[TheQuaver]

Re: Indesit W123 error code 11

Thanks for the quick response Penguin. My machine is now functioning properly again but it turns out it wasn’t the drain pump – something related but not the pump itself!

I nearly gave up on this in favour for a new machine but I’m glad I persisted. I thought I would give it one last look and in doing so found that in my haste and tiredness I forgot to reconnect the pump to the loom!!! D’oh! So plugging this back in sorted the error code 11 and I could start a program once again without the program dial clicking around. However, it still wouldn’t drain when it should have and so I started to think that maybe there was still a blockage of some sort. I rechecked all the pipes and found that there was indeed a large button at the far end of the waste pipe, which must have been acting like a valve! Removing this has completely sorted the problem.

I’ve learnt 3 important lessons from this:

1) That you really need to check all possible causes and double check things like blockages.

2) Not to do DIY when you’re tired!!!

3) That it’s worth persisting with things like this – saved myself some serious cash!

Thanks again Penguin – if it wasn’t for your reply I probably wouldn’t have checked the pump again.

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