leaking soap draw

[BIG BOY]

hi there hope you can help
i have a whirlpool awm 1400 that leaks from the soap draw when its filling. the draw and hole are completely clean and the water pressure has been turned down, it seems to leak from underneath the soap drew and run down the fascia, any ideas?

 

[breezer]

take soap drawer out and clean it, and where it sits, also m/c should tilt slightly backwards

 

[Thermo]

mine does that big boy. ive never had a definitive answer, but i tilted it so it sits backwards a bit ever so slightly once id got it completely level. That seemed to help and i also put a tiny dob of mastic in the hole in the draw lining at the front (take the draw out and youll see it.) Both seem to work 95% of the time

 

[fido]

Whirlpool machines often have quite a small bore hose from the drawer into the drum and this can get choked with soap residue. To get at this hose you may need to remove the front of the casing.

 

[Thermo]

any easy way to remove it? or correct way?

 

[fido]

To remove the front you take off the wire & spring securing the door seal and pull the front of the seal away from the panel, remove the 2 screws holding the door switch, remove the lower trim panel and the screws along the bottom edge of the panel, which is then pulled downwards and away.

 

[Thermo]

fido cheers for that, now before i attempt it another important question....is it easy to put back together in one piece?????????

 

[fido]

The only difficult bit is getting the wire back round the front edge of the door seal but the machine will work fine without that bit fitted.

 

[Gees]

Sarcastic I Know but why put the retaining wire/spring on there if it "works ok without it "

 

[fido]

I suppose if you are particularly rough with duvet covers etc when stuffing them in the machine you might catch the edge of the rubber and partly pull it away from its seating but there are plenty of these machines out there that have been used for years without this wire. On Hotpoint machines you might have a problem if the wire was missing, as their door seals are not such a tight fit.

 

[nigeld]

ive only posted a couple of replies if you do a search on my posts it should cure your problem