Indesit washing machine smelly water in the drum
My daughter has inherited Indesit IWC71452 washing machine in her flat which appears to be working, washes the clothes okay but she keeps finding a pool of water in the drum afterwards which smells bad. We've tried the following
Taken out and cleaned the filter - smells disgusting but nothing blocking it and it seems to be clear inside
Ran a hot service wash
It's plumbed into the kitchen sink, checked the U bend which was clean and water seems to be draining fine from the machine.
The conditioner drawer collects water also despite being cleaned
If anyone can offer any further things to try before calling and engineer or buying a new machine we would be very grateful.
Thanks
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Indesit IWC71452 leaving smelly water in drum after washes
- The problem
- An Indesit IWC71452 washing machine was washing normally but a pool of foul-smelling water was being found in the drum afterwards. Water was also collecting in the conditioner drawer.
- Likely cause
- The accepted diagnosis was that the machine was probably siphoning dirty water back through the drain hose from the sink waste.
- What fixed it
- Check and correct the drain hose installation to prevent siphoning/backflow from the sink drain. The exact adjustment or repair carried out was not confirmed in the discussion.
- Checks to try
- Filter removed and cleaned
- Hot service wash run
- Sink U-bend checked and found clean
- Drainage appeared to be working normally
- Conditioner drawer cleaned
2 Answers
Hello. It's probably siphoning down the drain hosefrom the sink. Check this article that explains it well (Tip no 2) Tips for correctly connecting up a washing machine
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Thank you Andy that make sense, much appreciated.
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