Thanks Fidom,
I did all that before posting. The problem is specific to certain programmes and on the programmes where I don't have a problem, the fab-con container works fine.
I think its a "programmer" problem but I thought i would try this before phoning an engineer, sometimes these things...
My washing machine will run all the programmes to the final rinse and spin. It then sticks and will take on a little water, rotate the drum once, then stops for a bit and repeats this cycle until I switch it off. If i then put it on a spin only programme, it works fine but just wont do it as...