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Internal problems, Something is either plugged or jammed as no water comes through the brew head, and a wiff of smoke from the vents! I need to take this apart but am not familiar with Saeco, much used to Delonghi machines.
Pete Watson I only have the philips_saeco_hd8750_hd8751_hd8752_espre.pdf parts manual for that one. The difference here is the front panel, but as you can see from the parts manual, the rest of the machine is still the same.