cold water problems

[samant]

I have a fisher & Paykel smartdrive 051. Everything is connected ok and has been running fine however the cold water has been reduce to a trickle coming into the machine. I have checked everything outside the machine, pipes, taps etc. and conclude the problem is between the machine cold water connection and the washing cylinder. Cna anyone provide me with a clue as to what the problem might be or how to fix it.

[KiwiwantsworkinCanada]

Re: cold water problems

Replace the cold water valve if the filters are clear, 1x filter inside valve, just take hose off back and pull filter out of valve, and there should be a filter in the tap end of the hose. P/n 426143 for cold valve

[samant]

Re: cold water problems

Thanks for your reply. Just where the hose connects to the machine, on the machine side of the connection there is a tiny filter. I wasn’t sure if I should attempt to take this out or not as it seemed quite secure. In any case it looks completely ok. I’m not quite sure where the valve is that you mentioned or how to get to it….

[KiwiwantsworkinCanada]

Re: cold water problems

Turn the power off at the wall, remove the top console, and the cold valve is the one on the L H side. You will have to remove the motor controller, and the fill chamber which both valves sit in. The seal that seals the valve in the fill chamber needs to be removed and fitted to the new valve.

Let us know how you get on 🙂

[samant]

Re: cold water problems

HI, Thanks for all your help. When I remove the top console there is another cover below that. Where the hot/cold connections come into the machine there is also a cover above that on the inside with a screw in the centre and two on the outside. This is then conected to the rest of the panel that runs along the full length. Where the water comes in it has two things going down into it on hot and cold. Do I remove all the screws and take these covers off too or are these the valves I need to remove somehow without doing that. Sorry I don’t know the terminology so I don’t know what the motor controller or fill chamber are.

[FastAndPro]

Re: cold water problems

Make sure the power plug is out. The cold inlet is conected to the cold hose.
dont worry about the filter you would see the dirt.
Make sure you take the seal off and fit it to the new valve
It may pay to get a service person in for the job to save the hassle
JIm

[samant]

Re: cold water problems

Thanks Jim, A service person was my first hope, I write computer code, not fix washers, but with only one in the area who can possibly fix it but unfortunately doesn’t know anything about telephones i.e. how to answer a call or return a message I’m stuck with an every increasing pile of dirty clothes…. or I can try to fix it myself. I had hoped to find a diagram to assist me but so far i haven’t found one. I’ll work it out somehow. Thanks for your assistance anyway.

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