Washing machine won’t fastspin at end of wash cycle

[fazersale]

Hi.

I’ve a ca. 15 year old washing machine which works perfectly apart from an occasionally occuring fault which has cropped up recently. Being handy I’d prefer to fix it than scrap it for a new model (which don’t seem to give anything like as much by way of reliable service)

What’s happening is that at the end of it’s cycle – at the point where it should enter the wringing-out fastspin phase, it doesn’t. Rather, the drum just rotates slowly (at about 120 rpm) until the programme timer turns around to STOP.

I’ve watched it when it’s working correctly and the fastspin secton appears to be made up of 4 stages

slow spin (about the 120 rpm noted above) for a short while
medium fast for a while
pretty fast for a while
very fast for a short while
stop

When it’s working normally you hear a dull buzz from the machine as the motor cranks up from the 120rpm spin to the medium fast speed. When it’s not working properly, you hear that same buzz, the drum appears to begin to start accelerating (or maybe that’s my imagination), the buzz stops and the drum continues on at 120 rpm.

I got the machine when I was living in Holland and brought it back with me when I moved home. It’s a Nordland Inox W890 if that’s any help.

Any ideas?

[iadom]

Re: Washing machine won’t fastspin at end of wash cycle

As it is not a UK spec machine it will be very difficult to give you any answers.

A quick Google suggests it may be an Ardo Merloni machine. An Italian company that has basically gone bust.

They sold a lot of machines in the UK under the Servis badge, not a machine I have ever soiled my hands on but I think I have read of stretched belts causing the exact problem you have.

If you try a forum search and enter, Servis AND not AND spinning, in that exact format you might find further information.

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