they might not even have one. That would depend on if they have guys like me doing the repairs.


Let me know,if needed further assistance.

Hope i helped you.

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