Washing machine faulty on certain programmes?

check the linkage between the program selector dial and the soap dispenser. This should be purely a mechanical problem, it maybe with the program selector dial cam not aligned correctly on the programmer (90 degrees out ??) so there is a mismatch with the programmer opening up the soap dispenser at the wrong point in the wash sequence.

garryk
February 2007

hello Phil,
I inspected that wire between the soap box and the timer.
It appears to be operating fine. These is suffient tension and it adjusts the control valve on the soap dish when I rotate the dial through the varoius cycles.
Regards

shane
January 2007

Hello Phil,
Thanks for your response.
Unfortunately I will not be back in the house for a week to inspect this wire but I will get back to you on my findings.
I would like to point out that I actually had a service technician inspect the machine after the initial fault (conditioner would not dispense) six months ago.
During his visit, he removed the top panel, inspected all parts and was satisified with what he saw but could not diagnoise the faulty component.
He did said it could be the selector or the PCB but was not 100% sure and suggested that it would be cheaper to buy a new machine or live with the fault as it was minor. ie conditioner not dispensing.
I agreed and no further work was carried out on the machine.
The machine has had very little use and I really didnt want to purchase a new machine either.
This fault has got worse since that inspection and I hoped that the latest problem (soapy residue in clothes after cotton wash) could conclude which component has failed.
I didnt want to mention this detail in my initial correspondence as it may have confused the question.
rgds

shane
January 2007

hi on these under the lid there is usually a thin wire that runs from the timer to the soap box see if its still attathed and come back to me
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phil grimshaw
January 2007