I'm trying to fix my daughter's Zanussi washing machine .. FLA1001W .. 5 years old.
Original symptom .. water starting to leak onto floor a few seconds after drum starts filling.
I inspected the machine today and found that the hose at back of soap dispenser had come loose (compression clip had come loose). This would explain original water leak.
So I fixed that with a new jubilee clip around the hose instead of the original compression clip which was difficult to replace.
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But, on testing again with water infill, a new leak appeared underneath from the filter pump inspection cover (bottom right of machine). One fault solved, a new problem popping up!
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I inspected the pump filter, and the rubber seal, but there was no obvious damage anywhere. Pump sump hose was filled with water.
Screwed the filter cover home, as tight as it could go by hand, tried to fill drum again, and water still poured out of one of the two holes in the screw cover. In the circular, screwable filter cap, there are two holes with a screw in centre.
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Others have been trying to get this washing machine working and I'm wondering if the filter screw cover (plastic) might have been cross threaded or whatever, causing a poor seal. But I can't see any damage.
If it was just a damaged rubber seal I would expect just a trickle of leaking water, but no .. the water pours out of one of the holes.
Any ideas for troubleshooting this last part of the leak?
What would cause this leak?
Is a replacement of filter cover adviseable?
Thanks.
Original symptom .. water starting to leak onto floor a few seconds after drum starts filling.
I inspected the machine today and found that the hose at back of soap dispenser had come loose (compression clip had come loose). This would explain original water leak.
So I fixed that with a new jubilee clip around the hose instead of the original compression clip which was difficult to replace.
..
But, on testing again with water infill, a new leak appeared underneath from the filter pump inspection cover (bottom right of machine). One fault solved, a new problem popping up!
..
I inspected the pump filter, and the rubber seal, but there was no obvious damage anywhere. Pump sump hose was filled with water.
Screwed the filter cover home, as tight as it could go by hand, tried to fill drum again, and water still poured out of one of the two holes in the screw cover. In the circular, screwable filter cap, there are two holes with a screw in centre.
..
Others have been trying to get this washing machine working and I'm wondering if the filter screw cover (plastic) might have been cross threaded or whatever, causing a poor seal. But I can't see any damage.
If it was just a damaged rubber seal I would expect just a trickle of leaking water, but no .. the water pours out of one of the holes.
Any ideas for troubleshooting this last part of the leak?
What would cause this leak?
Is a replacement of filter cover adviseable?
Thanks.