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Re: Zanussi WJS1397W – stinking and leaking – Possibly cured
Hi,
Just to let anyone else with this model know what’s happened so far.
1) The leak now seems to be cured, because the fluff filter rubber seal has to be stretched to fit snugly around the disc (or hilt) of the plastic filter. I had been placing the seal behind the hilt, as I thought it originally had been placed. I’ve done two washes and the leak hasn’t reappeared.
2) The stinking grey soap sludge has reduced because I’ve (a) been using non-bio washing powder (not liquid) to wash clothes, (b) been running the machine on cleaning cycles with either bio powder or Dr Beckmann cleaner, and (c) been cleaning the fluff filter after every wash cycle.
Today we took the machine back/top off, and used a flexible metal snake to rod the outflow pipe. No special tools needed, just a bucket and some old towels to mop up.
The sludge will probably take a good few more cycles to eliminate but I remain hopeful.
I hope this may be of some help to others. Thanks very much again to all the kind people who gave advice and also to this forum.
Re: Zanussi WJS1397W – stinking and leaking!
Hi Martin,
Thank you very much for your kind advice.
From the wash starts I’ve seen over the last few weeks, it does look as if the wash cycle water is indeed flowing ok, ie from the top inlet nozzle into the drum centre, so I’m not 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} sure that the pump is the guilty party here. However I will indeed double check this by starting a non-detergent wash and confirming that the water flow is ok.
Thanks very much again Martin, Steve and Seamy. Once again, if anyone else sees this post and wants to jump in with advice regarding curing the filter leak or eliminating the smelly residue, please feel free.
Regards
Re: Zanussi WJS1397W – stinking and leaking!
Hi Steve,
Thank you very much for your kind advice. I used the Dr Beckmann at 60 degrees (as it said on the packet side) – I guess I should have opted for 95 degrees instead. I will indeed buy more and run it yet again, this time at 95.
The screw at the front filter seemed to be ok in terms of gunk, but I did a wash earlier today and there was still a leak. I used non-bio powder and a small amount of residue was still there, but this time it didn’t smell! I intend to continue using powder (with the odd liquid detergent wash).
Thanks very much again Steve and Seamy. Once again, if anyone else sees this post and wants to jump in with advice regarding curing the filter leak or eliminating the smelly residue, please feel free.
Kindest regards
Re: Zanussi WJS1397W – stinking and leaking!
Hi Seamy,
Thank you very much for kindly replying.
I believe I’ve already given the screw a good clean but will double check.
With regards to the manifold, I haven’t the foggiest, it looks like the machine will have be taken to to bits – I was hoping to avoid that but will see if I can do so.
If anyone else has any other ideas/advice once again I’d be very grateful (with no disrespect intended to Seamy).
Thanks again
Re: Zanussi ZT 685 – water not draining
Hi Penguin45,
Thank you very much for kindly taking the time and trouble to reply to my enquiry.
Last night I decided to do what I could from the inside: using a turkey baster, I removed as much water as possible and then dried around the assembly and left the door open overnight.
This morning I put all the filters/arms etc back and tried the ‘Rinse and hold’ cycle to check if the drain hose was blocked – it wasn’t. However, there was no undrained water!?!
I then decided to go for broke – I put in some dishwasher cleaner fluid and put the dishwasher on a full wash at 70 degrees. To my immense relief it went through the cycle and has drained properly once more.
I’m mystified as to why the dishwasher didn’t drain yesterday and now it does today. However I am well aware that the dishwasher is 9 years old so it may well be a warning indicator…
Thank you again for kindly replying, I really appreciate it.
Regards
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