indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

[grepmonkey]

Hi, the machine has the second light from the left lit – the wash light. I can hear a whirring but there is nothing happening. This goes on until you power off the machine. The filters dont look blocked, the machine is a couple of years old.

Can anyone advise what I can do next to find/fix the problem?

Cheers
GM

[Penguin45]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Inlet valve failure.

Power off before taking any panel off.

Penguin45.

[grepmonkey]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Thanks Penguin45,

I am assuming that the inlet valve is the first electrical attachment to the incoming water tube. If this is the case I cant see any screws – how do you get it off?

thanks for your help
GM

[Penguin45]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Looks like a slot in type – IIRC, you remove the upper of the two rear panels and it slides out.

Penguin45.

[grepmonkey]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Thanks Penguin45.

I have a white thing on the water inlet with a slot in card type iirc, so it must be it. Im assuming its the iirc that I need to replace and not the white plastic module or is it the whole lot?

Cheers

GM

[iadom]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

grepmonkey wrote:

I have a white thing on the water inlet with a slot in card type iirc, so it must be it. Im assuming its the iirc

Err, http://tinyurl.com/2c8un3 I guess you don’t do the acronym thing then, 😉 The first one in the list is the one you are looking for. 8)

The inlet valve will look something like this http://tinyurl.com/yt82gm without the metal plate. IIRC 😀

Jim.

PS. That model number does not match the current list from Indesit, do you mean an IDL500? You would have to check the inlet valve with a multimeter or meggar to find out if it was electrically faulty. Also worth checking that you actually have a water supply to the valve and that the filter in the valve is not clogged up.

[grepmonkey]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Cheers – I guess not I thought it was a type of pcb!

Thanks

GM

[grepmonkey]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Hi,

is that inlet valve the same as the solenoid valve?
http://www.4indesit.co.uk/cgi-bin/produ … path=52688

Thanks
GM

[iadom]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

The inlet valve is the solenoid valve. 🙂

Jim.

[grepmonkey]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Hi,

I replaced the inlet valve, but I still have the same problem. Any other ideas?

Thanks
GM

[iadom]

Re: indesit dl500 wash lights – but no action

Possibly engineer, Time, the electronic controls on Indesit machines are some of the least reliable on the market but we are getting into guesswork now.

Jim.

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