AEG 87695WD washer dryer driving me mad please help :)

[Gokhk]

Ok mate will try 30 mins or so but if it’s not the valve what else is there ? As I can’t see how to clean the unicorn condenser plus no errors are being tripped which according to andy if blocked would be happening.

im at a loss , I really am.

Thanks for your patience and replies this far.

[andyjawa]

I was somewhat unsure at the time about the this valve diagnosis because it is not overly common! What I did do was to take the old offending valve home and rig up a test lead using ( which I presume you won`t have ) a spare 2 wire connector with its foot of wire cut off a spare old Indesit wiring loom and wired the other end into live and neutral of a spare mains cable and twisted the end bare wires 1 to live and t`other 1 to neutral and then isolated each with electrical tape. Then plugged the mains cable into the mains socket. You will hear the valve very faintly hum then if FAULTY it will eventually fail. You might not have given it enough time to fail as someone else has pointed out. Mine eventually failed after about 10 to 15 mins and as soon as it did – no humming: power off, UNPLUGGED, and then tested with a meter using the 2 solder circular dots on top of the green solenoid = open circuit coil. I then left this alone for 30 minutes (?) and then measured with my meter as before and got a reading = a circuit. So it fails and cools down it then forms a circuit again. I then re-ran the same test again and it failed again but I did not bother timing how long any of this took to screw-up ( hmm, I wish I had ), but it was a shorter time than before until it did.
What I can tell you is that the customer never called me back so she either thinks I`m a total nob end ( I can`t possibly believe that is true! ) and didn`t bother calling me back to face da music …BUT…..I can assure you she would`ve it it had not cured the problem since, as you point out and quite rightly, the part is not particularily cheap. It has been a fair few months since it was fixed.

[Gokhk]

andyjawa wrote:I was somewhat unsure at the time about the this valve diagnosis because it is not overly common! What I did do was to take the old offending valve home and rig up a test lead using ( which I presume you won`t have ) a spare 2 wire connector with its foot of wire cut off a spare old Indesit wiring loom and wired the other end into live and neutral of a spare mains cable and twisted the end bare wires 1 to live and t`other 1 to neutral and then isolated each with electrical tape. Then plugged the mains cable into the mains socket. You will hear the valve very faintly hum then if FAULTY it will eventually fail. You might not have given it enough time to fail as someone else has pointed out. Mine eventually failed after about 10 to 15 mins and as soon as it did – no humming: power off, UNPLUGGED, and then tested with a meter using the 2 solder circular dots on top of the green solenoid = open circuit coil. I then left this alone for 30 minutes (?) and then measured with my meter as before and got a reading = a circuit. So it fails and cools down it then forms a circuit again. I then re-ran the same test again and it failed again but I did not bother timing how long any of this took to screw-up ( hmm, I wish I had ), but it was a shorter time than before until it did.
What I can tell you is that the customer never called me back so she either thinks I`m a total nob end ( I can`t possibly believe that is true! ) and didn`t bother calling me back to face da music …BUT…..I can assure you she would`ve it it had not cured the problem since, as you point out and quite rightly, the part is not particularily cheap. It has been a fair few months since it was fixed.

Cheers Andy im pretty sure i tested the first time for 30 mins and it was filling though cant say if it was constant but i wll try one more time just to be sure

As a hail mary im gonna run a cleaning cycle for drying which is stated in manual not expecting anything but want to rule it out , doubt fan is blocked as clothes are hot wouldn’t that indicate fan is pushing hot air in ? Can hear in running so again im certain its drawing the air back in. Again will try sticking something in to dislodge any fluff but cant get in proper due to it being a glued unit and heating elements.

The issue i believe is that the hot air is not being condensed hence the hot and damp clothes but maybe im wrong , this is by far the hardest fault iv ever tried to repair 🙁

Lets see one final push and if not i give up as i spent hours on it already

[andyjawa]

The issue i believe is that the hot air is not being condensed hence the hot and damp clothes but maybe im wrong , this is by far the hardest fault iv ever tried to repair. Yeah I see your point but which would still point to the valve at fault; could even be electrically ok but mechanically the valve is not opening enough which is, admitedly, very rare unless of course the valves restricter ( that yellow (?) plastic bung thing shoved into the valve`s exit nozzle is part blocked up but that is not common but a possibility all the same ) . Of course the same symptom could be said of a partial blockage in the condenser but a full blown blockage would normally take out the dryer o/load ( = no power to the dryer elements = no heat ) as previously mentioned. What I do where the condenser is part of a moulded tank ( ever increasingly common these days…a cost cutting measure ) having removed or put to the side the fan blower manifold unit to one side is to use the machines inlet pipe, if it will reach, and put it down the through into the condenser and spray water into it at mains water pressure for less than 10 seconds. Close the machine`s door just in case you get overly enthusiastic otherwise wet floor and feet because the tank is going to fill up! It goes without saying but I`m going to stress it: do not forget to electrically unplug the machine! Other than these pointers I am now at a loss.

[Gokhk]

Cheers Andy im going to give your suggestions a go , although i cant see how i would get something to go in condenser bar taking off fan and pouring something down the hole , as the condenser hose just connects to drawer and then everything from what i can see all goes down same the black thick detergent hose in to drum , not sure how water then gets trickled gets to condenser ?

Again thanks so much for the time, As i said its been demoralising so after this last attempt i will give up as its gotten me down.

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