[NewWave_WD_1300]

Re: Hoover New Wave WD 1300 Water Tank Sealant

Thanks – I will look at this again tomorrow.

Cheers.

[NewWave_WD_1300]

Re: Hoover New Wave WD 1300 Water Tank Sealant

I haven’t noticed it being excessively high but in the same breath, I haven’t checked it.

Perhaps of interest, I had perceived the water leak to be intermittent (sometimes I noticed a slight puddle and sometimes nothing) but recently, I’ve been thinking it might be connected to certain programmes, even though I couldn’t make sense of that myself.

Does the ‘high water level’ vary between programmes and if so, would there be one you’d recommend checking the high water level on?

Many thanks.

[NewWave_WD_1300]

Re: Hoover New Wave WD 1300 Water Tank Sealant

Understood – what you said makes sense to me now that it’s been explained – thanks.

What I’m confused about is that I very definitely saw water seeping and dripping steadily from the rear of that chamber. The water appeared to emerge from the horizontal joint before running along it towards the rubber bellows/gasket (the rearmost one) before dripping downwards. It then made its way down the rear of the machine and onto the side of the motor. 😯

When I took the machine out I fully expected it to be the door seal but it isn’t.

Now I’m confused 😕

Guess I’ll fire up the machine again tomorrow and try to photograph/video the water emerging.

Thanks for replying.

[NewWave_WD_1300]

Re: Hoover New Wave WD 1300 Water Tank Sealant

Thanks for your reply.

Whilst I’m more than prepared to defer to the experts, I’m afraid I can’t agree with your comment about there being no water in there!

Currently, there is very clear evidence of a sealant compound around the entire edge of the assembly where the upper and lower halves are mated together.

Inside, there is a heater element and a number of thermistor-type devices attached. Also, one end of the chamber is connected to a port in the top of the drum assembly immediately above the door aperture which, is surely the water feed!

And, I have also identified that water is leaking from the joint between the upper and lower halves of the chamber – hence my initial question.

Here’s a photo of the leaky end (the gasket sealant is just evident but has thinned towards the end, near the opening:

http://s5pro.homeip.net/~s5pro/UKWG/DSC00462.JPG

And here’s a photo of the other end which connects to an opening into the drum. The sealant is very evident:

http://s5pro.homeip.net/~s5pro/UKWG/DSC00463.JPG

[NewWave_WD_1300]

Re: Hoover New Wave WD 1300 Water Tank Sealant

Really?! No-one has anything to add?! 😕

Oh well, looks like I’ll be popping down to Halfords tomorrow then for some Loctite silicone gasket sealant. Cheers! :rolls:

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