On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 16:59:36 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Lee writes:
On 29/07/2016 19:02, wrote:
On Friday, 29 July 2016 15:36:16 UTC+1, Lee wrote:

No one has asked the obvious, do you live in a hard water area? That
could have easily affected internal parts of the machine in a
non-obvious way, which could be sneaking up for a further failure...

Someone's been watching Cashgone ads. I mean Calgon.


NT


I can see why you'd say that, but no I don't mean the obvious like
heater elements or simple blockages.
Over the years I've noticed that heavy scaling seems to make some
types of plastic and some synthetic rubber seals/hoses very brittle.

Most people wash at 45C or cooler. No scale drops out at these
temperatures. I occasionally do 60C washes in a hard water area,
and that doesn't result in any build-up either.

Some descalers make some plastics go brittle.

Our old Hotpoint went 15 years in a hard water area, with no significant
scale (and a good proportion of 'hot' washes).

The only thing the hard water might have done was hasten the failure of
the heater seal after about 12 years. Integral with the heater, but easy
and cheap enough to repair (and the heater was almost clear of scale when
I removed it).



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Well, maybe surprisingly...eventually I got the machine fixed and all is
working well!

Was it worth all the time and pain? Hmmm, that's debatable.

Yes, there is one small screw left over and I don't know where it goes.
Maybe it was on the floor earlier and isn't part of the machine at all....

Michael

Michael Kilpatrick wrote:
Well, maybe surprisingly...eventually I got the machine fixed and all is
working well!

Well done.


Was it worth all the time and pain? Hmmm, that's debatable.

You're duty bound to let us know how long the machine lasts now. ;-)


Yes, there is one small screw left over and I don't know where it goes.

I'm pretty sure that's normal. ;-)

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What do you reckon?

It's 16 years old. It owes you nothing. New machine.

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On 02/08/2016 07:37, Tim+ wrote:
Michael Kilpatrick wrote:
Well, maybe surprisingly...eventually I got the machine fixed and all is
working well!

Well done.


Was it worth all the time and pain? Hmmm, that's debatable.

You're duty bound to let us know how long the machine lasts now. ;-)



I could be lying to save face, and the machine could still be in pieces
on the utility room floor for all you know!

But I'm not that proud. If it blows up over the next month or I'll let
you know!

Michael