Saeco Aroma Chrome no longer draws water

Posted by: Gast November 17, 2009 10:43 pm

Hello everyone!

I got a used aroma chrome machine from Saeco as a present a few days ago.

Unfortunately it does not work because no water is sucked in.
The machine gets warm and the pumping noise sounds relatively normal - but the suction hose does not fill up with water and there is none at the brewing unit or steam pipe.

Why can this be and how can the fault possibly be corrected?

Thank you in advance for tips!

Posted by: numberonedefender November 19, 2009 09:03 pm

Recently had the same error with this device, the good piece had been dry for a long time. I pressed water with a big syringe into the running pump (over the hose in the tank), thereupon it sucked first. Surely worth a try...

Posted by: Gast November 20, 2009 05:05 pm

After many attempts and some trying, the tip actually worked.

Thank you very much for that!

Posted by: Gast_koffeinJunkie September 03, 2011 06:07 pm

super!

>the suggestion saved my saturday! the action with the syringe helped. always add water in batches and wait until air bubbles rise up the hose. after about 10 minutes she pulled again correctly.

Posted by: numberonedefender September 03, 2011 07:19 pm

It's nice that almost two years after my post someone still got something of it, I'm glad The search function seems to work fine

Posted by: Gast_Jens December 18, 2011 12:02 am

Hello numberonedefender,

thanks to Google ("saeco aroma doesn't draw water") I found your tip and (because I didn't have a syringe to hand I put the hose on the steam pipe of our Café Crema and pressed hot water) the old aroma Nero after 5 years in the basement within 20 seconds to full life again awakened.
Prima!

Posted by: esther January 05, 2012 10:09 pm

...yes, and your tip has just saved me after an hour of odyssey and I can now finally drink coffee with my used machine purchased today!
many, thank you!
esther

Posted by: Gast_Anna October 05, 2013 06:15 pm

We just started ours up again - with the bicycle pump

Posted by: Kaffeeplanet October 05, 2013 07:51 pm

so you already have ideas, from our 2tm machine to press water in, bicycle pump, syringe... right it would be the pump to disassemble new working seal and ball in and it's like new again, but watch out the working seal is not a normal oring that should have so about 75 shore so a little harder than normal(70 shore)

Posted by: numberonedefender October 06, 2013 09:07 am

A dry standing (not defective or leaky) pump "forced filling"is common practice. This is not a repair of the pump, but a jump start

Posted by: Gast_Tobi May 11, 2014 10:56 am

Machine saved thanks to syringe :-) - First thing I did was fill it with pure decalcifying agent. This is even easier if you screw on the machine and attach the syringe directly to the pump - even fits like an ass on a bucket with a small 2ml syringe. Thanks again!

Posted by: Phthalo June 18, 2014 10:12 pm

Hello.

My has also start difficulties.
But don't understand where you're splashing something into like that.
In which hose? and if so, then there is a hole in the hose and then it draws air? Or not?

Greetings
Andreas

Posted by: Phthalo June 18, 2014 10:28 pm

Okay. Okay. I got it now. Helped out with an airbrush compressor.

Posted by: Romy August 05, 2015 04:06 pm

Hello together,

I have the same problem that the machine does not draw water. Is it normal for her to röchelt strongly and become extremely hot? How long can I run the machine without it sucking water, because I am afraid that it will overheat?

Posted by: HWS August 05, 2015 06:53 pm

Hello,

this anxiety is justified. Now I don't know which brand of pump is installed. If it's an Invensys pump, you can't open it. But if it is a ULKA pump, you can easily open it and check it. It usually says how long these pumps are pumping and how long it takes them to cool down.
On an older Invensys pump it says e.g. 1 min / 1min . Means: 1 minute working / 1 minute cooling down. So don't let it run longer than 1 minute! Without water this might be too long already.

Greeting HWS

Posted by: DjangoNero October 18, 2020 05:44 pm

Hi everyone
, thanks for the tips on how to jump start the pump, I had a question about Saeco Aroma (chrome/nero) maintenance: Since my machine is probably clogged and I need to take it apart, I thought it would be a good opportunity to change all the seals. The model is still the one with the toggle switches and therefore with safety much more than 10 years old. Can you give me a hint where I can get a useful set of gaskets for the AROMA? I don't know which rings are used and would like to exchange the rings directly when dismantling the machine and not first remove, measure and order all of them.
I am
happy
about TIpp's

greetings

Posted by: Gast_Gert April 06, 2024 10:48 am

Tx for the tips. The bike pump was the savior also in our case!

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