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Don’t worry, I will give the wife a right talking to……..

John

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Problem sorted!!

Removed rear plastic panel, and loosened jubilee clip from hose assembly below drum outlet.
Discovered a 5p, 10p, 50p, an elastic hair bobble, and various bits of paper, below what looked like a large pingpong ball, held within a plastic type funnel.
This didn’t solve the problem, so I followed the black plastic hose to the pump ( situated in the bottom far right hand corner) , undid the tiewrap holding it on, and found to my delight, two large kirby grips.
This was the obvious source of the noise, and when reassembled, everything ran fine.
Wife and daughter warned about perils of not checking pockets when loading washing machine!

Thanks again for all your posts!

John

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Thanks for your replay.

Assuming that my pump is the problem here, as the drum does not have to turn in order for the noise to start, how do I access it, what does it look like, and what do I have to do to clear it?

Thanks,

John

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Re: Hotpoint Aquarious WF740 problems

To clarify, drum does not make a noise when turned by hand, and the drain programme does not spin the drum, so that is why i think ( in my complete ignorance about these matters) that the pump is involved in some way.
The noise is metallic revolving grating horrible sound, and quite loud too, like a bearing problem, but much more mechanical?

John

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Re: Hotpoint Aquarious WF740 problems

penguin45, thanks for your superfast reply.

Just gone and turned the dial to drain, with an empty drum- same horrid noise!!

Spare parts look easy to fit, but there is definatley something else going on…..

thanks anyway,

John

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