Maytag Performa Pav2300Aww; Ton Of Crud Under Tub Cap!
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My Performa was smelling musty even after running several cycles of hot water with Affresh™, so I decided to take off the tub top and have a look. This is what I found.
(If you can't see the image, the entire underside of the tub cap is covered in a thick mat of crud.)
How does dirt get up into the tub top in the first place? The water level's never supposed to go that high, is it? But it must have been happening consistently for years to accumulate that kind of buildup...
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Maytag Performa PAV2300AWW musty smell and heavy grime under tub cap
- The problem
- A Maytag Performa PAV2300AWW washing machine had a persistent musty smell that remained after several hot washes with Affresh. On inspection, the underside of the tub cap was found to be heavily coated with thick grime.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply linked the build-up to normal internal grime/grease accumulation associated with wash habits such as mostly low-temperature cycles, reduced detergent quantities and/or use of liquid detergent. No specific mechanical fault was identified.
- What fixed it
- The thread points to detergent and wash-temperature related build-up as the most likely explanation for the contamination under the tub cap. A documented repair or cleaning result was not confirmed in the discussion.
- Checks to try
- Musty smell persisted after several hot-water cleaning cycles with Affresh
- Visual inspection found heavy crud on the underside of the tub cap
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Affresh
1 Answer
That's nasty. My article here explains a lot about the causes of build up of grime and grease inside washing machines
Do you use mostly low temperature washes, use reduced detergent quantities and/or liquid detergent?
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