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Bush a126q washing machine.
Washes clothes fine, apparently drains fine, but won’t fast spin. It will spin slow but then cut off with an error code when it tries to spin fast. The error code is for the door latch, but the door works fine. Opens and closes and stays closed for the cycle. 10 seconds after the cycle it will open. Removed lock and it seems fine
Cleaned bottom filter but not the pipes. Carbon brushes have 1/4 inch left, new ones on order. Any other ideas?
Thanks in advanceRe: No fast spin
make no mistake Bush is one of the low end brands on the market with a sketchy parts availability and a not good reliability problems
http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/abou … appliancesknowing these machines unless is failing motor brushes that arc on higher spins and cause problems scrap it
Dave
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Yea I no it’s a budget one. It was bought 6 years ago as a quick fix and to be fair it has never skipped a beat until now. And it has had a hard life, with sofa cushions etc every month thanks to a scruffy dog haha
A new machine will be purchased but I was hoping for a quick fix until after Christmas.
Strange thing was it worked fine this morning after I posted and has yet to fail today.
Re: No fast spin
intermittent faults can be hard to find but at 6 years old and hard labour the brushes will be well worn so worth a look
Dave
Re: No fast spin
Probably just the air trap blocked up. If you still have it find the pressure switch r/h/side top of machine and track down the thin black pipe to the air trap. Clean this out and it should work. What you might have had is what I call an inververted blockage where the machine actually over fills but you do no know this `cause nothing leaks, on pump out the air trapped in the p/swt pipe cannot escape fast enough = the machine does indeed spin, kind of, but then dies a death 800 to max spin in the given time available given the blockage. The motor brushes may well be out soon too as you say but these are cheap your machine should be fitted with a Selini motor so the brushes should be less than 20 quid. Well worth having a go at repairing despite moans groans and grumbling from elsewhere as these machines are reasonably fair or put it another way I know of £420 Bosch that never made it to their 4th birthday – drum bearing failure. There are a lot of appliance snobs that abound various forums; take no notice, take what you have and fix it.
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