Hotpoint 95360 inlet valve filter

[inisfad]

Ah, ok. Will put that on my to do list….4+ hours with this today is enough for today….:). I’ll start filling the drum normally, through the inlet valves to where it started to leak last time, to see if any of my effort had any effect. If it still leaks, I’ll take the front off again and fill to the door seal level. I do have a pump that will help me remove most of the water, and will be able to see if the seal is the fault. Thanks for the suggestion…..

[inisfad]

Just to confirm, as my Hotpoint washing machine isn’t listed, would this seal fit my washer??
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/1603293-hotpoint-others-washing-machine-tub-gasket

[iadom]

That looks like a WMA seal. This is the one you need. https://www.ransomspares.co.uk/parts/washing-machines/hotpoint/front-drum-seal/1639.htm?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}20-{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}20Brands&utm_term=4578366453994709&utm_content=Hotpoint

[inisfad]

Thank you. Ordered!! Hopefully my hands will heal by the time this comes in the post…..Those clips were a horror!!

[iadom]

Never, ever found those clips a problem easy to flip on with finger and thumb.

[inisfad]

Wow. I’m sorry, then, that you weren’t here when I had to do them. I found them really difficult to do, but i don’t have really strong hands.

[iadom]

inisfad wrote:Wow. I’m sorry, then, that you weren’t here when I had to do them. I found them really difficult to do, but i don’t have really strong hands.

I should have said it’s easy when you have done it literally thousands of times.:cool:

[inisfad]

I’m unable to do anything physical about this issue for the next couple of days, but still trying to figure this out mentally. My machine didn’t noticeably leak until the suspension rod repair was done. Initially, I thought that perhaps the old rod had punctured the plastic tub, but my ‘experience’ yesterday showed that this was not the case.
So, what else changed, from pre-suspension rod repair to post suspension rod repair?? As I was putting the back of the machine on yesterday, there is a small label about the height of the drain hose. That hose was initially clipped to the back of the machine, about a foot (or more) from the ground. When we did the repair, the guy who helped with the suspension rod unclipped the hose, and left it unclipped, saying that keeping it this way would allow me to pull the machine out further. The drain hose is elevated, by the way, when it connects to the house drain. While I imagine a leak is a leak, regardless of whether that hose is clipped, would this have anything to do with my current issue? Other than the suspension rod, the drain hose is the only other thing that was changed. I may be grasping at straws, but the fact that there was no leak prior to my suspension repair, has me confused….????

[iadom]

Very common to remove that hose clip to allow better access. Possible that you may have disturbed something as you pushed and heaved the machine around. Not easy for us to know without actually getting hands on or with visuals of the machine.

[inisfad]

I guess I have to go through a process of elimination. At least I know that the plastic tub is ok. I’ll start filling the machine again, and try to be more accurate about where the drip is coming from. My previous calculation is a bit misleading….the machine in 19.5 inches deep, but it also is about 5 to 6 inches from the rear wall, so that, while the cardboard I had under the machine indicated that the leak was coming from middle of the machine, it actually is very possible that it was coming from the rear. I understand that without you seeing the machine, you respond according to my info, and I suppose that the logical interpretation is that something was disturbed, either with me heaving the machine around, or while laying it on its side when we did the suspension. I’ll keep looking…..

[iadom]

Have you watched the machine by removing the lower back panel?

[inisfad]

No, but I will try that. The back panel is slightly larger than the pulley, so you can somewhat see around it. I’m a bit if a p*ssy….I know that it might be sensible to actually take the top off and watch the machine to look for the leak, but I can be a bit of an airhead….for example, when doing the inlet valves, I forgot to unplug the machine and one of the inlet valve connectors touched the suppressor next to it. It blew the fuse in the circuit breaker. I’m reading on websites NEVER to do anything with the machine while it’s plugged in; that experienced appliance repair men have been electrocuted, etc.,etc., etc. I was hoping that the ‘evidence’ under the machine would lead me to the culprit, and must admit, my evidence is a bit confusing. The first day after the suspension rod repair, when I noticed the leak, the suspension rod was wet. Now it isn’t anymore. Without the plastic tub leaking, I suspect there are only so many other things that can leak…the hoses, soap dish, inlet valves, drain hose, etc. My ‘new calculation’ seems to lead me toward something at the rear of the machine….drain pump? I just don’t know.
I’m not nearly as nervous watching the machine fill from the rear, where there are no electrics. I’ll try that. Thanks!

[inisfad]

Well, that was easy. I took the back off the machine. It’s the pump that’s leaking. Not the hoses going to and from it, but directly under the pump. Coincidence that this should start after I repaired the suspension? And just how easy (and expensive) is replacing the pump? Is it something like pump seals or does the whole pump get replaced??

[inisfad]

I’m also reading that the pump can get ‘clogged’?? There is no filter on this machine. Is clogging an issue? It looks like the pumps are only about GBP30 or so. How difficult is it for me to get at this pump (I suspect perhaps the hardest part will be getting those clamps off the hoses that if been there for 40 years perhaps??)

[inisfad]

And I need some kind of pliers or something that comes out at a 90 degree angle? Naturally, the clamp for the drain hose is facing away, toward the panel. It also appears that the pump is attached to the machine from the bottom, where I’ll have to flip the machine on its back to get the pump out. I’m too stubborn for my own good, it seems…..

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