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Re: Indesit WIDL 126 steaming on 90 degree wash
I should have also mentioned that even without damaged bearings or whatever, these machines do seem to make a lot of noise, particularly the speed controller, which seems to emit a high frequency sound that penetrates the building and excites local dogs on a fast spin. The WIDL126 is much louder than the 16 year old machine it replaced and that was a cheap machine too. I suspect that they are built down to a price to enable all of the features to be packed in but noisy operation may be part and parcel of them, without that signalling their imminent demise.
Re: Steaming indesit WIDL126
Hello, popped the thermistor in. It was a very quick job, and cost about £10. I put the machine on a hot wash (90 degrees) and it ran through the cycle in the sort of time the instruction manual suggested this cycle should take. I used a temperature sensor on the back of the drum to monitor the temperature. It washed at 87 degrees, which is near as damn it 90 degrees. There was no steam. I would say, job done.
Thank you Martin.
Re: Indesit WIDL 126 steaming on 90 degree wash
Hello, this is too late for Johndh as the post is months old but I have had the same problem and cured it. It would appear that the washing machine will go through a wash on any cycle and on the cold ones it appears to be fine but on the hot cotton wash (90 degrees) it gets very hot and actually ends up boiling the water in the drum to such an extent that steam comes out of the suds drawer. Mine was actually distorted from the steam. Another symptom of this is that washes take much longer because the temperature sensor isn’t working properly and the water is being heated to a higher temperature. The part you want to replace is the thermistor. It is a circular sensor fitted in the back of the drum above the heater element. It has 2 wires. It takes about 2 mins to replace and costs about a tenner. My machine now washes in the same times stated in the manual and doesn’t steam out my house on a hot wash. Generally when the thermistor fails, the washer stops and displays an error code and I think the position of the experts on this forum is that when a thermistor is on the fritz the machine will not go through a cycle. I can tell you now, the thermistor can be very out of calibration, to the point where the machine will not work properly and it will go through a wash and not display a fault code.
Johndh, not only should you not have had to pay for your call out, but the engineer should have replaced your thermistor. Bad luck.
Re: Steaming indesit WIDL126
Cheers, I will give that a go and let you know how I get on. Many thanks once again Martin.
Re: Steaming indesit WIDL126
Are we talking about a thermistor here or is ther something wrong with the IDC potentiometer that does the manual temp selection? Would this also explain the long wash times… ie it is trying to heat the water but not quite getting there?
Thanks so much for your help.
Re: Steaming indesit WIDL126
Actually looking at it now, even though I manually selected 70 degrees centigrade at the beginning of the programme, it is just boiling up the water in the drum. Perhaps the water trap is fine it is just getting steam pushed through it. Currently it has been on the wash part of the cycle for about 90 mins and just boiling away,no drum movement, like it is stuck int he cycle, so I have just turned down the wash temperature. Nothing happened until I got to the snow flake (cold wash) and then it started churning again. Error with the temperature sensor?
Re: Steaming indesit
Hello and thanks for your response. I think the amount of steam here is a little underestimated. I have done some colder washes and it was fine but even now on the ‘white wash cotton 90 degrees’ with the temp knocked back to 70 degrees is is steaming like a b****rd. I am not talking about a bit, I am talking about visible steam like the kettle is boiling in the room and it is 21 degrees c in here. It is not an outside utility room, I am looking at a thermometer right now. The humidity is 90{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} too. I took it apart yesterday to see if anything was adrift and noted that there is a rubber u bend fitted between the soap tray to the drum. This should cause a vapour trap between the drum and the soap tray. It isn’t working. I did think perhaps it was evaporating the water from the u bend but adding water when it is steaming doesn’t help. It is like the u bend is defective. I also noted that the soap tray clip-on ABS panel with the wash instructions on it has actually distorted because of the steam that is coming out.As a result the middle clip does not engage. It was probably like this when I got it and I can see that people have been in there investigating because some of the screws were missing (now replaced). Could the temperature sensor or the manual temperature select pot be faulty, is the actual rubber moulding of the water trap somehow defective? It does complete the cycle but I can’t imagine people literally having to squeegee their windows and kitchen units each time they do a wash. Any advice appreciated.
