Help on old Zanussi washer

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

clivejameson wrote:…..and it wouldn’t be the first faulty new askol i’ve seen

Indeed Clive 🙂

Dave.

[Penguin45]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Penguin45 wrote:
I personally have about 1 in 25 Askolls faulty.

Does anyone ever read a thread properly? 🙄

😀 😀

Penguin45.

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Thinking about it, a US sourced part won’t work, as washers here are 110v, not 240v, so is anyone up to do some business on this. My suggestion.

I’ll return the current Askoll pump to you (original bag included). You can check it out, If its NOT faulty, then obviously I’m an idiot. If it is faulty, you can send a replacement (I’ll accept a used part), maybe you can return the original to the manufacturer. I’ll pay all ground shipping costs. payment by credit card or by UK cheque. Obviously I wouldn’t pay VAT on the part.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Yep, you can send it to me if you like, I have already asked the question of someone who may be able to supply a 230/240v 60Hz pump, but as it’s the weekend etc 😉

VAT will be payable I’m afraid, it’s just too much hassle to fill out the forms when exporting low value parts. These pumps are only about £15 🙂

A PM please if you want the address to send to.

Dave.

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

PM? sorry, don’t know that.

Incidentally , I stuck the old pump back in this morning to ensure I wasn’t mad and first go it emptied the machine before clattering to a halt…

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Sorry, private message down the bottom of my post 😉

Dave.

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Welcome back, experts. So I got a brand new askoll delivered, stuck it in

Step 1. Filled machine for rinse, turned control to empty – perfect!

Step 2. Put in 1/2 load at 60C
a. First empty, took a few seconds to get going, but then emptied.
b. subsequent empties in cycle, clatter…clatter…clatter.

Arggggggggghhhh!!!!

[Martin]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

That clinches it then as I said before…it’s a voltage thing. 😥

Take the machine to the dump, on the way back drop into Sears and buy a Maytag 😉

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

I’m not sure about that, heres some thoughts:

1. The new pump can empty the machine 3 times out of 5 on a plain rinse. (cold water vs warm?)

2. Once the pump is emptying, there is no clattering. does this mean there is no water in the pump area when it clatters? What else might prevent water getting to the pump? Should we reinvestigate the airlock stuff?

You might be thinking – whats the point in spending all this effort on a crappy old machine, just to let you know:

1. The front loader takes about 1/3 of the water of my US top loader per cycle, and my water rates are rising 20{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} this year.
2. The front loader is a cold fill, and the top loader is a hot fill from a gas-heated boiler, and my gas rates are going up 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} next month. (Electric is only going up 10{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d})
3. Front loaders start at about $750 here…..

4. I will not surrender!!!!!!!

Just to reiterate my continued thanks to everyone helping out on the thread.

Mark

[Martin]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

MNewnham wrote:4. I will not surrender!!!!!!!

EVREN!!!! ….come here a minute, I’ve got a friend of yours here!!!! :rotfl:

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

More testing. My opinion is that it’s the number of fill/empty cycles that is affecting the emptying, that is, within a number of fill/empties within a short period of time, the pump will go from starting to empty within seconds, to longer and longer until after 5 or 6 cycles it wont empty at all. After waiting a number of hours, the cycle above can be repeated.

[bobokines]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Your 240v Supply… Is it generator, invertor or transformer from the 110v supply?

Earlier in this thread, there was a mention that synchronous pumps sometimes won’t work on a ship. This is possibly due to the supply coming from an invertor.

Just a thought

Bob

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Just a straight mains 240v 60Hz

[MNewnham]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

As this thread winds sadly to a close, Just a roundup of my final testing of the machine for those who might have some wild suggestions: Done using cold rinse cycle, 1/2 load.

1. Machine fills then empties correctly. No pump clattering, just a perfect empty.
2. Machine fills again, then pump clatters for 5-10 secs then empties.
3. Machine fills again. Pump clatters, fails to empty machine, but if hose is lowered to ground level to gravity empty machine, pump will kick in correctly when machine is practically empty.

Wait an hour or 2 to repeat process.

Manual check on temperature of pump suggests no overheating.
Have completely removed hoses connected to pump to check for blockages.
Did quick ‘blow’ test on pressure switch to ensure working.

I wont be monitoring this thread after a couple more days, so anyone with any bright ideas can email me at marknewnhams.com.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Mark

[Martin]

Re: Help on old Zanussi washer

Mark,

You have my great respect for your persistence, you really do! You never take “no” for an answer do you? Christ knows how you have got your washing done over the last 6 to 8 weeks or more while this problem with your clapped-out Zanussi has been going on????

Give it up mate, I told you weeks back anyway that ‘the 60 Hertz’ was your problem all along. Let me sleep easy in my bed tonight will you and tell me you have bought a new 110v American machine? (they’re heaps better than the Italian rubbish in your basement after all!)

PLEASE?

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