Hotpoint Aquarius WML560 washes but won’t spin

[al_b]

I’m flummoxed by this.

The machine washes and rinses perfectly well, fills heats and empties OK. However when it gets to the spin part of the cycle it constantly turns over at 100rpm or so and has a number of attempts to run up to the full spin speed, but never gets going properly. Changing the spin speed setting makes no difference. After 15-20 minutes or so it stops, unlocks the door, flashes the lights etc.

The vertical lights showing are the lock, end and spin.
By my reading that’s fault code F11 “drain pump can’t be activated” but the pump works fine as it drains the water and runs all the time the spin is trying to get going. I’ve had the drum to pump pipe off and it’s all clear, no foreign objects, very little gunged up soap and the hose isn’t blocked. The pump itself turns over freely when sticking a finger in and moving the rotor.
If I’ve read the lights wrong it would be F05 which reports a drain blockage issue.

The drum turns smoothly and the belt runs true – so the motor speed is consistent and shouldn’t be causing the out of balance detection to kick in (my initial suspicion given the behaviour)

The label on the back reads
L2 (54511) WML560P 808280202

the CE one has 195049127 along the top
Type LB2006TRF

Any thoughts? If any more information is needed let me know.

Alan

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WML560 washes but won’t spin

First three lights from bottom upwards on steady is F07, heater relay stuck, faulty pcb most likely cause.

[al_b]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WML560 washes but won’t spin

From the bottom up the row of lights are
Lock
End
Pump out
Spin
Rinse
Wash

So the ones I’ve got are nos 1,2 and 4.

The error code drawings use only 5 of the 6 lights, so if the Lock one is ignored it’s F05 ‘pressure switch or pump’

Or am I reading it totally wrong?

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WML560 washes but won’t spin

There could be an error in the official manual as far as the description of each light is concerned but the position or ‘number’ of the lights is the same regardless. See attached image.

1+2+4 is F11, pump cannot be activated.

You do have an Indesit machine which is known to have some of the flakiest electronics on the market so anything is possible. 🙁

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