powerstation wrote:
"RedOnRed" wrote in message
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"Grumps" wrote in message
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It's a Bosch WFK 2801 and it won't squirt water into the conditioner
compartment.
I've looked at the three water valves (one hot, and one each for
pre and main wash). These all seem to operate correctly. The main
wash one opens at
the beginning of the main wash, and similarly for the pre-wash.
There is no separate valve for the conditioner squirt holes, so how
are these supposed to work?
When the programme is set to rinse & spin, the main wash valve
opens, which
is fair enough, but still no water in the conditioner compartment.
I'm very confused.



Is the dispenser department full of black, gunky, grimey stuff?
Which is actually a type of bacteria?

No, it's crystal clear.

If so, then pull on some rubber gloves, use some anti-bacterial
cleaner, clean the compartement and remove the black stuff from the
water dispenser outlets using cocktail sticks.

Beware of the black bacteria stuff. It can be harmful.


for conditioner it switches both valves on together, so that the jets
of water converge in the centre of the dispenser and spray into the
centre conditioner compartment

You're right!
I could see that both valves did come on together, but the water still kept
coming only from the left.
I've prodded a bit of plastic sleeving into the relevant holes, and this
seems to have freed it up somewhat. The water now comes from the left and
the centre
The crap thing about this particular machine is that you can dismantle
everything except the plastic water/detergent dispensing thing.
Thanks for your help.