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  • April 3, 2005 at 8:34 pm #8834
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    had a hotpoint aquarius wd420 delivered today and after a couple of wash loads the machine is giving off a smell, a kind of faint ammonia or hot plastic.

    Is this normal as the plastics and rubbers are new and will fade or is it a sign of something wrong.

    thanks.

    April 3, 2005 at 9:09 pm #130707
    Dave_Conway
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    Re: new washing machine has an odd smell

    Probably quite normal Nic.

    Put it on a 90C wash with nothing in it and see how that works out.

    If it continues, then it’s worth a call to Hotpoint customer service.

    Dave.

    April 4, 2005 at 8:14 pm #130708
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    Re: new washing machine has an odd smell

    thanks for the reply dave.

    I did as you said and the smell wasn’t as bad. So i did a wash on 60c and again no strong smell, then I put the dryer (on the high heat setting) and the smell came back.

    Then i noticed steam venting out of the powder drawer.

    So turned it off, waited for it to cool down and took the lid off. The smell is definately hot rubber which i guess is getting heated up by escaping steam.

    Comet are going to have to returned to them cos there must be something wrong with it.

    April 5, 2005 at 7:42 am #130709
    Martin
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    Re: new washing machine has an odd smell

    nic,

    Just a thought, I do hope you have not got the hot and cold filling hoses on the wrong connections :con:

    Martin

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