GoofyforDisney3
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As the title says, make sure you clean your coffee maker all the time. I thought my machine was DEAD! It wouldn't brew a cup of coffee at all. It didn't seem to be pumping water out of the resevoir or anything. I was so upset because I love my brewer. 
Well, I called customer service and they asked me all of these questions and wanted to know if I descale it, etc. I did descale it when it started to brew slower and when the notice would come on the screen to descale. It still didn't work! After a few frustrating minutes because the customer service people didn't want to tell me another trouble shooting method because I wasn't in front of the brewer (they didn't tell me when they called back I needed to be in front of it, I was on my way to work when I talked to them).
Well, let me tell you, after they told me what to do I thought "yah, right, like that is going to work." Much to my surprise it DID work. I I thought I was going to need to buy a new machine, but so far it is working like it should.
So, here is what I had to do. There is a needle that goes into the top of the K cup that has a gasket around it. Remove that gasket and you can see three holes in the needle. Take a straightened paper clip and push it into the holes. It should go in about an inch to 1 1/2 inches. Continue to "clean" the holes and keep trying to brew cups of water until it is brewing the proper amount of fluid for the cup size.
I had to do it a lot before my brewer worked everytime I tried it, but it is amazing how well this method of cleaning worked. I also put almost pure vinegar in the machine and let it sit over night and again all day. I'm sure this helped alot too, since I guess I didn't descale it often enough.
Hope this helps someone else that loves there Kuerig as much as I do!
Well, I called customer service and they asked me all of these questions and wanted to know if I descale it, etc. I did descale it when it started to brew slower and when the notice would come on the screen to descale. It still didn't work! After a few frustrating minutes because the customer service people didn't want to tell me another trouble shooting method because I wasn't in front of the brewer (they didn't tell me when they called back I needed to be in front of it, I was on my way to work when I talked to them). Well, let me tell you, after they told me what to do I thought "yah, right, like that is going to work." Much to my surprise it DID work. I I thought I was going to need to buy a new machine, but so far it is working like it should.
So, here is what I had to do. There is a needle that goes into the top of the K cup that has a gasket around it. Remove that gasket and you can see three holes in the needle. Take a straightened paper clip and push it into the holes. It should go in about an inch to 1 1/2 inches. Continue to "clean" the holes and keep trying to brew cups of water until it is brewing the proper amount of fluid for the cup size.
I had to do it a lot before my brewer worked everytime I tried it, but it is amazing how well this method of cleaning worked. I also put almost pure vinegar in the machine and let it sit over night and again all day. I'm sure this helped alot too, since I guess I didn't descale it often enough.
Hope this helps someone else that loves there Kuerig as much as I do!
