Other advice elsewhere suggests 8 flashes is associated with the heater section or the relay driving it - RL1. My m/c flashes 8 times but the motor moves ok.
picturevalve
October 2008
from experience eight flashes = lack of motor rotation, i.e. worn out motor brushes
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