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Default GE Washer fill tube sprays wrong direction


Hi all. Read a few posts here and figured you guys might be able to
help me out.

I have an old (pre-1995) GE washing machine I got from my folks. It
had been sitting in their basement for about 10 years. Everything
seemed to work fine, but while it filled, water leaked out onto the
floor.

I popped the top and found out that the tube that fills the tub with
water was spraying in the wrong direction; it was like the way a garden
hose acts if you cover half the end with your thumb. It sprayed in such
a way that it was directing water into the overflow tube, and thus
caused water to leak onto the floor.

For safety reasons, of course, we don't want to block off the overflow
tube. For the time being, some creative duct taping has solved the
problem. However, I can't figure out what is causing the tube to spray
like that. I can't find any debris in the end of the tube (at least as
far as my finger will go).

Does anyone have any suggestions about what might be causing the
blockage/redirection of water?

Thanks in advance.


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