A no heat issue will cause many machines to wash into infinity as the pcb never receives a message that the water has reached selected temperature.
This could have several causes: a heater fault, NTC fault, break in wiring/bad contact, or a defective pcb.
When you changed the element did it come complete with an NTC probe? Are all the connections in place? Have you checked for wiring breaks/loose contacts?
If you checked all the above then it is likely that the pcb is defective. A new pcb is not that expensive, but the problem is that you would also need to buy a smartcard & card reader to program it. Unfortunately these cost as much as a new pcb, so the repair would become expensive.
If the pcb is indeed faulty you could send it here for repair
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Thanks for the info.
Unfortunately I am no washing machine repair specialist and have no special tools, just my mechanics tools. I figured the heater may have been at fault from your descripition above hance replacing it.
I'm not sure what an NTC probe is but needless to say I didn't complete the job with one, I just took the olf heater out and put the new one in. Is the NTC probe something I have to do.
Also, the machine actually works on 40 degree washes fine and completes the cycle OK but on hotter washes it never stops.
Does this suggest a faulty PCB?
Finally if I send it for repair, does it need reprogramming when it comes back?
Thanks very much for your help.