Miele W1742 – Drain fault

[Liza2]

Hi there, we have just bought a second hand Miele W1742 and plumbed it in. Ran an Express wash but it came up with a “Drain Fault” midway through the program.
We disconnected it from the plumbed waste and then ran it again – but this time with the drain hose in a bucket. This allowed the program to run with no problem.
I suspect there is a problem with our waste hose but also someone said that sometimes after moving, machines can get airlocks … is this true?
Any suggestions gratefully received!
Thanks

[1totalshambles]

Re: Miele W1742 – Drain fault

We disconnected it from the plumbed waste and then ran it again – but this time with the drain hose in a bucket. This allowed the program to run with no problem.

Well there you go you know where to look! Looks like either a sealed up under the sink waste hose nozzle, by grudd or by a blue blanking off insert if never been used before, or someone has not cut off the end of the nozzle because you`ve just moved in to your new pad if plumbed out that way and I suspect it is because you use the word ” disconnect “or if down a stand pipe it wouldn`t make sense, other than:
Air locks-they can happen especially if the pump filter was removed for cleaning though usually what happens is the pump pumps for 30 secs not pumping out anything but purging air and then it pumps out just fine OR you might have to pause that cycle count to 20 then restart and then it`ll pump out and be ok after that.

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