Aeg 87695WD not drying
Hi All
i have the Aeg 87695WD
PNC 91460570201
Clothes coming out hot and steamy for drying , wash works fine
iv had the thing in bits and condenser according to a German service manual I found is part of drum , no way to clean or even across though from videos i don’t think there’s a blockage
Condenser solenoid valve seems to be filling a cup just fine and measures 5.3 ohms so I’m at a loss what’s wrong feel like putting a hammer through it at the moment.
I've only ran the dryer for 5 or 10mins. Enough for the valve to open twice and draw water through, and enough time to get the drying steaming hot.
if someone can watch the videos and let me know any other ideas I’d be grateful
Far as I can tell the condenser valve works fine and water runs in to drain pipe.
Is there anything else I’m missing ps fans also run fine.
any help would be much appreciated , I did post on ukwhitegoods forum but thought I’d try here too so apologies if this is a duplicate
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AEG 87695WD washer-dryer heats but leaves laundry hot and steamy in dry cycle
- The problem
- AEG 87695WD, PNC 91460570201, washed normally but during drying the clothes came out hot and steamy rather than dry. The owner reported the dryer heater got very hot within 5-10 minutes.
- Likely cause
- Most strongly supported diagnosis was failed air circulation or failed steam condensing within the drying system. Forum replies narrowed this to the fan not actually running despite appearances, or a blockage in the fan/condenser chamber preventing hot moist air from circulating and condensing properly. Water supply to the condenser and drain-out appeared to be functioning, so those were considered less likely.
- What fixed it
- No confirmed repair was documented. The accepted guidance was to diagnose by process of elimination within the drying airflow/condensing path, with suspicion focused on the fan chamber or airflow route rather than the heater or wash system. Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
- Checks to try
- Dryer heater became hot
- Condenser solenoid valve was reported to fill the cup and draw water
- Solenoid resistance was reported as 5.3 ohms
- Water was seen leaving via the drain pipe
- Fans were reported by the owner as running
- Owner checked common causes from a related article
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Condenser solenoid valve
- Fan/fan chamber
- Condenser chamber
- Drain pipe
Safety: Do not bypass any safety devices. Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
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Hi. Does this article help at all? Laundry comes out of washer-dryer hot and steamy
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No sadly check all the common culprits so article doesn’t help that much
It should hopefully let you understand exactly how the fault is created. That is, the heater must work but the steam isn’t condensed into water and/or being pumped out Once you understand how the hot steamy conditions must be created it’s just a matter of process of elimination to work out what is causing it.
it can only be the fan not running, the fan running but fan chamber blocked, no water running into the condenser chamber or water running in but the condensed water not running into the drum to be pumped away due to a blockage.
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If you watch the last video the water is leaving via the drain pipe and the machine is taking water via solenoid at least in first 15 mins
The fan is glued Unit bar the fan itsself but wouldnt the fact that clothes are hot indicate the fan is working to blow air ??
As I mentioned and I’m happy to be corrected the condenser is not a separate unit like on most models it’s a channel on the back of the drum which is molded to it so no way to access bar a hole under the fan which is blocked and only has small cutouts to impossible to get in and clean bar pouring hot water down it maybe.
Iv read a lot and tried a lot of things yet still no closer to solving this myestery which is hard to accept as machine is a quality product that washes fine.
Any other pointers would be very much welcomed.
Cheers
Hello. It seems as though everything is working. It's heating up, the water is trickling into the condenser chamber and being pumped out. So the suspicion is that the fan chamber is blocked or the fan isn't actually running. I would guess the hot air is not being circulated through the laundry.
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