Indesit WI 101 washing machine wont stop filling??

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

Hi,

this is my first post here, but looks a great web site with some great advice.

Im looking for some help please. We have a Indesit WI 101 washing machine, and it wont stop filling up. I had it all apart last night, testing as much as posible. I had the water valves off and they are fine, open and close easy, But once i put it on a cycle, it starts to fill drum as normal and contuines to fill as it continues its cycle.

Would this be the main PCB board? If so is it possible to fix it yourself? as i have some good Electronics guys at work.

Many thanks for any help??

rocks1 · 17 Mar 2009

check presure pipe on side of mc .its come away from the switch.

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

rocks1 said:
check presure pipe on side of mc .its come away from the switch.

Oh right, is this what tells the machine to stop pumping water into the drum then?

Where and what does it look like?

thanks

rocks1 · 17 Mar 2009

under the lid on the right hand side of the cabinet a round plastic thing with a plastic tube running to the botton .the tube has poss disconnected from the switch .

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

rocks1 said:
under the lid on the right hand side of the cabinet a round plastic thing with a plastic tube running to the botton .the tube has poss disconnected from the switch .

Thats great, thank you, i shall have a look tonight. I shall report back tomorrow.

cheers

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

rocks1 said:
under the lid on the right hand side of the cabinet a round plastic thing with a plastic tube running to the botton .the tube has poss disconnected from the switch .

i tested it tonight, i took the pipe off and when it was on i blow down the pipe. Both cold water valves wont shut off, but the hot water valve did.

Is this looking like a main PCB problem? or are the cold water valves faulty?

rocks1 · 17 Mar 2009

intresting what pipe did you blow down the one on the presure switch or the one on the valves

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

the long pipe on the pressure switch. when you blow down it, you can hear it click. when it clicked, it turned the hot water valve off, but not the cold water ones.

rocks1 · 17 Mar 2009

that means cold valve o/c needs replaceing .swap valves / hoses round to be sure .

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

rocks1 said:
that means cold valve o/c needs replaceing .swap valves / hoses round to be sure .

Yep, just tryed swaping wires around on the valves, i put the wire that would normaly be connected to the cold water vale, onto the hot water one, and the hot water valve wont switch off now.

it sounds like the worst case, PCB failure

i just had a thought, i know the hot water valve wire is working, if i leave this on the cold water side and leave the hot water one off. could i use the machine for a while? it has a 30 deg setting, so does this mean it will have a heater built into it to warm water up? And there would be no need for the hot water to work?

rocks1 · 17 Mar 2009

that means the clothes will come out of rinse in hot water and poss shrink yes the mc has a heater built in.

twinkle2k86 · 17 Mar 2009

rocks1 said:
that means the clothes will come out of rinse in hot water and poss shrink yes the mc has a heater built in.

not such a good idea then

so would you say PCB failure now?

rocks1 · 17 Mar 2009

oh yes try here for a ex pcb http://www.emwelec.co.uk/

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