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I can check it but as the pump stops immediately when I apply light pressure to the little dome & restarts when I release it I wouldn’t have thought it could be the antiflood switch.

It felt like the dome isn’t dropping low enough to activate the microswitch that the dome links to. Hence the question about how to remove the dome to see if there’s still any any gunge preventing it going lower.

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just to say the grey dome is on the floor of the machine and not in the sump well.

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Hi,

I know it’s been a few months but I ended up swapping this dishwasher at my parents for mine but then it remained hidden from view in my garage!

I’ve had another go at it over the weekend and the float valve (grey dome-shaped device) at the bottom was all gummed up & not moving.

I couldn’t work out how to pop the grey dome off to give it a really good clean but did as much as possible so it’s now moving up & down freely. However, the pump still won’t turn off – it will still run even if the door is open until I apply a light amount of pressure on top of the grey dome.

Could anyone tell me how to get that dome off to clean it properly? Also, if I need to replace completely, how to I access it – sidepanels off or underneath?

Cheers

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Cheers I’ll take a look when I’m next there at the weekend.

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Hi,

Thanks for reply. Yes sorry I meant turn the off from the start button – it’s at my parents house and I confused the controls with mine.

Do you know which sensors the machine would be looking at to turn off the machine at the end of the cycle? Is it just some sort of water level switch?

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Re: Zanussi FLS1383 doesn’t spin,

Thanks Phidom, that’s perfect.

That’s just saved a perfectly good washing machine from being junked.

Many thanks for your help.

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Re: Zanussi FLS1383 doesn’t spin,

Just to finish off the thread…

Called an engineer around to look at it & he said it was the timer so given the cost of a new timer, the machine is heading for the tip. Unless anyone has details on what part goes on the timers & whether it’s fixable.

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Re: Zanussi FLS1383 doesn’t spin,

After several days of washing properly, it’s gone back to not stopping after completing a wash cycle. Gets to the end of programme and then just starts washing again.

I’d love to fix this as inside the machine is spotless & in such good condition & I’d hate to chuck it out.

I’ll be pulling it apart again tomorrow to have a look at the motor tachometer.

Thanks

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Re: Zanussi FLS1383 doesn’t spin,

Ok I’ve had the machine apart.

Cleaned the slight amount of carbon dust around the brushes, checked the air chamber is all clean (there wasn’t any gunk in it), examined the module Geoff suggested but can’t see any burnt out components or dry joints and I don’t have any spare to swap it with (!)

After turning the machine on, the timer just clicked forward every 4 seconds until it got to the last rinse stage where upon it started taking in water & then pumping it out again.

Turned the mains off & on several times but the timer just kept clicking on and then settled down to washing normally. So far it’s done about 4 complete wash cycles properly but I’ve no idea what caused it to stop spinning.

Many thanks for the help & if it starts acting up again I’ll update this post.

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Re: Zanussi FLS1383 doesn’t spin,

I checked the brushes, they seem ok, plenty of length left on them.

Anythingelse to check?

Thanks

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Re: Zanussi FLS1383 doesn’t spin,

I haven’t checked them yet but can do tomorrow – is there easier access to them from the top or the bottom of the machine?

After trying out a few more wash programmes, I found it does do a normal length short spin at the end of the prewash cycle but only on tha one.

Thanks

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