On 15 Mar 2007 05:26:16 -0700, "greg" mused:

I'm not sure if my washing machine (Hotpoint Aquarius) is working
properly or not and I was wondering if someone here could help me.

When I wash at 60', there's lots of foamy suds in the drum during, but
when I wash at 40' there are hardly any. Is this supposed to happen?
Are my clothes getting clean?
(I'm using Fairy tablets at the moment - they are supposed to be
suitable for both 40' & 60')

Don't know, I can strip one down and put it back together, but involve
the use of clothes and I'm stuffed.

Also, when I start a wash, quite a bit of water seems to be pumped out
of the machine - where does this come from and why does it do it? I
notice this because the washing machine outlet connects under the
kitchen sink & it bubbles up through the plughole.

2 things here, water from the washing machine waste shouldn't be
bubbling up from the plughole. Check\clean waste pipes from the sink.

Usually at the start of the cycle the machine will pump out any
residual water from the last wash. There is always an amount of water
sat in the sump, some of it is there as a water trap, some of it will
be what drains from the drum after the cycle has finished.
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Regards,
Stuart.