Hi All,

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Thanks

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:11 UTC, "Endulini" wrote:

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

The make and model might help...each has its weaknesses.

I'd first suspect the door seal...the flappy bit in between casing and
drum. Is it perished/cracked? The water might just collect in there and
then slowly leak out.

I still have a leak of that kind..I suspect the seal round the heating
element, which is a bugger. Plan to do that in a couple of weeks...

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Sorry, it's an AEK OKO_LAVAMAT

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:11 UTC, "Endulini" wrote:

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of
any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor
in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume
the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me
has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

The make and model might help...each has its weaknesses.

I'd first suspect the door seal...the flappy bit in between casing and
drum. Is it perished/cracked? The water might just collect in there and
then slowly leak out.

I still have a leak of that kind..I suspect the seal round the heating
element, which is a bugger. Plan to do that in a couple of weeks...

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from "Endulini" contains these words:

Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Replace the seal. They're dead easy to do. Open the door and examine the
seal carefully - you'll find how it's held on after a few moments -
often a wire lasso retained with a small screw through a loop in the
end. Once you've released that you'll be able to see how the rear of the
seal is held to the drum - usually a plastic clamp with a screw to hold
it tight. Remove the seal, fit a new one (less than a tenner from your
local appliance shop, usually) clamp to the drum, tease it out round the
hole in the door and fit the outer clamp and you're done. Less than half
an hour, and if it all goes wrong you're no more out of pocket than if
you'd called the bloke in the first place.

However...(you knew that was coming, didn't you!)...it may not be the
front seal. Mine's got a habit of leaking from the seal between the two
halves of the outer drum and that's rather harder.

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In message , Endulini
wrote
Hi All,

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?


An incorrect washing powder unsuited for a machine? On some machines
detergents/soap that produce a lot of suds result in some of liquid
contents of the drum coming back out of the detergent/soap dispenser. Is
the water on the same side as the dispenser?

--
Alan
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:11 +0000 (UTC), "Endulini"
wrote:

anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Go to the library and borrow the Haynes washing machine book. All the
obvious stuff is in there.

It's most likely the door seal though. There's usually another couple of
big rubber hoses connecting the drum to the pump and they can split
with age too. It may even be a blockage rather than a leak and water
emerging via the soap trays.

"Endulini" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me
has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Thanks


I have the same make(AEG OKO_LAVAMAT), and it was the pump leaking on the
spindle

Got a new pump off eBay, solved!

Sparks...

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:11 +0000 (UTC), "Endulini"
wrote:

|Hi All,
|
|My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
|pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
|leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
|front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
|seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
|anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Are you putting too much soap/detergent in the machine, so that it fills
with suds when working, which come out of the overflow. The best amount
of suds is to have a thin line on top of the water when washing. The
manufacturers of soap powders recommend an amount which will maximise their
profits.

Pull it out and do a wash in the middle of the floor where you can observe
the back and sides, to see where the water comes from. Keep your hands
clear.
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method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

Endulini wrote:
Hi All,

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

My Hoover (six?) washing machine had these symptoms. Turned out there's
a rubber tube that goes from the top of the m/c to the bottom that had
come loose from its (rubbish) mountings, and was rubbing on the drum as
it moved. Eventually wore a hole in the rubber tube. Failed after 3
yrs. Replacement was £12. Will never buy a Hoover applicance again.
(They also consistently come out worst in Which magazine's reliablility
surveys)

regards,
Jon.

Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:11 +0000 (UTC), "Endulini"
wrote:
|My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
|pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
|leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
|front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
|seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
|anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Are you putting too much soap/detergent in the machine, so that it fills
with suds when working, which come out of the overflow. The best amount
of suds is to have a thin line on top of the water when washing. The
manufacturers of soap powders recommend an amount which will maximise their
profits.

If you do indeed get the small leak after every wash, you could rule out
the above (which I agree is a possibility) very simply, by doing a test
wash using no detergent at all.

David

"Sparks" wrote in message
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"Endulini" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me
has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?

Thanks


I have the same make(AEG OKO_LAVAMAT), and it was the pump leaking on the
spindle

Or something stopping the pump from working. We had that twice.

Mary

"Tournifreak" wrote in message
ups.com...

Will never buy a Hoover applicance again. (They also consistently come out
worst in Which magazine's reliablility surveys)


Which has never asked my opinion. Our Hoover Logic has done sterling service
since 1988, it has several times of use and abuse a week.

Mary

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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Which has never asked my opinion. Our Hoover Logic has done sterling
service
since 1988, it has several times of use and abuse a week.

Bring back the Keymatic!

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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:11 +0000 (UTC), "Endulini"
wrote:

Hi All,

My washing machine leaks a small amount of water after each wash. I've
pulled it out and checked the connections and there is no evidence of any
leakage from the inlet or outlet hoses. The water appears on the floor in
front of the machine about an hour or so after each wash so I presume the
seals are ok around the door. Before I get an engineer out to fleece me has
anyone got any suggestions about what I can check/try myself first?


Ensure the dispenser drawers and syphon arrangements + pipes aren't
blocked up with congealed detergent/conditioner materials etc.

DG