AEG Lavamat Condenser Dryer

Guys,

The mother in laws dryer is puddling at the bottom at the front where the filters drop in, it looks like the pump is not pumping the water to the top catch tank, took apart the rear lower tank where the pump and float sit and cleared out all the fluff, I ran a cycle with it off, and noticed the pump will only run briefly for around 8 secs, when I push the float up manually, it wont run another cycle after that unless you turn the power off to the dryer and fire it back up, obviously a 8 sec burst isn’t enough to stop the bottom condenser unit from filling with water, anybody have any ideas, float seems to work, pump runs briefly everytime its power cycled, controller maybe ?

Cheers

Gaz