1. Put descaling fluid in the tank 2. Turn machine on 3. Open the steam valve 4. Turn on the coffee button 5. Turn the steam button on and off (6:05) 6. This will hopefully dislodge the bits of scale in the valve and water should start to move through the system 7. You might need to run this cycle 2 or 3 times

Bloody hell!! It works!! I just unblocked a machine that had been standing idle for more than a year. I was about to chuck it out and buy a new one when I came across this video. Water is now gushing out of the brewhead. The only thing I would add is to let the descaler sit in the machine for a while if it doesn't unblock first or second time around. Also, collect the water containing the descaler and put it back in the reservoir; that way you won't have to use so much descaler. Absolutely brilliant!!

Absolutely perfect for my old Baby Gaggia - a huge thank you for preventing me making a mess of the machine with a screwdriver!!!

Thank you kind Sir, cleared the clog in my Gaggia Classic in no time. I truly appreciate you sharing this knowledge.

Fantastic, sorted mine right out after sitting unused for two years! Now just needs a really good descale! Thanks

Thank you so much for this! Saved me from a repair charge and got my beloved ancient Gaggia Classic working better than it has for almost a year! 😎

Brilliant tutorial, got my Gaggia Baby Classic working again. Took about a week of repeating the steps but it got there and now I have espresso again!!

Thanks for taking the time to make this video and explain the mechanics of the problem. Brilliant (even the focus issue added to the charm!)

This was so helpful, thanks you. I absolutely hate taking apart half the machine to manually clean the solenoid valve and this saved me the trouble.

Absolutely brilliant! My classic was showing these exact symptoms, followed the instructions and it works perfectly now! Thank you so much 👍🏻

My problem exactly. Your excellently demonstrated solution worked perfectly. Till now I’ve been sending it to be cleaned every few months. No more! Thank you so much for generously sharing your knowledge and experience.

What a great fix! The flow through my grouphead was abysmal, so I tried this and it's now the water's gushing through - no need to dismantle anything, or pay for a service - winner!

This really works! And as you said ‘keep going at it!’. For me, it took a few liters of water with a bunch of descaling tablets until finally water started coming out of the brewing head. Great video, and thanks for posting this! 😀👍

This was an excellent tutorial! It works perfectly on my 2014 Classic!

My old machine just got a new lease of life, thank you.

Thank you so much! I tried readings forums and stuff. Nothing was as good as this!

Great educational instruction with the solenoid magnet valve! Fixed my machine by adding disolved citric acid and switching the solenoid back and forth. After some minutes the hot water started spouting from the coffee filter again. Thanks!!

thanks so much for the description of the solenoid and how it worked. I had seen other vids to fix this problem but didn't see the point of the switching repeatedly from steam to water until after you explained it. It still took a while, but once I understood the issue I stuck with it and now it's working 100% again. Cheers!

was about to open the machine, potentially replace the pump and/or some unknown valves, stumbled across this video, and it WORKED. Thanks so much for making this video. It saved me a lot of trouble.

This worked for my machine too! Thank you so much! I saved up to buy my Gaggia four years ago and have kept it on a descaling schedule without fail. Last fall, I stopped using my machine for a couple months and I cleaned it, on schedule, when I went back to using it. Then the flow from the group head was drips. We got a new shower screen, screen holder (all stainless steel) and gasket. Didn’t help. But this did! Edit: I did find that my machine would slow back down again after I thought I had resolved it. I did two descalings with the Gaggia liquid product following this method. It seemed to fix it but only for a few uses. I bought Dezcal powder packets - put it in the water reservoir and did this method a few times, then shut it off for 20 minutes. When I turned it back on, I did this method again, then tried just the brew and water poured through. I ran two more reservoirs of clean water using this method just to make sure the water would flow through the brew head and it did. I also ran it through the portafilter and it worked great. I hope I got it this time but if not, I will run another packet of the powder scaler through again as that seemed to work much better than the liquid.

Thanks from the USA....I had this problem on my 2011 Classic and your solution worked even without running descaler through the machine (as I don’t have any on hand at the moment). I cycled the steam button on and off in several half-second intervals, checked the flow, saw progress, repeated a few times.

Thank you! This diagnosis allowed me to pinpoint my problem and get my coffee back! I was almost going to replace the pump or even order a whole new machine. Thanks!

Thank you so much for helping me repair my own stuff. Such a satisfying experience when you are used to technology that either works or goes to garbage.

Many thanks, saved me from pulling out and cleaning solenoid valve which I’ve done three times previously. Your method will be the ‘go to’ fix now. Again, thankyou for exceptionally clear video.

You just saved me the trouble of opening up my machine to clean the solenoid! Thank you!

Fantastic, and simple. Do this everytime you descale!

You sir, are a star! Thanks to your helpful video my Baby Class is now working again. Thanks again!

Excellent video. I had the same symptoms on my Gaggia Classic. The diagnosis and solution were well explained and worked perfectly. Problem solved. Thank you!

Thanks very much posting this. I recently bought a used Gaggia Classic which had been stood for a few months so was basically gunked up! I followed this video every step of the way and it now runs perfectly. Mine took 3 full cycles of Descaler so be patient. Thanks again.

Thank you this saved me from disassembling my solenoid valve which was the next step.

Great video. Couldn’t understand why my frequent descaling wasn’t fixing the problem and flow through the group head was frequently down to a bare trickle. Has saved my 10 year old Gaggia Classic. Many thanks!

you, sir, have saved my coffee craving soul. machine fixed. thank you so much!

Thank you so much! My Gaggia classic stopped working this morning, and after following the instructions it is working perfectly again! 👍😃

Worked like a charm, didn't even have to descale! Thank you!

Worked really well even with more modern configuration of buttons on Gaggia Classic purchased on feb 2022. Thanks.

OMG!!!! Thank you! I cleaned the entire machine and couldn't figure why my water flow was so poor to non existent. Your video saved my gaggia. I have had this machine for 12 years and it has always worked like a charm. I do not use the frother because I like my Nespresso frother. So I think cleaning out that valve that you cannot get to was the problem. Thank you!

Great! I had this problem, phoned Gaggia, and they sent me a link to this video. I thought my Gaggia Pro had died, but I followed the instructions and now it's working fine. Saved me £450! Thank you.

Being one of the lazy owners referred to by our master, my Gaggia blocked up after an infrequent descale. The same thing happened a couple of years back and I had a tricky time removing the solenoid valve and cleaning it. This process was MUCH easier. I also used a blanking plate on my portafilter after running the descaling solution through the boiler with the steam wand, then turning the pump on an off to shoot descaler backwards through the solenoid. THANKS.

I took my gaggia classic completely apart refitted it after descaling and replace all seals and got no steam. After trying everything I followed the circuit diagram and found that somehow I wired the side lower thermostat with the top thermostat and vice versa. Also there was no continuity (bip test) on the solenoid. Tested it physically by putting a screw driver through the coil. Made my wife Happy.

Brilliant. Had no idea how to fix it and started to take my Classic apart before I saw this on your website.

Thank you. Your clear explanation the fault and logical diagnosis helped me fix my old 2010 Gaggia Classic. Was completely blocked with nothing coming out of the group head, but I persevered with your instructions and it was cleared. 👍💦

Amazing!! thank you so much for this video, I was close to being desperate after spending 3h disassembling the entire machine and nothing worked. Then I watched this video! Thank you thank you thank you

This is Brilliant! It saved me tons of time and $ compared to buying and installing a new solenoid or trying to fix another possible cause of the problem. I did this first on 2/18/21, and then again just this morning.

Thanks. This was exactly what I was looking for!

Great video! Managed to fix my ailing haggis classic thanks to this excellent tutorial. Thank you

Thank you so much! This was e xactly how I was able to resolve my Gaggia problem. Worked immediately thanks to your great tutorial.

Thanks so much for sharing this, we are no longer having to make filter coffee (2 months without real coffee!), our beloved machine is back from the ashes. and couldn't find any gaggia repairer in our region.

Thank you for this, amazing. All fixed, 100% thanks to this video. Thank you, thank you!

Well that saved me a whole lot of money! Great video and very clearly explained. Three sachets of Pully pumped through and now back to espresso with a proper flow rate. Thanks.

just want to thank-you. Spot on the exact problem I had this morning. Cleared the blockage. Wife happy

You are great. Thank you for this very good explained video. You saved my machine! I was planning to crash it because I had the same problem. Thank you so much...

Brilliant! Flipping the buttons on my classic fixed it. Thanks!

Amazing! I didn’t believe it until by the end of the first tank a drop appeared. Then it went quite quickly from there. My gaggia is saved 👍

No words. Worked. Wow. Already drinking my perfect shot of espresso. Thank you mate

Thanks so much for your video. We were about to give up and get a new machine and this entirely solved our problem. We appreciate it.

This is brilliant, great video and saved me pulling apart everything. Thank you so much -

This was helpful and since I had no descaler on hand having just descaled (as was a noted potential cause) I performed the fix with only water, no descaler, and it fixed things, at least temporarily. More descaler is on the way in case it’s a band-aid solution but it saved my morning at least until the supplies arrive.

Thank you. Your solution worked on my 20-year old machine. The block happened after I replaced the steam valve. A particle must have gotten knocked loose, and was stuck in the solenoid.

So glad that this worked - I am going to name my firstborn child GaggiaCafeTV!

My old Gaggia Baby started pouring very slowly, with a noticeably different sound, a little while after a descale, just as described. I actually tried the procedure described with water and it freed up the valve in a minute. Luckily I didn’t have to descale again. It’s now pouring beautifully with lovely crema.

Wow thank you so much! Worked after half a tank.

i just fixed my gagia thanks to this video and i learn how its work

Thanks, very useful. This saved my gaggia baby. Was nearly going to get it serviced so saved me a bit of money. Nice one.

This was spot on and so helpful. Thank you!

Thank you!! You saved our machine!

Thank you for taking the time & sharing this useful information...It worked a treat! Coffee time 😃

This fixed my blocked coffee machine. Thank you so much!!!

Absolutely worked! Thank you. Got crema back! Happy days.

Thank you so much! I just had decalcified my gaggia espresso pro when as you said a small chunk blocked off the output to the expresso head. I put 1.5 ounces of urnex descale In and very quickly I had a working machine again. Subscribed!

my 10 year old Classic developed this problem and I fixed it using this method without descaler, just the process of activating and deactivating the solenoid got it flowing again -great video. I was googling the cost of a new machine and at £450, I wasn't giving up 😂 Thanks

Thanks you saved me money getting my machine repaired.

Thanks for the video - sorted out my machine cheers!

Excellent, many thanks. Just saved me taking the solenoid out which which I was dreading

just switching the button from coffee to steam solved my problem with Gaggia Viva, thank you!

Fixed it right up, thank you! Haven't used the machine in years and never descaled it in 13 years 😅 gotta do that next then

Thanks a lot ! Really helpful video. You saved my coffee soul)

Fixed my gaggia as wel. Thank you so much!

Fixed my machine, appreciate the Knowledge sharing!

Worked for mine - switching from one to the other a few times - thanks so much 👍

Saved me from buying a pump. It worked within 5 seconds. Thank you very much indeed.

Thanks for sharing. I had same fault and after trawling the net I found your vid and your fix sorted it out. Thanks again. Cheers

This worked perfectly! I was facing a difficult task to take my machine apart to access and clean the solenoid valve, when I came across this video and learned I could avoid all that. I went through the first tank of descalant and cycled the switch many times with no effect and was starting to get discouraged, but you advised it might take more than one and, sure enough, the second pack and more switch cycling did the trick! Suddenly I had water flow again. It’s working perfectly now. Thank you!

Just tried this and it worked a treat! Thanks for the video.

Thanks, just did this and it fixed my Gaggia Classic!

Thank you so much guys, you're life savers!!!

Thanks for the video, fixed my machine!

Thank You@!You save my Gaggia!

This worked for me right now! I got a free gaggia classic with this issue. Amazing!

Worked Perfectly! thanks!

Awesome! Worked perfectly for me, thanks so much!

Nice LGR plug, great channel

This was 100% spot on for me too - thank you so much 🙂

Great advice. Worked today for me 👍. Thanks.

Great instruction video. Thanks!

Worked excatly as you said! Machine unblocked :DDDD My 2008 Gaggia still truckin' on after making excellnt espressos for 12 years :)))))))))))))))

Thanks! This fixed my Gaggia baby!

Thank you so much! Machine is working again 😀

Brilliant fix! Thank you!

It worked! Amazing! Saved my Sunday!

Brilliant solution it works fantastically!