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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Philips Pressurised Steam Generator GC8220, use our service manual.

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    • first remove the first screw of the side panel.

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    • note : keep a plan of the screws. or a magnetic platform.

    • now remove the upper screw in the white plastic plate.

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    • remove the 2 srews and the metal plate.

    • remind where all the cables run to.

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    • remove the srews from the lower panel.

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    • now remove the upper blue plastic from the iron itself.

    • click the wires loose. ( you can click it loose at the metal part of the wire,there is a little metal clip you have to push and then pull the wire out.)

    • if you put it togheter again , notice that the steam button is in his place.

    • note: again, see where the wires run at.

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    • remove the screw at the pointed side of the iron.

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    • remove the bottom plate screws.

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    • remove the blue bottom plate and the cables

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    • remove al the wires from the sockets.

    • remove the white and blue plastic case around the iron.

    • remove the red dot (rubber)

    • and remove the 2 black dot rubbers.

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    • remove the rubber wire (red/orange color) and the metal pin arround it.

    • tip : if you heat it up , it come loose easy

    • tip : If the iron bottom plate is full of calc , you can put it in a bucket full of hot water with a lot of vinegar. (and i mean a lot!)

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    • Now we start with the biggest part of the iron. the boiler and the water reservoir unit.

    • remove the 3 torx srews at the iron plate. they are under the rubber footclips.

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    • after removing the metal plate, you see two tubes.

    • remove the plastic holder with the two tubes.

    • remove the plastic from the tubes.

    • tip : remind where the black tube is put in and where the red tube is in.

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    • remove the torx screws inside the plastic holes, you'll need a longer torx screwdriver.

    • remove the other two torx screws in front of the machine ,where the waterreservoir normaly is. (i don't have a picture of this.) but the screws are visible

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    • remove the body of the machine and you'll see the boiler and the electronics, pump...

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    • remove the screws of the control panel.

    • pull the control panel out.

    • remove the connectors from the board.

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    • remove head electrical wire ( power )

    • reminder : keep a plan from where to where to wires go. I made a electrical plan only for the boards, so i knew where to plug the wires in again.

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    • remove second board ( pull), be carefull and attentively. here are a lot of wires. ,again keep in mind where the wires go.

    • tip: the colors of the wires are also on the board.

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    • remove white plastic safety valve. (pull)

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    • remove the thick grey and white kabel, that runs from the boiler unit to the iron by removing the two torx screws and the metal plate.

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    • now we will remove the pump.

    • remove the small and the thicker wire. remaind witch one goes where.

    • note : if the pump in your iron is broke you should remove the tubes and wires. ( see third picture) I did'nt do it cause i only opened mine for removing calc from boiler and iron.

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    • now we will remove the rest of the wires and cables.

    • and at the same time we will remove the blue part ( steam valve.) Use a wrench.

    • tip : be carefull for the black tube.

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    • now , the last part : the boilerunit.( the most expensive part of the hole machine too!! Here in Belgium you will pay arround 115 USD$ ( 83 euro)

    • be carefull with the last wires. some of them ( and also the thick black tube) are realy hard to remove.

    • tip: to uncalc the boiler, fill it up to 1/3 with realy hot water and the rest with vinegar. let it rest for an hour or 4.

    • tip 2 : if you unclac the boiler , be carefull with some wires, you can't remove them all if you only going to uncalc the machine.

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