Drum Clean option – never ending gunk?

[aj84]

Hi all,

New to this forum so thank you in advance for your patience! :- )

In short, I have a Bosch washer dryer WVG30461GB and to be fair, its been working flawlessly for what is coming up to 8 years.
Recently I have decided to give it a bit of TLC and used the Dr Beckmann cleaning powder using the Drum Clean option that I never knew it had.
(1 hour 10 min 90 degree cycle)

Wash 1: Lots of gunk left in the drum so I scooped it all out and cleaned the seals etc. Also cleaned out the filter (almost nothing in there)
Wash 2: Again, used another box of the powder – similar results
Wash 3: Run out of the powder so I just ran it through on the drum clean cycle and… still some light gunk left in the drum.

I assume this is simply a case of the machine finally being able to let go of all this from the inside? Is there a safe time to start using it for a normal wash or should I keep running these hour 10 90c cycles until nothing more comes out?

Thanks in advance
AJ

[aj84]

Did the 6th drum clean after letting it sit overnight and I was quite happy to see no more fluff / gunk So I thought one more…and got a bit back again

Never ending

[andyjawa]

well if that is the first time you`ve cleaned the inside of the machine out after 8 years I`m not at all surprised. Proves one thing that Dr Beckman does work!!

[aj84]

Agreed ! I suppose because I don’t know the ins and outs of a drum, I can’t figure out what it “could” look like behind it assuming somewhere its holding all this gunk is being stuck to.

The question would be how many times do I keep washing at 90c on drum cycle before admitting defeat or would the general idea be keep running until nothing more comes out?

[andyjawa]

The latter idea. Although it will take time and of course money but it will be cheaper than a new machine by a massive margin!!
Not pre-empta disaster but these are the part numbers and prices of a typical 8 year old plus failure point when the either the bearings fail or the spider support cracks due to rotting since the machine has never been descaled / desludged
All the tank unit is is a container for a s/steel drum, drum support ( known as a spider ) and the drum bearings as major expensive parts. The drum and spider comes as one unit part 00770734 @ £178.64, the rear plastic tank half with prefitted bearings part 00710176 @ £192.94 ( think the tank seal is included with a rear half tank if not that part is £14.64 part 00647912 ) If/when any of that little lot goes South, which it could well do, you`ll know what to do at those prices and call it a day and I suggest you then buy a new machine.

[aj84]

Thank you ! This has been really helpful and informative especially taking the time to get part numbers etc.

I definitely do not think I would bother spending that kind of money repairing it given the two combined would be close to what I paid for it originally. It’s served us well/had a good life so it will be a case of running it to the ground and replacing as and when.
For now, it works great apart from this gunk but I can see it is reducing so there might be light at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks again for your help/advice!

[andyjawa]

I definitely do not think I would bother spending that kind of money repairing it the most sensible comment that I have heard in the last 5 days!

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