Just came to say thanks for such a great nugget of wisdom. I did my first descaler about 3 weeks ago and yesterday noticed that my water flow had almost altogether stopped. Just spent the last 15mins doing what you've suggested and flow is back to normal 😁 absolute champion!
Mate, this is life saving! Literally, all the advice you get online is to remove the solenoid valve, open it up, clean it and put it back. This is so much easier and more convenient ❤
Thank you so much for this. It didn’t work right away, but I tried on and off over a period of 24 hours with descaler in the machine. Now I’m back in business. Was worried I’d have to take it apart.
Beautiful, as advertised- this kept me from getting a potentially expensive repair done. I was hesitant about disassembling mine and trying to work on the pump itself, so this was perfect quick remedy.
This helped me to sort out my machine! It was completely stuffed and hardly any water coming out. I just did this technique without descaler and now it works a treat! Thank you!!!
Brilliant advice Steve - thought my old Gaggia was a gonna and nearly bought a new one. Tried your flushing technique with descaler and it worked a treat. My old machine is firing on all cylinders now - many thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot for your teaching of how to fix the coffee machine! Made our weekend, I had exactly the same problem with my machine, and didn’t want to turn it in just now. So thanks for helping out remotely.
Awesome video I used 2 tablespoons of lemme shine descaler and filled the tank with water the clog was cleared in less then a minute but i emptied the rest through the machine to make sure it was properly cleared out of any residue calcium buildup. Of course now we need to flush out that stuff but it was working like new now, Thanks to your video i saved $449.99 not including taxes on a new one. anyone thinking of sending your machine for repair try this method first, as long as the pump is working.
Just wanted to say THANK YOU. New Gaggia Classic. Didn't descale in time. Been sitting for EIGHT months with no brew head flow. Have been dreading a solenoid clean out. Watched, did exactly as instructed (thank-you, thank-you) FLOW. Just finished my first mocha with dark cocoa, Billingtons Molasses Sugar and Lavazza Super Crema. I am a very happy woman. Blessings.
This really works! I kept having to backflush my gaggia classic pro due to low water flow and eventually that stopped working as well. Tried this trick with some descaler and it did the trick, after a few tanks of water! The classic pro doesn't have the switch to alternate between the group head and steam wand, but I used the steam knob to switch between and it seems to have worked! Thanks!!!!!!
Was contemplating taking it in and found this and voila! Descaled a week ago, worked a few days and flow stopped from the brew head. More scaler with your suggestions and back in business. Thanks a lot Steve!
Thank you very much for this solution, had the same problem with mine, was afraid it couldn't be saved anymore but now it's working perfect again!!! so thank you so much, Stephen!
This was so helpful, thanks! I found that flipping the solenoid on/off did not do the trick, but that running the descaling solution alternatively between the steam wand and brewhead worked: all of sudden, the brewhead started flowing, like an obstacle had been released. So much easier than disassembling the whole machine to clean the solenoid! Really appreciate your advice.
This has happened to me twice now, both times a few days after descaling (which I do every other month), and each time WholeLatteLove has recommended a complete teardown in order to clean the solenoid. was on the verge of parking the Gaggia Classic and going old-fashioned pour over, when I remembered this video, which I then rewatched, and voila, my solenoid is working fine again! Thank you, sir!
@@stephendalton1541 And ... 8 months later it's happening again, but this time your method isn't working! I've gone in before to clean the solenoid but I'm sick of fixing, fixing! Any other solutions besides the one you demonstrated here?
This was the last piece of the puzzle for me. I had a steam valve that wouldn't close that needed replacing (so I replaced that), I did two cleanings of the solenoid valve and multiple de-scales, and still had minimal flow through the brew head until I used this technique. Thanks!
Thanks a million Stephen, this saved me alot of wasted time. I replaced my 19 year old pump as a process of elimination with no joy. Done this and perfecto 😊
Thank you so much for this tip Stephen !!! My Gaggia Classic Pro stopped this morning with no water flow. I tried your tip and now have water flow and pressure that makes a perfect brew. To say I felt huge relief is an understatement.
You saved me a lot of time and effort, thank you! I was ready to disassemble my machine to clean the solenoid valve because I was getting almost no flow out of the brew head. The steam valve had perfect flow. I tried what you suggest and the video and it worked brilliantly!
Brilliant Stephen; just a clear and simple demonstration and my 1990s classic is up and running after a thorough descale. I'm not so much into Maintenance Mondays but maybe I'll start next year! Thanks and happy Christmas!
my machine is working much better right. I very rarely subscribe a channel, comment a video and like it, your channel is one of these exceptions. Thank you so much.
Thank you! Your video was exactly what I needed to fix the problem after I had recently changed the thermostats and done a descale. Really helpful and I appreciate you sharing the tips!
Thanks Stephen! Worked for me after pulling the boiler and solenoid to pieces and cleaning. Still no water pressure and followed your advice and it worked! Very grateful for your help.
Thanks Stephen! This helped me after a recent descale too. Great tip. After cleaning 3 way solenoid, then boiler tear down and rebuild still no difference, but after following your technique here, my brew head pressure is restored. Thanks!
Hi Stephen. Thanks for this video. My Gaggia classic does not put water from the steam wand and also the water comes straight down from the brew head, where yours seems to come like a shower head. Does this mean my pump is failing? Thanks in advance. David Hodgson
I'm so grateful i found this video! Nearly sank money into getting a new machine because i thought my machine got too old. It's a 9year old gaggia classic pro, over the last 2 weeks i noticed there wasn't crema in my espresso shot and the coffee tasted really bitter. I did not attribute it to an issue with the machine, basically tried to find the source of issue on everything else instead like grind size, stale beans etc. When i finally turned on the group head this morning and the issue was really the slow flow, i was really upset i didnt find this out earlier. Thank you once again for helping me to save on hefty repair fees or the cost of a new machine with this hack!
Thanks for that. I'll try it. I had a guy come and stay with me and he tried to use the espresso machine but he put a bunch of grounds in the water tank and tried to make himself a coffee 🙄. At this stage, I've got the boiler apart, there was some coffee grounds in there but I suspect that a majority of them will be in the solenoid valve.
Ive got a semi decent waterflow out the grouphead and a strong waterflow out the steamwand. However, with or without descaler in the water the waterflow doesn't switch between the steamwand and grouphead as per your method 🤔
Thanks for the great tip! However, I have no water coming out of the group head (not even a drop). I’ve diagnosed the issue exactly the way you described (water pressure coming out of the steam wand is strong) and have run three tankfuls of descaler while engaging and disengaging the steaming button (middle) but to no avail. I’ve tried to see if any water would come out with the group head taken off but there’s still nothing. Would you have any ideas what it could be?
Oh, by the way, I plugged it into the stovetop outlets, problem resolved. [wouldn't have done that on my own - so you were very helpful :-) ] My other outlets must have been iffy.
I just did this after I noticed my grouphead water flow getting slower and slower this past week. This quick fix worked and everything is up and running after a descale and backflush. Thank you Stephen!!! In the future, do you think this issue is primarily from chunks of loose scale clogging this up incidentally during descale, or due to a need for more frequent descaling? Before the pandemic I was making 2 drinks a week and descaling every 3 months. Now I make 7 drinks a week and I still have been descaling once every 2 months.
@@stephendalton1541 So I have had the same issue again two more times in the past 3 weeks. Every time I can get the water flowing again after descaling but it is using up the descaler very often. This morning the drip again was slow. How do I fix this more permanently ?
I have a breville barista express be860xl, I have no water coming out brew head, no steam coming out of wand, no water in drip tray, no pressure gauge. my machine turns on normal, she heats up normal too. I can hear the pump pumping normally, no wierd buzzing noises. Any idea what it can be? Machine is basically new, buy i had it in storage for more than a year. You seem very knowledgeable, cool video.
Hi David When a machine hasn't been used for awhile the pump drives out. It may have to be primed I do this with a syringe. Fill the syringe with water then where the water inlet goes into the machine force the water with the syringe into the machine.. tip take the tank out . You may have to do this a number of times. Then replace the tank and see if water is going into the machine. If so descale it immediately a number of times. Worst case the pump is stuffed.. doubt it though. Good luck let me know the outcome Regards, Steve
@@stephendalton1541 I check the little filter water passes through, I tried the air lock trick with a syringe, I even tried to push water in the hose using my lips there is zero flow. No water even dropped into drip tray. I checked hoses going into pump nothing clogged and i checked hoses coming out of pump everything looks clean, I took apart water pump and cleaning it now with vinegar, buy that looked pretty clean too. I can hear the solenoid opening and closing too. I have funny feeling maybe it was airlocked really bad and I couldn't get enough pressure to get things moving
Solenoid valve in my machine was so clogged so I had to put it to the pieces and clean manually. I placed it first in Gaggia descaler (all parts apart of the pin and spring as there is a rubber gasket). I also had to replace a boiler. It was unusable. Challenge now: When I turn the machine on and it is heating up, it dips the water through the brewing head, as well as steam wand. And I only turned it on. Additionally, when making a coffee, I noticed that the steam valve is leaking from the knob side. Do you have an solution ? I know the steam valve must be replaced, but will it stop releasing water from the brew head and steam wand just after turning power on ? Or solenoid valve might need to be replaced ?
Not sure about this one I have never had to replace the boiler. You could try replacing the valve but usually the valve doesn't allow water to come out the brew head at start up ..only when you are making an espresso then the solenoid is activated, unless of course the valve is jammed open. Have you tried what I explain on the vid.. this my help the solenoid to reseat? Good luck.
Thank you for the video. I think doing this will help after I descale the machine, as the water preasure coming from head usually is reduced after deacaling. I have the same Gaggia Classic, it was rebuilt completely maybe six months ago. I descale the machine every 3-4weeks. Do I have to clean the brew head? And could you let me know how can I clean the brew head for the Gaggia Classic, if necessary ? Btw: I found you through one ypur products on ebay. I was looking for the descaler.
I have disassembled my 2014 gaggia classic and removed al the scale from the inside of the boiler. The 3 way solenoid valve has been removed as well and cleaned thoroughly. However after assembly the water flow is very slow, while the presure from the steam pipe is good. Can you please advise what issue may be? I am out of ideas. Thanks in advance!
Hi Stephan, can you help me if you know , my gaggia turns on the its not heating up , so when I turn on my brew switch, or the steam switch I dont get any reaction and loke I said machine is not heating up
Hi It maybe that the lead has come off the boiler element. Or the boiler element is stuffed. I'd first see if any leads have come off or loose. Good luck. Perhaps get a technician to check it out. They are not that complicated.
My old Classic shows a certain delay on every other backflush. It does work but sometimes gets stuck, and either takes some time or only comes out when I open the steam valve. Is this a sign for a clogged Solenoid?
My gaggia makes a clicking sound when I turn on the brew but no pump sounds at all. I tried this video and did what he said but no pump sounds at all. Any idea what could be the issue
Just came to say thanks for such a great nugget of wisdom. I did my first descaler about 3 weeks ago and yesterday noticed that my water flow had almost altogether stopped. Just spent the last 15mins doing what you've suggested and flow is back to normal 😁 absolute champion!
My machine wasn't pumping at all, until I tried this, sorted it out straight away. Thanks a lot!
Mate, this is life saving! Literally, all the advice you get online is to remove the solenoid valve, open it up, clean it and put it back. This is so much easier and more convenient ❤
Glad it helped. Enjoy your coffee..
Thank you - it worked on my ancient Gaggia Coffee Deluxe. I was already pricing up a new espresso machine and this trick has saved me £££££s
I'm glad it helped, Barrie. Thanks for the coffee much appreciated. Regards, Steve. Enjoy your coffee
Champion! Descaling at the same time as using this technique fixed it.
These machines seem unbreakable sometimes
Thank you so much for this. It didn’t work right away, but I tried on and off over a period of 24 hours with descaler in the machine. Now I’m back in business. Was worried I’d have to take it apart.
Beautiful, as advertised- this kept me from getting a potentially expensive repair done. I was hesitant about disassembling mine and trying to work on the pump itself, so this was perfect quick remedy.
Great to hear. Enjoy your coffee
This helped me to sort out my machine! It was completely stuffed and hardly any water coming out. I just did this technique without descaler and now it works a treat! Thank you!!!
I'm glad it helped
I didnt have any water coming from my group head this morning, used this trick and everything is back up and running! Thanks for sharing this tip
Glad it helped!
Brilliant advice Steve - thought my old Gaggia was a gonna and nearly bought a new one. Tried your flushing technique with descaler and it worked a treat. My old machine is firing on all cylinders now - many thanks for sharing.
Hi Paul, Glad it helped.. Steve
Thanks so much I just fixed my new machine, which didnt work for the first time. but after your video, mine started to work. thanks so much again
Thanks a lot for your teaching of how to fix the coffee machine! Made our weekend, I had exactly the same problem with my machine, and didn’t want to turn it in just now. So thanks for helping out remotely.
Glad it helped!
3:17 comes the trick
Awesome video I used 2 tablespoons of lemme shine descaler and filled the tank with water the clog was cleared in less then a minute but i emptied the rest through the machine to make sure it was properly cleared out of any residue calcium buildup.
Of course now we need to flush out that stuff but it was working like new now, Thanks to your video i saved $449.99 not including taxes on a new one. anyone thinking of sending your machine for repair try this method first, as long as the pump is working.
Just wanted to say THANK YOU. New Gaggia Classic. Didn't descale in time. Been sitting for EIGHT months with no brew head flow. Have been dreading a solenoid clean out. Watched, did exactly as instructed (thank-you, thank-you) FLOW. Just finished my first mocha with dark cocoa, Billingtons Molasses Sugar and Lavazza Super Crema. I am a very happy woman. Blessings.
This really works! I kept having to backflush my gaggia classic pro due to low water flow and eventually that stopped working as well. Tried this trick with some descaler and it did the trick, after a few tanks of water! The classic pro doesn't have the switch to alternate between the group head and steam wand, but I used the steam knob to switch between and it seems to have worked! Thanks!!!!!!
I'm glad it helped Enjoy your coffee
Was contemplating taking it in and found this and voila! Descaled a week ago, worked a few days and flow stopped from the brew head. More scaler with your suggestions and back in business. Thanks a lot Steve!
Glad it helped enjoy your coffee
Absolute genius. Did this after watching this video and my GC is back to peak performance again. Thank you!
I'm glad it helped. Enjoy your coffee with your GC regards, Steve
Thank you so much! You just saved me nearly 2 hrs of round-trip driving up to my repair guy near Griffith Park. 🙇
Glad I could help
Thank you very much for this solution, had the same problem with mine, was afraid it couldn't be saved anymore but now it's working perfect again!!! so thank you so much, Stephen!
Glad it helped enjoy your coffee and thanks for buying me a coffee Regards, Steve
This was so helpful, thanks! I found that flipping the solenoid on/off did not do the trick, but that running the descaling solution alternatively between the steam wand and brewhead worked: all of sudden, the brewhead started flowing, like an obstacle had been released.
So much easier than disassembling the whole machine to clean the solenoid! Really appreciate your advice.
I had the same problem with my 15 year old Baby Gaggia. I hadn’t used it for ten years but I got it working again with this method!
This has happened to me twice now, both times a few days after descaling (which I do every other month), and each time WholeLatteLove has recommended a complete teardown in order to clean the solenoid. was on the verge of parking the Gaggia Classic and going old-fashioned pour over, when I remembered this video, which I then rewatched, and voila, my solenoid is working fine again! Thank you, sir!
I'm glad it helped regards, Steve
@@stephendalton1541 And ... 8 months later it's happening again, but this time your method isn't working! I've gone in before to clean the solenoid but I'm sick of fixing, fixing! Any other solutions besides the one you demonstrated here?
@@Anthony-hu3rj you will have to replace the solenoid
This was the last piece of the puzzle for me. I had a steam valve that wouldn't close that needed replacing (so I replaced that), I did two cleanings of the solenoid valve and multiple de-scales, and still had minimal flow through the brew head until I used this technique. Thanks!
I glad it helped .. Enjoy your coffee
Thanks a million Stephen, this saved me alot of wasted time. I replaced my 19 year old pump as a process of elimination with no joy. Done this and perfecto 😊
Many thanks from a bloke in the Old South Wales. Priming through the nozzle worked a treat.
Glad it helped Steve
Thank you so much for this tip Stephen !!! My Gaggia Classic Pro stopped this morning with no water flow. I tried your tip and now have water flow and pressure that makes a perfect brew. To say I felt huge relief is an understatement.
Excellent... Enjoy your coffee🎯
You saved me a lot of time and effort, thank you! I was ready to disassemble my machine to clean the solenoid valve because I was getting almost no flow out of the brew head. The steam valve had perfect flow. I tried what you suggest and the video and it worked brilliantly!
Glad it helped Enjoy your coffee☕️
Brilliant Stephen; just a clear and simple demonstration and my 1990s classic is up and running after a thorough descale. I'm not so much into Maintenance Mondays but maybe I'll start next year! Thanks and happy Christmas!
Great I'm glad it helped.. Enjoy your coffee
Thanks! Even without a descale this has really improved the pressure!
Glad it helped.. enjoy your coffee..☕️
my machine is working much better right. I very rarely subscribe a channel, comment a video and like it, your channel is one of these exceptions. Thank you so much.
Great to hear!
It worked! I was getting zero flow through the group head, now it is working fine.
Thank you for the information. 👍
Glad it helped
Thank you! Your video was exactly what I needed to fix the problem after I had recently changed the thermostats and done a descale. Really helpful and I appreciate you sharing the tips!
Glad it helped
Thanks a bunch! I didn't count on it, but you've actually solved my problem! a pro's tip indeed🙏
I got to say thank you ! My gaggia classic pro was having a flow problem. Tried your trick and it worked wonders ! THANKS !
Enjoy your coffee.. Glad it helped☕️
Thanks so much. Saved me time and $$$! Brilliant and simple fix. Cheers.
Thank you for this! Solved my problem and helped me understand my machine a little better.
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much! I had poor water flow after descaling and tried this and it worked beautifully!
Great it worked... Enjoy your coffee❤️
Thanks Stephen! Worked for me after pulling the boiler and solenoid to pieces and cleaning. Still no water pressure and followed your advice and it worked! Very grateful for your help.
I'm glad it helped Enjoy your coffee
Fantastic! You saved the day, thank you for posting this.
Glad it helped enjoy your coffee
Thanks Stephen! This helped me after a recent descale too. Great tip. After cleaning 3 way solenoid, then boiler tear down and rebuild still no difference, but after following your technique here, my brew head pressure is restored. Thanks!
Hi Stephen. Thanks for this video. My Gaggia classic does not put water from the steam wand and also the water comes straight down from the brew head, where yours seems to come like a shower head. Does this mean my pump is failing?
Thanks in advance.
David Hodgson
A true gaggia classic operator!
Thanks my guy, going to try this on my gaggia classic pro and maybe rancilio silvia, attempting to take rancilio solenoid apart now...
What a hobby!
Thanks for the tips. Exactly my problem. Clear instructions, this was very helpful. Good job :)
Glad it helped enjoy your coffee
I'm so grateful i found this video! Nearly sank money into getting a new machine because i thought my machine got too old. It's a 9year old gaggia classic pro, over the last 2 weeks i noticed there wasn't crema in my espresso shot and the coffee tasted really bitter. I did not attribute it to an issue with the machine, basically tried to find the source of issue on everything else instead like grind size, stale beans etc. When i finally turned on the group head this morning and the issue was really the slow flow, i was really upset i didnt find this out earlier. Thank you once again for helping me to save on hefty repair fees or the cost of a new machine with this hack!
I'm glad it helped.. Enjoy your coffee
Thank you so much, we managed to fix the water flow issue following your advice.
Glad it helped
Well you just saved the day. I followed your advice and it worked like a charm. thanks for the video!
Thanks for that. I'll try it. I had a guy come and stay with me and he tried to use the espresso machine but he put a bunch of grounds in the water tank and tried to make himself a coffee 🙄. At this stage, I've got the boiler apart, there was some coffee grounds in there but I suspect that a majority of them will be in the solenoid valve.
Brilliant my machine is up and running like new Thanks so much 🇨🇦❤️🙏
This is terrifically helpful - straight and to the point.
Glad it was helpful Enjoy your coffee regards Steve
Worked! Thanks Stephen. I bought our Gaggia classic in 2007 and it is still going well :)
Great to hear!
Thanks sir for the great tip❤ this saved me 🎉
You just helped me fix the exact same problem with my machine! Thanks Thanks and more!!
Glad it helped Enjoy your coffee
Thanks mate, this helped me quickly diagnose my issue and fixed within the hour!
Glad it helped
Ive got a semi decent waterflow out the grouphead and a strong waterflow out the steamwand. However, with or without descaler in the water the waterflow doesn't switch between the steamwand and grouphead as per your method 🤔
Thank you I'll try this over the weekend
Thank you! You just saved me a bunch of money and time.
You are welcome!
Q: What is the ratio of water to descaler that you place in the water receptacle to perform the technique you demonstrated? Thanks!
1:15
@@stephendalton1541 so 1 part water for every 15 parts of descaler? How much of the Gaggia Classic water receptacle do you fill?
i managed it without the opening the machine greetings from türkiye thank you so much
Glad it helped
Thank you very mucho for this advise.We Always think Is the pump...but It works,and we dont understand.
Thanks a bunch….worked a treat after your advice.
This has worked twice for me. Thank you very much for your fantastic explanation and fix.
No worries glad it helped thanks for the feedback Enjoy your coffee Steve🙏
Excellent advice and thanks for showing us how. I presume this would also work on the 2019 version of the Classic Pro?
This fixed my problem - thanks very much!
Glad it helped!
GENIUS!!!! It worked like a charm! THANKS A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTT!!!!!!
Glad it helped!
this video worth thousands of thumb up
Glad it helped
I am declaring my undying love for you today. 🎉 Thank yooooooooooo 🤩 you've saved me the big bucks🎉🎉🎉🎉
You’re welcome 😊
Made a huge difference, thanks!
Great to hear!
Awesome! It worked! Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much for your advice! You saved me.
worked like a dream-many, many thanks for sharing this tip.
I'm glad it worked for you
Enjoy your coffee
Thanks for the great tip! However, I have no water coming out of the group head (not even a drop). I’ve diagnosed the issue exactly the way you described (water pressure coming out of the steam wand is strong) and have run three tankfuls of descaler while engaging and disengaging the steaming button (middle) but to no avail. I’ve tried to see if any water would come out with the group head taken off but there’s still nothing. Would you have any ideas what it could be?
Probably have to replace the coffee solenoid
Much obliged.
You did me a great turn. Thanks
Oh, by the way, I plugged it into the stovetop outlets,
problem resolved. [wouldn't have done that on my own -
so you were very helpful :-) ]
My other outlets must have been iffy.
Thank you so much! This fixed my problem!
Glad it helped
I'll give it a try, thank you!
I just did this after I noticed my grouphead water flow getting slower and slower this past week. This quick fix worked and everything is up and running after a descale and backflush. Thank you Stephen!!! In the future, do you think this issue is primarily from chunks of loose scale clogging this up incidentally during descale, or due to a need for more frequent descaling?
Before the pandemic I was making 2 drinks a week and descaling every 3 months. Now I make 7 drinks a week and I still have been descaling once every 2 months.
Thanks for your positive comment. Yes descale more often at least every 2 months Regards, Steve
@@stephendalton1541 So I have had the same issue again two more times in the past 3 weeks. Every time I can get the water flowing again after descaling but it is using up the descaler very often. This morning the drip again was slow. How do I fix this more permanently ?
Going to try this! Thanks so much.
amazing! fixed mine in 3min
thanks for Belgium !
great help !!
It worked! And there was much rejoicing...
Glad it helped Enjoy your coffee
Good video, very well explained 👍
Thank you! 👍
It worked!!! Thanks
Thank you - such an easy solution!
Fantastic! It´s magic. It simply worked. Thank you very much!
Glad it helped!
I have a breville barista express be860xl, I have no water coming out brew head, no steam coming out of wand, no water in drip tray, no pressure gauge. my machine turns on normal, she heats up normal too. I can hear the pump pumping normally, no wierd buzzing noises. Any idea what it can be? Machine is basically new, buy i had it in storage for more than a year. You seem very knowledgeable, cool video.
Hi David When a machine hasn't been used for awhile the pump drives out. It may have to be primed I do this with a syringe. Fill the syringe with water then where the water inlet goes into the machine force the water with the syringe into the machine.. tip take the tank out . You may have to do this a number of times. Then replace the tank and see if water is going into the machine. If so descale it immediately a number of times. Worst case the pump is stuffed.. doubt it though. Good luck let me know the outcome Regards, Steve
BTW Does it have filter in the tank maybe that's clogged?
@@stephendalton1541 I check the little filter water passes through, I tried the air lock trick with a syringe, I even tried to push water in the hose using my lips there is zero flow. No water even dropped into drip tray. I checked hoses going into pump nothing clogged and i checked hoses coming out of pump everything looks clean, I took apart water pump and cleaning it now with vinegar, buy that looked pretty clean too. I can hear the solenoid opening and closing too. I have funny feeling maybe it was airlocked really bad and I couldn't get enough pressure to get things moving
great advice and technique worked perfectly thank you
Glad it helped Enjoy your coffee
Thank you for this video!
My machine recently began putting a lot of water in the used coffee bin and the coffee brewed no longer has crema. Any recommendations?
Thank you!
Solenoid valve in my machine was so clogged so I had to put it to the pieces and clean manually. I placed it first in Gaggia descaler (all parts apart of the pin and spring as there is a rubber gasket).
I also had to replace a boiler. It was unusable.
Challenge now: When I turn the machine on and it is heating up, it dips the water through the brewing head, as well as steam wand. And I only turned it on.
Additionally, when making a coffee, I noticed that the steam valve is leaking from the knob side.
Do you have an solution ? I know the steam valve must be replaced, but will it stop releasing water from the brew head and steam wand just after turning power on ? Or solenoid valve might need to be replaced ?
Not sure about this one I have never had to replace the boiler. You could try replacing the valve but usually the valve doesn't allow water to come out the brew head at start up ..only when you are making an espresso then the solenoid is activated, unless of course the valve is jammed open. Have you tried what I explain on the vid.. this my help the solenoid to reseat? Good luck.
@@stephendalton1541 Is there a way to check if solenoid valve is working as expected when you just put it on the table ? outside the machine, I mean.
Thank you for the video. I think doing this will help after I descale the machine, as the water preasure coming from head usually is reduced after deacaling.
I have the same Gaggia Classic, it was rebuilt completely maybe six months ago. I descale the machine every 3-4weeks.
Do I have to clean the brew head? And could you let me know how can I clean the brew head for the Gaggia Classic, if necessary ?
Btw: I found you through one ypur products on ebay. I was looking for the descaler.
great tip and explanation. Thanks for the help
Glad it helped!
Great video I have the same issue on the classic will give it a try
Did it work?
I have disassembled my 2014 gaggia classic and removed al the scale from the inside of the boiler. The 3 way solenoid valve has been removed as well and cleaned thoroughly. However after assembly the water flow is very slow, while the presure from the steam pipe is good. Can you please advise what issue may be? I am out of ideas. Thanks in advance!
Probably the pump?
U r awesome 👏🏼
Too bad this doesn't work for the Gaggia baby series! Bummer! Thanks for the informative video.
Hi Stephan, can you help me if you know , my gaggia turns on the its not heating up , so when I turn on my brew switch, or the steam switch I dont get any reaction and loke I said machine is not heating up
Hi It maybe that the lead has come off the boiler element. Or the boiler element is stuffed. I'd first see if any leads have come off or loose. Good luck. Perhaps get a technician to check it out. They are not that complicated.
My old Classic shows a certain delay on every other backflush. It does work but sometimes gets stuck, and either takes some time or only comes out when I open the steam valve. Is this a sign for a clogged Solenoid?
My gaggia makes a clicking sound when I turn on the brew but no pump sounds at all. I tried this video and did what he said but no pump sounds at all. Any idea what could be the issue
Maybe the pump needs replacing? If the steam wand allows water to come through it's probably not the pump.
Thanks steven, worked for me!
Great enjoy your coffee
Hi Stephen.. I hear an Aussie accent, you’re not located in Sydney by any chance?
No