Washing machine has a mind of it's own...

Toots

Just wondering can anyone offer me any pearls of wisdom about what might have gotten into (or out of as the case may be) my washing machine.

It's a Hotpoint Aquarius, just over 2 yrs old. Recently, it's been filling back up with water after the cycle is finished. The wash and dry cycle run fine, but about 1/2 an hour after it's finished, it very slowly starts filling up with water again. Say when I go to bed at night, and then come down in the morning, it's full. There's a function to pump out the machine, so I use that to empty it, then when I come back from work it's full again.

It's still cleaning clothes, and once we take them out as soon as the cycle is finished they don't get all wet again when the water starts coming back in. Obviously this isn't normal for the machine, and my worry is that one day either myself or my OH will go out to work or to bed and leave the washing machine door open and it'll destroy the place.

Has anyone here experienced anything similar before? If so how did you fix it? I'm leaving phoning Hotpoint as a last resort, because the call-out fee for one of their engineers is about €150, which I'd prefer not to have to spend if at all possible. Any advice appreciated

jhegarty

There should be a one way flap on the pipe near where it enters the sink. This needs to be replaced.

It should be at the end of the outlet pipe from the machine.

Should cost less than €1 to replace.

Hamburglar

Take the detergent dispenser out & check if there is a small trickle of water coming in, there could be a problem with the water inlet valve, possibly some dirt has damaged the seal & its leaking through, if it is, you need a new valve as it cant be repaired, should be easy enough to get a replacement though!

Toots

Thanks guys, I shall get the OH to have a look at those, hopefully that'll sort it out