The water filter inside the reservoir, not sure what it is called. just pull the tubes going to the reservoir, you'll see the water filter I meant. the thing with white sandy looking thing inside of it. It looks exactly the same as the sand found in Kuta beach of Lombok where I am at! ;-) When this thing dry for sometimes it will float, it supposed to be sinking to the bottom. If you want, for a quick probe, remove it, pull the lever without this filter inside the reservoir, see if the machine works. -- Regards, Liys
----- Original message ----- > I have had this problem in the past when I forgot to fill the water > tank and ran the pump dry for a few seconds. What has worked for me is > to get the machine up to operating temperature and turn on the steam > wand for maybe three or four minutes until you hear the pump turn on > several times. After this happens, shut off the steam wand and lift > the brew lever. Hopefully the pump will draw the water for you. I have > no idea why this seems to fix the issue but I've done it four or five > times with a 100% success rate. Hopefully it helps you out too. Good > luck. > Mike > p.s. I have the BIII-VP > > On Dec 24, 12:24 pm, Chris Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > No luck so far. I got some pressure build with the blind PF this > > morning, but just that once. I tried the turkey baster thing, assuming > > I did it right (I put the hose on the end of the baster and tried > > pushing water in, but it wouldn't go). > > > > Liys, I'm not sure what filter would be floating on the water - I might > > just be dense, so clue me in with a bit more detail :) > > > > I do get pressure and steam from the steam wand, and hot water flows > > nicely from the hot water spout, so this seems specific to the group > > head/main pump area. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Liys <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > this is exactly what happened with mine when I got it shipped all > > > the way from germany to Indonesia. I googled, nothing of those > > > solutions fixed my problem. Untill I inspected closely, and I found > > > the filter was floating on top of the water. I took a wooden stick > > > to push the filter to the bottom, hit the lever, in a few seconds, > > > it worked like should be. you may need to keep do so untill the > > > filter completely soaked. other wise it will float again. this > > > simple trick works for mine. hope to you as well. Yandi Srigede > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Liys > > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > > > I just got my BII back from WLL, where it got a new pump, and > > > > various other repairs. I filled the water tank, inserted the > > > > tubes, turned the machine on. Per the manual, I then lifted the > > > > brew lever. It seems to suck in some water, but I don't get much > > > > of a stream coming out of the group head, so it seems like the > > > > pump isn't priming? The steam wand seems to work just fine, and > > > > the hot water spout works. I left the brew lever on for several > > > > minutes. Is there something else I might need to do, or any > > > > suggestions on this? I can call WLL of course, but given it's 8pm > > > > PST on a Friday, going into a holiday weekend… Hoping for > > > > espresso for the holidays... > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Bailey > > > > [email protected] > > > > @chrisrbailey > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > > > > email to [email protected]. For more options, > > > > visit this > > > group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Brewtus" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Chris Bailey > > [email protected] > > @chrisrbailey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. For more options, visit this group > at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
