Firstly let me say that I absolutely love my Cafe Barista. It's worked well for 8 years! I got it as a gift from my wife and we've been using it daily with regular cleaning after use. I intially had some issues after 2 years but turned out the porta filter just needed to be soaked in vinegar overnight and that solved the issue. Now I'm having an issue where the pump goes silent after a few seconds and the espresso barely comes out. I've removed the screw and filter from the espresso pump (I assume that's the name) and cleaned out the inside as best as I could with vinegar. Some particles came out but even after this cleaning it still won't work properly. I've even run many cycles with vinegar filled to the 1/2 mark in the water reservoir but it still isn't working. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I absolutely love this and need my coffee!