Mould In Washing Machines Lately we have been receiving more and more reports of lumps of mould, slime, gunk or grime being deposited on laundry inside washing machines. In this article we will try to explain some reasons that we suspect this is on the increase, how to solve the probl…
Category: Washing Machine Repair Guides
Tutorials and guides on how washing machines work, what commonly goes wrong with washing machines and how to repair washing machine problems or breakdown yourself. Most of the top washing machine and washer dryer issues you will find in this section.
The tutorials and guides are designed to help you to diagnose problems with your washing machine and give insight into the diagnostic procedure.
Note that the washing machine tutorials are generic and the exact details may vary from your own washing machine or washer dryer but the general principles will almost always be the same.
Most of the common issues are covered in these repair guides but more specific fault code information may be available in the fault code section.
For addtional help or specific advice if required please use the forums and not the comments section on the guides.
Common Washing Machine Problems And Cures
Common Problems This troubleshooting article or guide is meant as a general guideline to the most common problems that people are faced with on front loading washing machines. In it we will explain the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in relation to washing machines and washer d…
Timer, Control Module Or Programmer Faulty
Faulty Control Modules Working in a busy spares department for many years we will often get people that woudl come to the spares counter or calling us daily asking how much a new programmer was for their machine. Without exception we would ask the simple question “What’s wrong with it…
How To Fit A Washing Machine Door Seal Gasket
How To Fit a Door Seal Door seals are often referred to by different people as door boot rubbers, door gaskets just door rubber seal and a host of other terms. They are generally fairly easy to change with a bit of patience and some DIY skills so long as it isn’t one that the front we…
Washing Machine Drive Belts
Washing Machine Drive Belts Often, especially with older machines, belts are often blamed as being a problem on machines when in fact they often are not. This is especially the case on washing machines and washer dryers where an induction motor is used, that is one that does not have …
Fault Finding On Washing Machines
Washing Machine Fault Diagnosis Guide This short guide is designed to outline the most common problems, a washing machine FAQ if you like, with what we refer to as “Laundry” appliances, that is to say that they either wash or dry clothing etc. This guide is not intended as a “buyer’s gui…
Overloading A Washing Machine
Overloading It is extremely common for field service people to have to deal with problems arising from overloading, just pure and simple overloading causes a multitude or performance issues on washing machines and washer dryers as well as some faults. Here we explain what it is and wh…
Washing Machines Backfilling From Waste Pipe
Backfilling With Waste Water This is probably one of the most common complaints that we hear, the machine fills with water when it’s off or fills with dirty water, we will explain what’s going on. To frame the perspective of this article I will explain a bit about the odds of a leakin…
Washing Machine Drain Pumps
Washing Machine Drain Pumps We are only going to go into the electric drain pump in this article as it is the most commonly used type now and also one of the parts that can give the most issues. Accessing the filter on a Blomberg washing machine you can see the drain pump impeller The…
Washing Machine Motor Carbon Brushes
Motor Carbon Brushes It would not surprise many people in the trade to hear me say that a lot of people think that replacing carbon brushes in their washing machine will cure all ills, but it doesn’t and it’s perhaps not just as straightforward as you think. In days of old carbon brus…