Washing machine on the blink

[gingerjedi]

Indesit are the cheapest junk on the market. Serves you right. If you aren't buying Miele, Bosch or other German quality, what do you expect?

Bosch are made in Spain yet my very old Hotpoint dishwasher came out the Bosch factory in Germany, appliances aren't always what they seem.

[d000hg]

Months out of warranty. Guaranteed fix by the manufacturer for £140, hmm.

Did a wee bit of investigation on the 'net for possible causes based on symptoms.

Twenty minutes effort with a £10 part and job done.

Indesit

Interesting (well not really interesting), ours is the same... usable but unpredictable. Similar deal where they'll fix it but charge us... likely to cost about 50% the cost of a like-for-like replacement.

What was wrong with yours?

[scooterscot]

This thread sounds like one of those deals from PC world, you buy the printer for £20, replacement cartridges £80 a pop.

They must see you coming.

[Cliphead]

Interesting (well not really interesting), ours is the same... usable but unpredictable. Similar deal where they'll fix it but charge us... likely to cost about 50% the cost of a like-for-like replacement.

What was wrong with yours?

It wouldn't finish a wash cycle so just churned around for hours until reset. The symptom pointed to a dead water heater, tested with the meter and sure enough an open circuit. Local dealer sold me a new heating element for a tenner and a few minutes to replace, there are even videos on YouTube showing you how to do it if you're not confident.

[TimberWolf]

It wouldn't finish a wash cycle so just churned around for hours until reset. The symptom pointed to a dead water heater, tested with the meter and sure enough an open circuit. Local dealer sold me a new heating element for a tenner and a few minutes to replace, there are even videos on YouTube showing you how to do it if you're not confident.

I read of similar relating to oven heating elements the other moon. People bin (or get a man in, which may cost more) an otherwise perfectly serviceable oven when a cheap and commonly failing element can be easily replaced.

[hyperD]

After I bought a washing machine many years ago, I often wondered why it was called Indetulip.

My current dishwasher takes about 4 hours to cycle. The water inlet valve is calcified so it takes ages filling up. Another diy job I'm not looking forward to doing.

[Spacecadet]

We had the perfect storm in our kitchen a while ago when the dishwashe, tumble drier and the washer all packed in within about 2 weeks of each other.

Thats your own fault for all putting them in the kitchen at the same time, they're bound to start talking!

[TimberWolf]

Thats your own fault for all putting them in the kitchen at the same time, they're bound to start talking!

Menstral synchrony, sounds like a mare.

[BoredBloke]

Thats your own fault for all putting them in the kitchen at the same time, they're bound to start talking!

Actually you are wrong. The drier and washer were in the newly created utility room, away from the kitchen and both predated the kitchen itself. The diswasher only went in when we have the new kitchen fitted. So all 3 were different ages and 2 of them could not talk to the dishwasher unless we kept the door to the utility room open.

[Troll]

Indesit are the cheapest junk on the market. Serves you right. If you aren't buying Miele, Bosch or other German quality, what do you expect?

I was constantly buying spares for my Bosch washing machine and Tumble drier to keep them going during 7 years of ownership, before I junked them both & bought AEG

Washing machine was 1 x water pump, door seal & lots of carbon brushes replacement

TD was always the plastic connector bar on the timer dial (fooking plastic under engineered piece of tulipe!)
and 1 x very expensive heater element