{"id":5888,"date":"2022-06-19T20:21:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5888"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:48:25","slug":"home-diy-fixing-a-hotpoint-washing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5888","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Fixing A Hotpoint Washing Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We have one of these; Hotpoint WMXTF 842P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today I decided I\u2019d try once again to sort out our washing machine. I\u2019ve tried several times before, without succeeding. According to the rather scant Hotpoint support, on YouTube, 90% of issues are due to the filter getting blocked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve attended to this filter several times. It\u2019s occasionally had a little crap in it. And I really mean a very<\/em> little. But mostly it\u2019s been pretty clean and empty, i.e. free of any serious obstructions. Never enough to have caused the blockage and drainage issues we\u2019ve faced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eugh! The area under the machine was horrid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The most recent and worst of these was when it stopped draining altogether. Meaning that we had to empty the drum using a measuring jug. A faintly unpleasant smell gradually but inexorably turned to a truly rank odour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intuition and common sense suggested that as the filter was pretty clean and totally not<\/em> blocked, then logically the blockage must, surely, be in the drainage hose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I took the hose off – much easier said than done! – and stuck a trombone cleaner down it. Alas, the \u2018bone unblocker isn\u2019t as long as the hose, so I had to attack it from both ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tipped her on her side, to access the hose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After this, I rigged the pipe so it was on a constant downwards gradient, and started running hot water through it. After about five or six flushes, the stinking opaque effluence had turned, if not into wine, at least into clear clean water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After re-assembling the washer, and clipping the hose back in place, I ran a cleaning cycle with some soda crystals added to the drum. It was then that another recurrent fault reared it\u2019s ugly head: the machine never<\/em> reaches the end of any programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sure why, exactly, but whatever program we run, the machine always \u2018hangs\u2019 on one minute remaining\u2026 forever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoses and a tub, outside, in case of overflow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To finish any program off, requires turning the entire machine off, and restarting it set to a rinse \u2018n\u2019 spin (which in turn won\u2019t actually finish!). Bit of a palaver. And a lot of a pain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But not having to bail out stinking dirty water is a tremendous improvement! Compared to which having to fudge finishing wash and rinse cycles is but a minor issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not a slick blogger or YouTuber, and very rarely if ever document these things thoroughly, let alone well! But the few pics here do give an idea of just how dull a job this is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The black clip in the centre releases the hose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That said, and despite the as yet unresolved \u2018won\u2019t finish\u2019 fault, improving the situation does come with a certain pay off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019d be great if we could fix the \u2018one minute remaining\u2019 issue. And we do also need a new front door seal, as well. But, little by little, we\u2019re getting somewhere. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I decided I\u2019d try once again to sort out our washing machine. I\u2019ve tried several times before, without succeeding. According to the rather scant Hotpoint support, on YouTube, 90% of issues are due to the filter getting blocked. I\u2019ve attended to this filter several times. It\u2019s occasionally had a little crap in it. And … <\/p>\n

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