[PeteWilliams]

So, I’ve taken the back off, couldn’t see anything obviously wrong – the belt is still on…
The odd thing is that when it goes to spin it does move – sometimes it’ll do a quarter turn or a half turn, but that’s it. Any suggestions what might cause that…? Motor (or brushes) the likely culprit?

[PeteWilliams]

Thinking about it, I think the programme times is red herring – I think it knows it can’t spin, so is deducting the spin times from the normal times of those cycles.

[PeteWilliams]

electrofix wrote:with the door lock out, if you close the door, does it look like its fully shut ?

No, it won’t stay shut, without the lock in place there it swings open naturally.

But I bought a new catch and it now works fine.

[PeteWilliams]

Anyone any ideas? Worth ordering another door catch and seeing if that fixes it…?

[PeteWilliams]

So I’ve removed the three lower covers run it and had a look. It’s still leaking but I can’t see where from – there doesn’t appear to be any dripping, a puddle just appears.

Can anyone suggest any specific areas it might be coming from?

[PeteWilliams]

electrofix wrote:have had them leak between the plastic tank base and the stainless sides

Being an integrated unit, it doesn’t have sides, it’s just exposed insulation – if those are the sides you mean?
It stopped again today, but I couldn’t see where the leak was coming from. Pretty difficult just looking through the gap where the panel was at the bottom front – is there a better way to get a look/diagnose the issue?

Thanks

[PeteWilliams]

‘dried out’ not ‘tried it out’!

[PeteWilliams]

UPDATE: I replaced the brushes and it worked for two cycles, and then stopped again.
This seems to be what happens everytime I’ve unplugged it and jiggled the wiring/brushes about a big – it works for one or two spins then stops spinning again.

Any suggestions on what else to try? There is a used motor on eBay I could buy. Would that be a sensible next step or is there anything else I could try first?

[PeteWilliams]

Well the error’s come back a couple times now 🙁
I reset the error, checked the connector was firmly in, had a look at the brushes, and then ran it again and it was fine for a day or two.
Now it’s come back again. Any suggestions of what else to check?

I’ve ordered some new brushes – they were more worn down than I’d expected given they’ve only been in use 6 months (though admittedly it’s used a lot in that time – we have 6 messy kids…)
Odd that the first set of brushes lasted about 7 years and then second set have worn down 70{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} in 6 months. Might that just be because they weren’t genuine Bosch parts, or could there be another issue?

Thanks

Pete

[PeteWilliams]

Sorted it thanks – the electrical connector to the motor had come a bit loose, so pushed it back in and it seems OK now.

[PeteWilliams]

Indeed there was – a child’s Minion badge!
Thanks for your help.

[PeteWilliams]

Thanks both. After a week’s worth of running, the noise from the brushes has settled down and seems fine.
There is however another issue I need to tackle. At some points – I think it’s when it’s draining – it makes a horrible gravelly noise.
You can hear it at the start of this video where I set it to drain: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2agpta668oEiQqVc9

Any suggestions as to what this noise might be and how I can go about fixing it?

Thanks

Pete

[PeteWilliams]

Yup. I double checked.

[PeteWilliams]

Re: Terim Electric Fan Oven Instruction Manual

If anyone has a copy of the manual for this I’d love a copy please, as I’m yet to work out what all the hieroglyphics around the dial mean!

Please email it to: pete.wiliams82@gmail.com

Thanks

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