Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

[tonyrobbo]

Hi, our Hotpoint Aquarius WDL5290 washer/dryer has suddenly got very noisy on spin, it did vibrate a lot prior to this, but the noise has suddenly increased.

You can see/hear it here: http://www.mediasave.co.uk/washer.mp4

The washer is level and when turning the drum by hand it is not noisy, any ideas where to start?

Thanks
Tony

[electrofix]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

concrete weight come loose ?

Dave

[tonyrobbo]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

Thanks Dave, I will have a look and see if any of them are loose.

Tony

[tonyrobbo]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

I have just had another look and this time found a chunk of the front weight and a pile of dust on the floor! 🙁

I have seen the part on the Hotpoint site for about £31 inc delivery, but is it easy to fit?

Also why has it come loose, could there be another fault that has caused this?

Tony

[electrofix]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

have a good look at the mountings if they are damaged too much ( ie been doing it tool long) then tub will need replacing

don’t know how easy the fit is. a lot of hotpoint models the front comes off making it not too bad

Dave

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

Full wrap round cabinet on this machine. so everything has to be lifted out through the top. 🙁
99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time the mounting mouldings on the drum front are too badly damaged or ripped off completely.
Peel back the door seal to check and look up underneath as well.

Drum assembly is around £160 and the earlier drum is no longer available. If you have the earlier drum assembly then it would also need a new condenser to fit with the new drum. Full serial number needed to identify which drum yours has.

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

tonyrobbo wrote:
Also why has it come loose, could there be another fault that has caused this?

Because it is basically a cheapo Indesit under the skin. 🙁

How old is the machine?

[tonyrobbo]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

Its 5 years old. I managed to get the weight off without removing the tub, there is some wear to the plastic lugs, but they are intact. I have ordered a new weight and hope it will still fit ok!

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

I have in the past managed to change the odd lower weight from underneath and through the door opening, good luck.

[tonyrobbo]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

If it does not work and for future reference, what is a good brand to buy as we wont be having another Hotpoint!

[tonyrobbo]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

Well I managed to get the new counterweight on and so far so good!

The machine does still have some vibration as It always has since we moved here with floorboards, cant seem to rectify that!

[1totalshambles]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius very noisy on spin, have a listen!

A long pause of silence! ” what is a good brand to buy as we wont be having another Hotpoint! ” As a washer dryer there isn`t one and I don`t rate Bosch / Neff / or Siemens contraptions now either though once I did, 20 years ago. If you just wanted a washing machine an entry level Beko is ok: cheap to buy, expendable should the worse happen, inexpensive parts, easy to fix brush motor. Whatever you do in my opinion do not buy anything or any make with an inverter motor ( even though your machine is one of these ) as the pcb commonly fails whether part of the motor ( usually an Askoll make hidden under its motor`s plastic cover as per more adventurous Beko and some Whirlpools / Maytags ) or not as in the case of Bosch`s effort as a separate pcb which is also known failure point.

The weight problem on your Hotpoint. Might be a little late now but I have had poor success with the front weight replacement on these Hotpoint creations as usually the lugs are usually too worn. You could, which I have not tried yet, is to use ” no more nails ” glue on the plastic lugs and behind the lugs too as well of course as the original self tapping screws. It either is going to work or not; simple as that otherwise as pointed out by some else you are into new expensive tank territory: don`t go there you`ll regret it!!

All the best.

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