Indesit BWE91683X W UK won't spin at speed anymore
Hi,
I have an Indesit BWE91683 and for the last couple of days it has stopped spinning at high speed. If I put it on the spin cycle it starts to turn the drum, but only slowly. It changes direction but never speeds up. Also the counter does not start counting down. It does seem to initially rotate the drum faster, then seems to hesitate and slow back down.
The machine runs wash cycles fine, its just the spin cycle which has the issue.
I thought is might be motor brushes, but have been unable to find any for the machine so assume its a brushless motor.
Does anyone have any ideas what the issue could be?
Many thanks,
Callum
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Indesit BWE91683X spin cycle turns slowly but will not accelerate
- The problem
- An Indesit BWE91683X W UK washing machine stopped reaching full spin speed. On the spin programme the drum starts turning slowly, reverses direction, and may briefly speed up before hesitating and slowing again. The timer does not count down during this fault. Wash cycles were reported to run normally. The fault was intermittent, with a few successful spins over the previous week.
- Likely cause
- The strongest diagnosis in the discussion was a possible blocked pressure system. An intermittent connection was also mentioned as a possibility, but no fault was confirmed.
- What fixed it
- Recommended action was to investigate the non-spin causes listed by the engineer, with particular suspicion on the pressure system because the machine is around 4 years old and the user reported mainly using liquid detergent and low-temperature washes. The exact repair was not confirmed in the thread.
- Checks to try
- Observed that wash cycles worked normally
- Observed that the spin cycle only rotated slowly and did not accelerate
- Observed that the timer did not count down during the failed spin
- Confirmed the fault was intermittent
- Checked/confirmed machine age was about 4 years
- User reported mainly using liquid detergent and low-temperature wash cycles
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
4 Answers
It could be several things. How old is it?
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Hi Andy,
Thanks for the reply. Its about 4 years old. It has been spinning a few times over that last week but is very hit and miss if it will start.
Many thanks
Hi. The reason I asked about age is because some faults are more likely on an older machine. One of the first suspects is a blocked pressure system which tends to happen more on older washing machines. Yours is sort of in between.
Not going into a fast spin, in other words the motor and drum turn okay on wash at the beginning of the spin cycle but it doesn't actually kick into a proper spin can be caused by many different things ranging from simple to serious. I have them all listed in my article here - why is my washing machine not spinning at end of cycle
If it's intermittent then it's even harder to solve. It could be dodgy connection somewhere, or it could even be a pressure system blockage especially if you use mostly liquid detergent and or low temperature wash cycles.
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Thanks Andy. Yes all liquid detergents and low temp. I will have a look at your article and have a play with the machine at the weekend.
Thanks again
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