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Default Washing machine leaking - info please

On Jul 25, 12:32*pm, "Pete C." wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Bob-tx" wrote in message
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Have a 10 year old Maytag top load washer that is leaking about two quarts
of water per wash load. * *Leak is not coming from input hoses. *So, I
suspect a problem where the drain hose attaches.


At my age, it is hard to lay down on the floor to look under there (and
even harder to get back up), so I am wondering if there is any problem
with tipping the washer over on its side or tummy.


Advice appreciated - thanks.


Bob-tx


You can tip it some with no damage, but that may not help.


Unless the design has changed, the front of the washer comes off easily.. A
couple of screws on the bottom of the panel and pull the bottom out and it
will unhook on the top. *That allows you to see t he pump and the
connections to the pump.


Ask the teenager next door to remove the screws for you. *I have a similar
problem getting down there these days.


I had a similar leak on an old Maytag TL washer and it had nothing to do
with the drain. What I found was that there was a rubber fill nozzle
that had deteriorated and failed, and as a result *most* of the fill
water was going into the tub, but a small stream was running down on the
outside of the tub to the floor. It took about 5 minutes to improvise a
replacement which has been working fine for years now.


Pete, I also had the same problem and ended up buying the part. (it
was fairly cheap)