Troubleshooting - DeLonghi La Specialista Maestro Instructions For Use Manual

9. TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM
No espresso coffee is delivered
The portafilter cannot be attached to
the appliance
The espresso coffee drips from the
edges of the portafilter rather than the
holes
The coffee crema is too light (delivered
from the spout too fast)
The coffee crema is too dark (delivered
from the spout too slowly)
No milk froth is formed when making
cappuccino with LatteCrema System
At the end of descaling, the appliance
requests a further rinse
The appliance does not grind the coffee There is foreign matter that cannot be
CAUSE
No water in the tank (A15)
The light is on to indicate that the
coffee or steam circuit is empty
The coffee filter is blocked
The tank has been inserted incorrectly
and the valves on the bottom are not
open
Scale in the water circuit
Coffee grind too fine
The ground coffee has not been pressed
or is too much
The portafilter is inserted incorrectly
The espresso boiler gasket has lost elas-
ticity or is dirty
The coffee filter is clogged
The appliance settings need reviewing
The appliance settings need reviewing
Milk not cold enough
The LatteCrema System is dirty
Scale in the water circuit
During the rinse cycle, the water tank
has not been filled to the MAX level
ground in the coffee mill
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SOLUTION
Fill the tank
Press the button corresponding to the
light to fill the circuit
Clean as described in section "5.4 Coffee fil-
ter cleaning and maintenance"
Press the tank down lightly to open the
valves on the bottom
Descale as described in section "7. Descaling"
Adjust coffee dose and grinding (refer to
Quick Guide)
Repeat grinding with new settings
Attach the portafilter correctly and rotate
firmly as far as it will go
Have the espresso boiler gasket replaced by
Customer Services
Clean as described in section "5.4 Coffee fil-
ter cleaning and maintenance"
Refer to coffee guide for suggestions
Refer to coffee guide for suggestions
Always use milk at refrigerator temperature
Clean the cappuccino maker as described
in section "5.11 Cleaning the LatteCrema
System"
Descale as described in section "7. Descaling"
Repeat the rinse cycle from point (8) of section
"7. Descaling"
Clean the burrs as described in section "5.8
Cleaning the burrs", making sure you remove
all the beans from the beans container (A1)
before extracting it.
Before putting the burr back, vacuum all resi-
dues from the housing (fig.14)
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