Troubleshooting - DeLonghi ELECTRIC MOKA COFFEE MAKER Operating Instructions Manual

Never rinse the boiler under the tap water
and never immerse it in water.

TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM
No coffee is released
The coffee takes a long time to be
released
Coffee leaks from the edges of the
boiler
DESCALING
Over time, after making a large number of cof-
fees, a layer of lime scale may form on the bot-
tom of the boiler. This may make percolation
times excessively long.
To prevent this, the layer of lime scale must be
removed regularly by descaling.
Use commercially available products specifically
for descaling coffee machines (citric acid for
example).
To descale, proceed as follows:
1. Make sure the coffee maker is cold and
2. Fill the boiler with the descaler (fig. 10) and
3. After half an hour, empty the boiler and make
4. Make at least three coffees and throw away.
PROBABLE CAUSES
No water in the boiler
The coffee used is not the right
type
The disk filter is blocked
The coffee has been pressed
Lime scale has formed on the bot-
tom of the boiler.
The disk filter is blocked
The carafe is not screwed tightly
The gasket is burned or torn
unscrew (fig. 1).
wait half an hour.
Make sure the boiler is cold and NOT in
place on the base.
sure the scale has gone from the bottom. Then
rinse the inside of the boiler. Do not immerse
the boiler in water.
Failure to descale the coffee maker as descri-
bed absolves the manufacturer from all liabi-
lity for malfunction.
Fill the boiler with fresh water
Use ground coffee expressly for
Moka coffee makers
Clean the disk filter as described
in the paragraph "Cleaning and
maintenance"
Do not press the ground coffee
Clean as described in the section
"DESCALING"
Clean the disk filter as described
in the paragraph "Cleaning and
maintenance"
Screw on tightly
Replace the gasket.
SOLUTION
9