Indesit WIDXE146 Washer Dryer F-13 Fault

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  • March 14, 2011 at 7:25 am #61644
    wolfiesmith
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    Hi,
    I have an Indesit WIDXE146 Washer Dryer about 2 years old. If I start a wash cycle, the water goes in the soap powder dispenser for about a minute, then it drains for about 15 seconds, then displays “End” then displays “F-13”.
    Searching the net, it seems depending on the model it could be the water inlet valve (although its definetly going into the soap powder dispenser) or the dryer thermistor (but it occurs on the wash cycle, not the dry cycle).
    Any advice on what it could be please.
    Thanks,
    Wolfie

    March 14, 2011 at 8:30 am #347035
    Martin
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    Re: Indesit WIDXE146 Washer Dryer F-13 Fault

    F13 is an error associated with the tumble dryer section. On start-up (even on wash only cycles) the machines electronics self-checks for any circuitry problems. You now have a problem with the dryer. 🙁

    March 14, 2011 at 10:38 pm #347036
    wolfiesmith
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    Re: Indesit WIDXE146 Washer Dryer F-13 Fault

    Hi,
    Is there anything I can check to identify which part of the dryer is at fault? What is it most likely to be?
    Thanks,
    Wolfie.

    March 15, 2011 at 2:20 am #347037
    gandh1
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    Re: Indesit WIDXE146 Washer Dryer F-13 Fault

    first port of call is the dryer element. seem to be going on an annual basis these days. plug out first, obviously

    March 19, 2011 at 5:49 pm #347038
    wolfiesmith
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    Re: Indesit WIDXE146 Washer Dryer F-13 Fault

    Just to let you know the outcome (and anyone else googling the same fault in future), it turned out to be the dryer thermistor.
    Before posting here I rang the Indesit Technical Support who were worse than useless. They said F-13 for my model Washer/Dryer was definitely a problem with the water supply, probably a restriction to the water flow, and would I like to book a service engineer. I couldn’t see anything wrong with the water supply.
    After advice here that it was a dryer fault, I took the top off the machine (unplugged it first) and tested the dryer element with a multimeter (googled it, seemed fine, about 50 ohms) and the dryer thermistor. This was a few meg ohms and googling it, it ought to be a few k ohms. Bought one off the internet and fitted it. Had to take the snail shaped dryer section off and take it apart to change it, took about an hour for the whole job. Just needed a couple of torx screwdrivers and a new tie wrap to re-fix the inlet.
    Thanks all.
    Wolfie.

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