Hersteller: Siemens | Typ-/Modell: Surpresso TK60001 - S20 | ca. Baujahr: Unbekannt

Hi Guys,

First off, I'm sorry that I must post in English as I don't speak German. I found this forum and it's shop a few weeks ago and I've been translating lots of the forum posts to English. The posts and the technical instructions that this site provides have helped me repair my machine and I'm very happy but I still have a bit of a problem.

My S20 is about 7 years old and I's used several times per day. It's been a great machine. In recent weeks, I've replaced seals, the drainage valve and brewing unit. Prior to this repair, the machine used to sometimes flash the spoon/beans symbol AFTER successfully grinding coffee. When this happens, I just press the cafe button again and it would normally work the next time.

Now this problem seems to be getting worse and sometimes it needs 3 or more presses to get a cup out.

Just to be clear, it always grinds (I can hear it) and I have seen that it grinds a fair amount of coffee when I've had the machine open. I can then hear the motor move as the brewing cycle beings, then it aborts and the spoon symbol starts flashing.

Thing is, when the coffee does come out, it's not 'thin' and the used coffee is properly formed into nice little discs, so I don't think it's the grinder. Can anyone help please?

Thanks,

Lee.

Mechanische Kentnisse vorhanden: NEIN | Elektrische Kentnisse vorhanden: NEIN | Messgerät vorhanden: NEIN

Thanks for your reply Blacksheep.

​I also had that thought, so since today only, I've been running the machine with coffee quantity at max. So far, I've not had the problem but the coffee is really strong!

As the problem comes and goes and does not happen every time, I will need to run like this for a couple of days before I can give you a proper answer.

Thanks again for your help.

Thanks BS.

A little more information. The strength is currently set to 3/4 which is a little strong for my tastes but works say 7/10 times.

When it fails to make a cup, I've checked the coffee that's discarded and it's around about a slightly heaped teaspoon, so possibly a little on the low side?

​I'm happy to replace the grinding discs - I'm assuming the ones you have linked will be compatible with the S20? Could you also please link the microswitches as I would imagine that these are fairly cheap. Postage to the UK is expensive and this will be my 3rd attempt at a fix

Many thanks,

Lee.