Warm and steamy clothes after washing

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

Warm, steamy clothes at end of 60°C wash

The problem

After every 60°C wash cycle, clothes were coming out very warm and steamy. The user had checked that the machine appeared to be connected to a cold water supply, and a rinse-only cycle used cold water.

Likely cause

The accepted reply suggests the machine may not be completing the full programme after the hot wash stage, or may not be pumping the hot soapy water away properly. A probable explanation is poor draining, leaving hot wash water in the machine instead of completing the rinses.

What fixed it

Check whether the selected programme completes all rinses on the 60°C cycle, stated as about four rinses in the discussion. Also check that the machine is pumping away water correctly. If the rinses remain very soapy, that supports a drain or pump-out problem. The exact repair was not confirmed in the thread.

Checks to try

• Confirmed the machine seemed to be connected to a cold water supply
• Confirmed the rinse-only cycle used cold water
• Check whether the 60°C programme completes all rinses
• Check whether the machine is pumping water away properly
• Observe whether the rinse water/clothes remain very soapy