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Damn washing machine has just sprung a leak. Leak is definitely coming from underneath (towards the front) as I can just see it dripping.
Recently the machine has also been making a LOT of noise while on a fast spin.
If I end up employing an engineer to fix this, what is a likely ROUGH cost?
I live near Carmarthen, Wales.
Thanks
Re: Bosch WFD 2471 – noise and leak!
TBH without seeing it anyone would struggle to cost it.
The leak could be any one of a number of things.
The noise is liable to be either something in it that shouldn’t be and needs fished out or possibly bearings. They’d be the favourites but no guarantee of either being the culprit.
K.
Re: Bosch WFD 2471 – noise and leak!
Thanks very much. There is also a very slight and variable grinding/rubbing noise as I manually turn the drum.
In addition to that, I had a look at the debris trap and found a LOT of debris in it – I removed the debris and tried another wash and noticed that even though the debris trap was in tight, water was seeping out from it AND there was once again water dripping from underneath the machine.
Even when the machine had been emptied of water, on removing the debris trap again there was still a lot of water coming out. I’m assuming there is a blockage as well as a leak somewhere in addition to possibly dodgy bearings?
Time for a new machine I think!
Re: Bosch WFD 2471 – noise and leak!
Hmm.
Sounds like the bearings are gone and, after some fruitless digging about and finding this particular Bosch listed as a culprit in the trade’s “outrageous spares pricing” thread for the cost of the PCB I tracked down that the bearings come as a rear crosspiece it seems. There may well be a bearing kit for it but, I can’t find it.
Rear crosspiece is listed at about £83 or so plus VAT. So probably the best part of £150 to fix inclusive depending on what else is up with it and causing the leak.
Depends on the age of it whether it’s worth having a go to be honest.
HTH
K.
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