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While it’s not as good as Ariel, Aldi’s biological Almat gives me very favourable results most of the time. If anything, I’d advise to use a little less than the recommended dose on the box, but your mileage may vary.
I’d be tempted to try some epoxy resin on the door first. For the sake of a couple quid, it’s worth a try.
If the cycle has already started, let it complete then run the drum clean cycle.
Use 1/4 of the recommended dose of biological powder – so if the box says to use 65ml of powder for your normal cycle, use 16g.
andyjawa wrote:Well the only thing you could do is to change the pressure switch water level sensor and see if it is any better which is probably what the Bosch repair bod would do. The main worry is you call them out for no fault found and get clobbered on a callout charge insurance or not. Bosch`s spares page for your model isn`t working tonight-perhaps it isn`t a full moon?- was going to look up the p/swt part number but no dice.
Being charged for a non-fault worries me too. The engineer that normally turned up for previous jobs doesn’t live too far and is fairly nice, so hopefully they won’t charge me – I’ll give the problem some more thought first.
In all the time I’ve owned the machine, the spares page for it has never worked. If I’m lucky I can get a list of cables, but that’s it – no diagrams or anything else.
I’ve deliberately ran some hot cycles during the last week, mostly of towels and nightwear, so I feel as though the machine has had a clean out. Any additional tips will be taken onboard and acted upon.
So I’ve repeated the same cycle again, again with bedding. I didn’t stop the machine or use any additional options like Aqua Plus – just a standard cottons cycle.
The machine did exactly the same as last week, filled up once during the load detect phase, then proceeded to heat after the minute’s delay when it’s filled up and finished tumbling the load ~6 times. 4 minutes into heating, the machine added more water without adding more time – so to me, the wash quality has been compromised as it’s not taking into account the time needed to heat the additional water.
I did notice that I could hear the water sloshing round, but the sounded faded away as what little was there was absorbed into the load.
I’m at the point now where I’m wondering if I should live with it, as long as the washing comes out clean and fresh. Or are there other tests I can do before calling out the engineer, so I don’t look like a fool when they say that’s the normal water level of machines these days – which I already know, but not to start heating the load while it’s almost dry.
electrofix wrote: if its washing the clothes ok dont worry
modern machine use a lot less water in the drum to save energy
Dave
I’ll see what happens when I next wash the bedding and leave the machine to its own devices. When it starts heating, I’ll stop the cycle to test the sheets for dampness. If they are almost dry, then Bosch will be getting called out.
While the drum isn’t packed tight, it is fairly full of bedding. So I’m quite surprised it needs so little water. I’m not being old fashioned here, as I do know that modern machines use less water than 20 year old machines. But when washing quality is compromised by what I’d say is a mid-range Bosch machine using stingy water levels, things are going too far.
I can’t edit the post now, but I do also want to add that the water pressure is very good and not low.
For me, the biggest advance is brushless motors. When spinning and washing, my Bosch is near silent. Apart from the sound of the slightly loose drum bearings that don’t seem have to worsened since the day I got the machine – sealed drums have got a lot to answer for.
I’m not sure I’d class drum clean cycles as an advancement, more of a reminder to us mere customers/end-users to clean the drum after a quite a few cool wash cycles have been performed. On my Bosch, I just put some towels or bedding in on a 60c cottons cycle and that clears the drum clean reminder – no need to spend money on the energy for a separate cycle, especially with today’s energy prices.
Somebody on a washing machine forum once referred to Samsung machines as glitter boxes and I tend to agree. Full of cheap gimmicky marketing tat to convince the customer to buy their rubbish. Once upon a time, I believe Samsung were reasonably well regarded by some – but now they seem just as reliable as the low budget machines these days. I’m not saying my Bosch is perfect, but I’d happily spend my money on another top-end Bosch tomorrow.
Maybe this thread might be of some use to you:
https://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/forums/forum/public-support-forums/help-and-support/washing-machine-help-forum/75197-bosch-logixx-7-wis24140gb-20-flashing-lights-400-spin-endI’d add it to the liquid detergent section of the drawer and start a short wash cycle. When the machine pumps out for the first intermediate spin, let that spin finish, stop the cycle and then start your desired cycle with normal detergent.
It’s not ideal, but it’s the best compromise I can think of.
Does the drum turn freely by hand? Any abnormal sounds when turning it? Also, does the drum feel loose and is there much movement between the drum and rubber seal as you test the drum for movement?
Use the video below to help see if your spider has gone. Be a little bit firmer with the drum than as if you were checking the bearings.
[video=youtube;OV-qY-WesOE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV-qY-WesOE[/video]
I’d test around all the tub with a hosepipe on full. If this passes, bung up the holes for any pipes and fill the tub up with water.
Also use a bright torch and have somebody checking for any light coming from holes that shouldn’t be there.
If the above passes, then it could be that the water is weeping from either a pipe/hose or a dirty joint. Does the rubber look perished in any way?
Upload some photos and perhaps somebody can see something that you can’t. Just upload the pictures to an image host and link us to them.
Will the machine turn or spin when empty? My guess is also the brushes.
I don’t think the model number you have provided is complete, as there are several variants – ie: WAP24160EE/01. But all the variants I’ve looked at have brushed motors.
So it would definitely be worth your time checking the brushes too. Personally, I’d use genuine brushes. Others might argue that the equivalent and cheaper ones are just as good. But, from my own experience, these weren’t as good and wore down like cheese.
Oops the above didn’t go to plan and I can’t edit my post. This is my last try!
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