Non-working Dolce Gusto Circolo

I fancied some coffee from the capsule machine the other day, instead of using the brewer. Just wanted a quick cup, so no need to brew a whole litre.

Anyway, found the machine after it had been standing unused for 1.5 years-ish. Plugged it in and fed it water. As soon as I started it, it made a muffled sound instead of the normal ‘brewing-sound’. And no coffee came out. But all the water came out of the underside 😛

First I tried cleaning the injector, but to no avail. Still the same. So I figured it had to be something with the piping somewhere inside it.

Operation fix!

I required a set of torx-drivers, the security-type. Can’t remember the size, sorry.
Removed the backside:

Back cover removed, just 6 torx screws

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