Nespresso Repair leaking 

This is one of the best videos on RU-vid, frankly. I didn't even need a new part - just washed and cleaned the old one.

Thank you James, like everyone else followed your clear instructions and now have a fully functional Coffee Machine without the leaks.

I came across your videos when I was researching how to fix my badly leaking Magimix M100. Although my machine was different you gave me the confidence to have a go. I bought the oval tool, £3 and a set of quality Torx screwdrivers (no Philips screws inside), £18 and followed your methodology. In fact the M100 is easier to take apart and the brew chamber has no electronics, just a plastic tube to pull off so no wires to disconnect or switches to remove. It was obvious that the end of the chamber where the filter is was full of coffee gunk, as was the spout. I cleaned both with hot water and an old toothbrush and reassembled it. Perfect, no leaks. The brew chamber, being just a plastic and metal componant is cheap at £10 if I ever need to replace it. So thanks again for putting these videos on RU-vid so that I now have two Nespresso machines!

James, thank you so much for taking the trouble to post this, albeit yrs ago 😊. Perfect fly through of this repair and i’m now a hero to my wife…for how long i can’t say!

Thank you. You saved me a fortune. I dismantled, cleaned and the leak is gone.

Thank you, James! I was able to fix by myself! Took awhile to get the part with Covid, and then I had to get up the nerve to begin the repair. I made the tool to remove the screws by heating the barrel from a plastic BIC pen and pushing it on the screw to get the imprint. Thanks so much!!

Thank you so much for posting this video, it has been amazing. I have dismantled my 11 year old Nespresso Milk Citiz machine (and without the oval screw, screwdriver and pliers, used a credit card and a butter knife😂as my screwdrivers were too thick- must update my tool box). I’ve now ordered a new unit from Magzimix and I’ll come back to your video for reassembly. You explain everything so thoroughly, and your video gave me confidence to tackle this project, even with weak hands (used my husbands hands for pulling the case off, it was a cringe worthy moment, but successful). Thankfully I have a spare machine, whilst I await for the £30.00 (plus £5.00 48 hr delivery) part to arrive. It’s really annoying your machine’s brew unit gave up after only 2 years😮, and Nespresso wouldn’t honour a free diagnostic. Once my machines have both given up and no longer repairable, I’m considering getting a bean to cup machine as Nespresso’s capsules have escalated in cost, and their customer service has gone down. Thanks once again James for your time and knowledge share.

Thank you so much for posting this (and making the video twice - such perseverance!). I was so fed up with my 10 year old machine leaking constantly and your video gave me the confidence to give this repair a go. Also helped that the part was supplied by a company only 25 mins away so I managed to get it all done in one afternoon. My husband was totally impressed with not just me but also your video too - incredibly helpful step by step guidance! Now onto trying to sort my Shark floor steamer….thank you again!

Thanks James for the inspiration. My machine leaked on the inside and figured it was blocked somewhere causing backpressure. The pod is pressed against a "grill" on the inside of the machine. Cleaned this with a toothbrush and flushed with water. Almost did the trick. So put a garden hose on the output nozzle of the machine (not in the kitchen!) and gave it a blast. Now works perfectly. I guess the coffee grains over time block the unit. Thank you.

God bless you mate! I just fixed my 8 year old machine and successfully replaced the brew unit using your brilliant video. So good to have proper coffee again. You’re an absolute star, thanks again! 😎👍

Absolutely fantastic! I’ve been tearing my hair out for ages trying to figure out how to fix this issue. I followed your instructions and everything is working perfectly. Thank you so much for posting this.

Thanks for doing this, easy to follow and helpful. For those attempting this repair, the two parts I found to be the most tricky were getting the last section of the base to separate and removing the side panels. Just be patient and keep working around all the edges, preferably with a plastic pry tool, until all of the clips disengage.

Thank you very much for taking the time to prepare and post this. I have a very similar machine (cosmetic differences mainly) which had been out of use for quite a while. After watching your video, I ordered the special key and the spare part. It took quite a while to gather myself and attempt this. It was tricky, as I am not used to such tasks, but after a couple of hours I managed to complete the repair! Another difficulty I had was the fact that the pump did not start working properly straight away. This might have been due to the fact that the machine stayed unused for a very long time. With repeated efforts, and while the pump was active, pulling out and replacing the water tank, I managed eventually to get it going. Thanks again.

Thank you! I have the exact same model, with the same problem. Got the spare part via your link, the tool from eBay and got it up and running again within an hour. Brilliant video!

Just wanted to say thank you James for taking the time to make this video (twice!). Have just followed along and successfully repaired my Citiz machine and stopped the leaking. Hurrah for selfless RU-vid contributors and down with the corporate money grabbers. No more genuine Nespresso pods for me. It's Aldi all the way!

THANK YOU for taking the time to make this video (twice) James, I never would have attempted to fix my machine were it not for you. I bought the replacement chamber and tools and fitted it following your careful instructions, however when I re-assembled everything and tested it, the water began pumping into the machine, instead of my cup. After dis-assembling it to investigate I discovered that one of the small spring clips keeping the water tubes in position had broken! IF ANYONE READING THIS KNOWS IF THERE'S ANOTHER TYPE OF CLIP THAT I CAN USE INSTEAD, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE.

James, this is fantastic. I've been able to fix our coffee machine for less than £40 instead of paying £250 to replace it. You have distilled the dream of the internet as a medium for sharing information in a single, simple video. Thanks so much. I'll also try the tip of washing & cleaning our old part as a backup.

Perfect instruction 👍 it is a typical problem with that model. It comes when you leave the used capsule in the brewing unit. Because the wet coffee swells and the capsule gets bigger. So it busts the ring of the brewing unit. To prevent this, remember to eject the capsule immediately after brewing. I tested many different types of capsules in the last 10 years. In the result I use only nespresso or lavazza capsules. They work best

I want to thank you a lot James. I had exact same issue with my (7 year old) Krups machine. Due to your video decided to give it a try and ordered the replacement part and also the screw driver. Just now replaced all with your video next to it and it worked! A full cup of coffee again and no full leakage tray. Thanks a lot for your video! 👍🏻

Thank you! Works perfekt. My DeLonghi was almost ten years old. Replased the brewer, cleaned it everywhere, looks and works like a new machine. No shipping of the spare parts to germany though. They cost a little more here. So it was 60Eur including the tool and 50min of work. Feeling good now for saving about 100Eur for a new machine and doing sth for the environment... Thx

Thanks so much, this was a huge help and I wouldn't have been able to do it without the video. We have a Citiz without the milk attachment so it was possible to do without fully removing the base and leaving the earth attached, it made it a lot easier when reassembling at the end. It also took me a while to pry the plastic spout cover off, the clips for that are at the top and the bottom if anyone else is struggling.

Brilliant video James Many thanks for taking the trouble to put this up. Its like having a new machine

Brilliant video and description. Just replaced the brew chamber on mine and followed your instructions. All very smooth and now fully working with no leak. Thanks again

Thank you so much for making this video, my machine is identical to the one in your video. My machine started to leak last year but become really bad recently, I stripped it down yesterday to find one plastic tubes had come off, I put it back together and it now work’s fine

Brilliant video James. Made a fiddly task easy with your detailed step by step description of the process. Critical advice was taking photos of the wiring and tubes so that reassembly was painless. Ordered a new brewing unit and oval head key - total cost about £35 It’s working again without any leaks! Thank you

Great video. I was going to replace my well used unit ('000 of coffee's over the past 8 years) until I found this + the Buyspares website. It's now perfect.

Many thanks for your tutorial on this repair. As others have said, put up with the machine leaking underneath for ages. Purchased the brewing chamber and oval bit. The plastic sides on my machine broke a little bit on the top clips but but it all went back together OK. Thanks again.

Brilliant video, bought the brew unit and the oval screw tool and tackled the job - less than 30 minutes later all back together and now it’s works a treat and no leaks! Thank you.

Fab stuff. My Citiz started leaking after 7 years of regular use - so I retired it and bought a Sage. I found it in the loft a few days ago - Googled repairing it - bought a new head unit (£30) and followed this video! AND GUESS WHAT......? It now works perfectly with no leaks at all! It took me about 50 mins all in - and YES invest in the oval screw tool (£4)👍🏻 😊

Just to say a big thank you for this video. I followed all your advice, bought the part and the tool for the oval-head screws, and last night I successfully repaired my machine. I am very happy with myself for succeeding! The hardest part was taking the casing apart, because I was worried about using too much force and breaking something, but your advice was good - be slow and careful - and I managed it. No leaks this morning, and the coffee is better too. Thanks again

Thank you for doing this video James, it was a real help. Here in AUS, the manufacturer wanted AU$240 up front just to get them to take a look at it! With the info you put in this this video, and the special tool to remove the elliptical headed screws on the bottom and a replacement coffee difuser (?) - the part that was leaking, I was finished in under an hour and cost less than $100. Great work James, much appreciated. Two thumbs up!

Excellent and helpful video. The lungo button on ours had stopped working and other posts suggested it was just a matter of cleaning the inside of the rubber button. Your video gave me the confidence to open it up (some of the case clips require quite a bit of pressure). Once open the repair was simple and effective. I made a small tool to remove those damned oval-head screws following advice on another thread - used a bit of old 10mm rod and drilled a 3.2mm hole in the end then extended the hole slightly to oval by tilting the drill back and forth to about 3.5mm on the axis. That worked fine and removed them easily and cleanly.

Thank you for this. Followed it exactly and managed to get a fully working machine again after about an hour. The brew unit I needed for my particular model didn’t seem to be available, but I bought one for a standard Krups machine of a different serial number and it turned out to be the sameas my model. Whole repair about £40 compared to a new machine at £175. Very many thanks!

Thanks James for taking the time to film this and share, saved me a lot of time and money! Much appreciated.

I found what was a problem for my solution and why my coffee machine still leaking. The cause was part that James talking about at 15:53 min of James clip. In my case, this part had a blockage in the tip of its nose and that was the cause of leaking. What I did, first I removed the blockage then I drilled a hole in order to remove small plastic cross at the tip of this nose to enable better coffee flow. Now I do not have leakage any more :). Please check this nose - remove any dirt and remove the plastic part on the tip of the nose itself (by drilling), then check is your machine still leaking if yes go further and order the part James suggesting.

Dear James, thanks for this really helpful video! I fixed the leaking problem by replacing the brewing unit. Nice fix for only 40 euro's.

Really helpful video, thank you. My machine is a Nespresso Essenza but the principles apply to lots of 'original' machines. In my case I also followed another video that complements this one very well and I replaced a rubber O ring inside the brewing chamber. That fixed my problem - I did have hot water coming out from beneath the lever, but no more. Thanks again.

Thank you so much. I just repaired my coffee machine all by myself. £25 for the part, slightly different machine but you inspired me to try and it worked perfectly.

This genuinely works, folks. Thank you, James, little tips, like "take a photo of all the connections before you go any further" were perfect. Most of the time/nervous energy was spent getting my plastic housing off, whilst ensuring I didn't snap any connectors. Cheers, Howard. (with a Nespresso Magimix 11 317 UK)

Excellent video James!! I just fixed mine according to your instructions and it works well again. I would have probably binned it if it wasn't for this video. Only difference with my machine was that the brewing unit was held down by torx instead of crossheads, but for the rest it was identical!!

I cannot thank you enough. That went perfectly, and you have saved Christmas. 🙏🏽

Thank you so much for this video. We have just repaired our machine and saved ourselves around 100 euro

What a great video. I followed your clear instructions and fixed our coffee machine. For those in the UK the IFIXIT tool kit is cheaper if you order it from US Amazon than from the UK site (even allowing for shipping etc).

Firstly, what a wonderful video - both precise and easy to follow and, more important, leads to a successful outcome, as it once again works perfectly. There are only a couple of things I would add. Firstly, I think James was very unlucky with his machine ,as I've had mine a number of years before the "water tray" problem ocurred. Because mine was older than James' machine, I gave my Magimix Nespresso a really good clean whilst it was in parts and before I re-assembled it. I did take James' advice and I bought the oval screwdriver as this made unscrewing the base very easy, other than the comment about having the last corner of the base "difficult" to separate. But it does come off. The only thing which might catch somebody out was that the old M190 brew unit (the bit that needed replacing) was attached to the unit with four T10 torx screws - and you got it, I didn't this size screwdriver! So, having purchased one, problem solved. Overall, a successful replacement following a perfect demonstration on how to do it. Thanks Paul. Peter McCaffrey

To remove the oval screws out on mine, I heated the end of a biro pen tube (ink cartridge removed) and pushed it onto the screw head. Because it's hot, it takes the form of the screw head and they can be unscrewed. Great if you're impacient and don't want to order the specialist version.

Our old Kurig coffee maker quit after about 10 years. This new one has several upgrades like not being “on” 24 hrs a day. I like that it turns off after an hour no or so. Works great.

Many thanks James, great video and and easy to follow. Now how my Scout badge for fixing coffee machines! Here's to a decent Sunday coffee and happy wife too!

An excellent explanation of the fix for this common (why?) fault on these `Nespresso machines. Mine was about 2.5 years old which seems to be a common timeframe for this problem to emerge . Thanks - money saved on a replacement

Thanks for the very clear demonstration. We fixed our Magimix machine. About 25GBP for the replacement part. We bought the special screwdriver from Germany for a few Euros after failing with pliers - well worth it. Great to have "proper" coffee again!

Thanks for posting this, very thorough and helpful 👍nice straight forward repair and saved me a lot of money! Thanks for the link too, great service from magimix spares 🙂

Thanks, James for this beautifully clear video. Saved my machine from the bin!

Cheers James, Great video revealing all tricks to be able to open and close the whole thing. I succeeded getting it all working again. Cheers and enjoy your coffee Paul

thanks for this vid, just repaired the little blue water pipe from the capsule box which was leaking at the other end, and out the unit. Looks like it was designed about a half inch too short causing a stress fracture. Now I've noticed a slight leak from the capsule box but I will live with that until it gets too much.

Thank you so much for the video, inspired me to fix my machine. I replaced the rubber o ring in the brewing unit, cost 10 cents, time 30 minutes, this worked for me. Thanks again.

Thank you soo much. Just fixed my machine and would never would have done this without your guide.

Thank you for showing us how to do and I have done it with opening only four main screws and then made a cut on top so I can use flat screwdriver now. Ordered the part cost £29 including delivery. It’s do able with opening bottom 4 screws only.

Thank you James! Perfect tutorial, our dear coffee machine is now fixed :)

Excellent video and very well done James your video helped me fix my machine and it was great help posting the link to the parts which are spot on. Only thing was my part was held in with torx 15 screws not star head.

Thank you very much for this video. Tonight me and my son followed your video and fixed our troubled coffeedonkey. Cheers!

Thanks very much for making the video. I got the most benefit out of pulling the coffee machine apart. It gave me the confidence to pull on the plastic a bit harder than I wanted too. What I wanted to say thought to help you and your viewers, is you don't have to buy that part. You were so close to fixing the entire problem without spending a cent / penny. The part you say not to strip... and buy another one. You are right, don't strip it, it is all to do with the lever action of the pod being put in place, except for one part... the part that the flat side of the pod pushes against. That part is the reason the water is in the bottom, because it's blocked and the water is not going through. So... take out the little grate with the flat blade screwdriver, clean it with a toothbrush, put it back into place... done. No need to buy the part, just put everything back together. If you still have your old ones it will be easy to see what I mean. Go to the front where the flat side of the pod goes against the coffee machine, there is a plastic grate. (You have nothing to lose, you have already bought new parts) you will see a place where you can lever it out with a small screwdriver, hold it up to the light and you will see nothing. Clean it with a toothbrush under running water on both sides, hold it up to the light... there you go... a heap of little holes. Click it back in... done. I made a little video for you and your viewers so you can see what I mean. One very small little extra thing, and it doesn't cost anything next time. You don't want to spend 25 Euro every two years. We have had ours for almost exactly 8 years, and we figure we would have put through 3000 coffees. however we only used filtered water, this could have made a difference. This is the video I made for you so you don't have to buy the part in future ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x4ygWJ_E6Mc.html

Thank you so much for this video! Seems to be a relatively common problem with the Citiz recently. Disappointing since the manuf does not seem to acknowledge (at least in the US), and the 'keep descaling' advice is getting old. It is a struggle to remove those awful screws, but only took ten minutes and good needle nose pliers - not much point buying the tool since i've already thrown the screws away and will easily replace with phillips head screws. Maybe you can get the cover off without pulling the screws, but far easier if you do. Note that if your target is only the brew head, it's not necessary to completely remove the base connections to get enough access to remove the side covers. If you are in the US, the replacement brew head is harder to find - I finally found one for 44 dollars, and notice that PayPal went back to the UK so that's where it is coming from. Again, thank you James!

Thanks so much for this video James. We couldn't have repaired our CitiZ without it. Good as new now. Thanks again.

Great video, easy to follow and my machine no longer leaks like a sieve! Thanks you

Thank you for this; very helpful I was tempted to throw my magimix in the bin. I'll be watching/rewinding this video several times whilst I fix mine.

Great video! New brew unit arrived yesterday (£29 inc. delivery) and took half an hour to fit following the video. The leak, which was cascading through, has stopped completely. Thanks!!

A brilliant demo. managed to repair my magimix machine for £29. rather than paying nespresso for repairing it at a premium cost!

Thanks for the video James. A great help and all working fine now. Well worth buying the special tool (or similar kit in your second video) which makes life a lot easier. 👍

Brilliant instructional! Fiddly job but straightforward enough.

I had a go at taking the brew unit apart and it seems easier than what you have already done to get to the brew unit. Less chance of snapping plastic tabs and easy to put back together. I only found one D-Ring seal... DRings are tricky to find 'off the shelf'. I tried BS125 2.62mm Section 33mm Bore EPDM Rubber O-Rings which seems a little small but seems to have fixed the leak for now. So, if you got this far, I recommend trying just replacing the seal. Maybe try a very slightly bigger one. I don't know how long this fix will last...

Thanks for your vid. I fetched mine from the basement, where it has been collecting dust and did the repair. I managed to fix it with thorough cleaning of the chamber and seals with vinegar acid and soap. We have very hard water where I live, so I'm thinking the seal was somehow clogged up with calcium.

Excellent video! I wish it was for the Pixie, because my machine has the exact same problem and I haven't found any instructions for repair.

Found that the Magimix M190 is similar construction. Bought the replacement brew unit and discovered the leak was just as bad after fitting it. It turned out the plastic spout (not supplied with the new brew unit) has two levels feeding the spout (the spout appears to be split in four, but its 2 x 2) and the lower level was blocked. In retrospect I could possibly have cleaned this with a pipe cleaner without taking the unit apart. With the spout lower level unblocked, the machine does not leak.

Thanks for posting. Wandering how you knew how to disassemble, excellent. I went on and disassembled the brew chamber to replace the o ring (already had a spare) . All good.

Thanks for this video! Great instructions! I definitely recommend spending the money on the oval tool.

Great video thanks, but I had the same water leak problem, I just unplugged it, but it in the kitchen sink and cleaned the brew chamber with a Waterpik flosser, then descaled it, and it works great again, no leak or initial water before coffee when brewing. Perhaps worth a try before you go for the full rebuild! (we use the plastic Bestpresso capsules from Walmart, perhaps they leak coffee grinds a bit more?)

Excellent James, saved us a chunk of change! Very many thanks!

Thank you James, your video is very helpful, My machine has the same issue, Nespresso citiz which is almost identical to your machine. Much appreciated.

Housing unit from Magimix-spares €41.29 Euro (delivered from GB to Ireland)...... Special screw tool from Alibaba ONLY €1.19 (And this included delivery by post from China in just a few days, f...ing incredible !). Watch the video (took photos) and simply got the job done, easily in 20mins (and still forgot to put back the front nozzle, hahaha). PERFECT ! THANKS MR ROBERTS.

Absolutely brilliant video! Anyone can follow it and Saved me a new coffee machine. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this. I have just replaced the brew unit in my Nespresso machine.

Did this today following your instructions and worked like a dream :-) Only tricky point was getting the housing off which took quite a time but other than that perfectly simple. Thanks so much.

Thanx fixed my nespresso myself, With the help of you’re video

Thank you very much! Couldn’t work out how to take the cover odd. It is so evil to have those really subtle oval screws. Cynically designed to stop us repairing the machines and forcing us to use their expensive repair service or buy a new one. Saw another video suggesting that it usually is the percolation plate so hopefully when I eventually get it open I will be able to unblock the holes.

May have already been posted but this has post has been on a while so thought I would share my experience. I bought a ‘leaking’ machine and dismantled the unit as per above (quite straightforward just need to be careful with plastic as per most posts on here). Read on another post that you should replace o ring which is within the brewing unit (see other video on here). That looked ok so put it back - cleaned sprout (lots of coffee buildup) and then ran it through again. Leak still coming from just behind spout when capsule clamps onto front of unit. Still same - although slightly less pouring out. Anyway - ran descaled through couple of times and hey presto leak almost gone. So, moral of story - run the descaler before you start taking everything apart in case it does cure it!! Better than £30 for new brewing unit... Not sure if this will work for everyone - I’ve still ordered o ring and will probably change anyway before putting back together. Trust this helps a few people! I also replace all the star headed and oval screws with cross head screws - why they use those I don’t know (actually I do it’s so that people send back to the repairers!)

Thanks so much; followed your instructions; worked a treat and saved plenty of money!

Thanks for the video. Have disassembled mine and now waiting on new part..starting from the top down I was able, easily, to get sides of with gentle easing. So did not need to remove base

Thank you very much. Was easier than expected.

Thank you so so much for making this video and including links to the parts, saved me so much money!!!

The oval screws are called jura screws, and the star ones are torx. I'd never heard of the jura type until my neighbour's machine needed work.

Thanks very much for sharing, this worked a treat. Time for another coffee. Happy days.

Thank you for a great informative video. I followed every step while waiting 15 days for the part (Israel was out of the posting list- I ordered from Italy/ebay). Your video . helped a lot and the 2nd video from Aug 9th was exactly for my machine It is a very good feeling to fix by yourself, considering Nespresso attitude towards fixing problems Thank you and good luck to everybody Cheers!

Thanks for the instructions, very clear and quite concise! I invested in the special oval screw driver and this made things very easy. Having replaced the brew unit (Torx screws on my CITIZ brew unit as mentioned below) I found water still drips from the new unit. Suspect that this is 'expected behaviour' as there is a collection reservoir - just mentioned in case someone goes to the trouble of changing the unit when it only drips slowly! (Unless you found the replacement unit didn't leak at all!) Well done for the video!

Good Video, very concise, I have two of these machines one of them is in the loft which I shall now repair, the other one also ruins capsule on a regular basis I phoned Nespresso and got the stock reply to descale more often which didn't work, this one I shall also now repair. Thanks.

Great video, thanks for sharing. So pleased to be able to fix the machine myself

Hi, I want to thank you for this video. I have the exact same problem since like 2 years with my 4 year old Essenza Mini. It was always annoying enough to bug me but not enough to make me buy a new one. Tonight I said enough and tried gooling the problem. I dismounted the unit with a bit of help from you - a bit of struggle (looks somewhat different), I think I broke a plastic clip holding the button panel, but it should still be ok - and ordered the part for 46 euro. I'm fairly convinced it's still the same looking at the images. It's a shame parts are this expensive when a new unit costs 99 euro, but I decided I'll take the risk just for the heck of it, screw manufacturers, I'll gamble and if lucky it should serve me for some more time. #righttorepair

Excellent video, very helpful. Thank-you so much.

Had excess water leaking into the drip tray and overflowing onto the counter from our Nespresso Citiz C121. Watched this video and replaced the extractor. Back up and running. Thanks so much for the video!! As a heads up, I tried to clean up the old extractor by further disassembly but a small spring came off the back of the capsule housing part (can be detached, 2 retaining clips) and the silicone seal at the back of the extractor that connects the water hose became unseated and difficult to get reseated without worry of a leak once all back together. I gave in and bought a new extractor. I'm sure someone could figure out where and how to reset the spring but it was not worth it to me. I think it is best just to buy a new extractor which comes with a new silicone seal for the water hose. Hope this helps someone.

Great help put the whole thing back together with enormous care. but, no water getting through, water in the tank and pump working. Any ideas?

Adding my public thanks! Brilliant video, helped me do the exact same repair, thank you!

Very useful. I did manage to get the sides off mine without removing the bottom.