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Sorted! Many thanks Dave!
A small transparent fragment of glass was blocking the filter thread. I couldn’t see it until I had completely dried the thread, and only then when using a bright torch.
Sorry about the small photo – upload size limit would not allow larger. I looked at photos of similar parts on eBay etc, all seals looks to be present on my filter. The three seals are all intact, uncracked, and feel resilient – not hard.
Sorry Dan, I was unaware of your post until today, one year afterwards, when I once again checked into the forum as the fault has returned.
I can’t remember having done anything to the machine to clear the fault on the previous occasion. From memory, it had cleared itself by the next time I came to try fixing it – presumably once the water had dried out.
I’m hopeful that leaving it for a while will be sufficient to fix it again, although clearly the source of the problem remains.
… Please tell the model number if you can trace from the instructions number. I need to research even on how to get into the machine!
Ah, OK, thanks again Dave.
I’ll order a couple of shocks. Although the machine ran OK once since with a normal load (THANK YOU), the shocks have never been replaced and it will be a worthwhile insurance – I really don’t want to have to use a laundrette in these times if the machine breaks down..Re: Miele W842 – drain pump keeps stopping, but no blockage
Now fixed.
Having found the small parts inside when dismantling the pump I thought I’d reassemble everything and see if the pump ran better. The “Rinse” light started flashing almost immediately, earlier in the cycle than I recalled (although I can’t be certain). Pretty confident that the pump was now OK I searched the forum for “Miele rinse light flashing”.I found incognito’s post that illustrated a likely cause of the problem miele-w844-won-spin-flashing-rinses-light-resolved-t34677.html#p189087
and springchicken’s post which detailed where to get the electronic components for the fix miele-w844-won-spin-flashing-rinses-light-resolved-t34677-15.html#p417863
I’m very experienced with PCB repairs, and managed with desoldering braid rather than using a desoldering station. It IS tricky working on through-plated PCBs, especially when component leads have been bent over as here, so I suggest using one of the services listed in the above thread. I used this desolder braid: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/desolder … ds/2214021
Very many thanks to all who contributed to this and the other thread.
Re: Miele W842 – drain pump keeps stopping, but no blockage
EDITED.
OK, I removed the pump. Miele 5012770 (DPS 25-041, 30W, Hanning EW)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vxa2bgcrfkhu1zq/Miele{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}20pump.jpg?dl=0There is a very slight rattle if I run the pump free from its housing. It still stops after 15s or so, and the warning flashes.The warning flashes after 15s into a drain cycle even with the pump totally disconnected, so it’s not some mechanism that detects excessive pump current.
BTW, there was no cotton thread etc wrapped around the rotor. I did find some tiny metal parts in the housing that had escaped my attention when I cleaned the filter – (a dressmaker pin and two small spectacle screws) – these perhaps account for the erratic “struggling” before.
@1totalshambles
There’s no side play at all on the rotor. When rotating the impeller, apart from the expected cogging from the magnet, there is a smooth frictional drag as if there is a silicone rubber seal on the rotor. Is this normal?
@electrofix
I disconnected the tube from the panel – I could blow through it OK from the freed panel end.On reflection, I’m puzzled that the machine would switch off the pump if it thought there is water still in it.
I’d expect it would switch off if it thought there was NO water in it, but I can’t understand why it would flash a warning light in that case.
I haven’t tried filling the machine, as I know it won’t drain.
Re: Miele W842 – accessing heater element?
Sorted!
Exactly as you said, electrofix.Thanks again 🙂
Re: Miele W842 – accessing heater element?
Thanks electrofix! I’ll try the hinged front access.
iadom, the heater is definitely the problem. Blows the house RCD instantly if the wash selector is on any setting that uses the heater, but a cold rinse runs right through the cycle, as does a spin.
We’re in a hard water area and have never decalcified the washing machine so I’m assuming the heater furred up, overheated locally, broke the housing and exposed the live element to water.
