Washer not taking in enough water
Hi, I have a 5year old Hoover WA110. According to Hoover's manual, the machine should take water to about a third of the way up the door window. If it doesn't, they say to use a "Y" piece on the cold water feed with both hoses attached. No matter which way I try to connect the water feed, the washing machine doesn't seem to allow enough time for filling (no matter what the pressure), hence it never takes sufficient water to wash properly. This has always been the case, now I would like to get it to work properly. Any idea how to extend the fill time?
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Hoover WA110 appears to fill normally despite low visible water level
- The problem
- The owner of a 5-year-old Hoover WA110 believed the washer was not taking in enough water because the user manual said the level should reach about a third of the door window. They also felt the machine did not allow enough time to fill and had always seemed to wash with too little water.
- Likely cause
- The strongest supported explanation is that the supplied user manual was incorrect for this model. The accepted reply stated the correct wash level is only just below the lip of the drum, which is much lower than the owner expected and typical of modern machines.
- What fixed it
- No repair was advised. The accepted guidance was that the observed low water level is normal for the Hoover WA110, so there was no need to alter the fill time or pipe arrangement.
- Checks to try
- Compared expected water level from user manual with actual fill level
- Accepted reply stated correct wash level is just below the lip of the drum
- Poster confirmed the manual information was wrong
3 Answers
On wash, the water on this model should come to just below the lip of the drum. This is not very much water and is typical of most modern washing machines. Even on rinses, it won't come much higher.
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Thank you for the information. The manual I received with the washer is obviously incorrect.
It seems so. The information on the water level is from the technical manual. Hoover washing machines prior to the mid 1980s used to fill at almost half way up the door glass on wash, and over half way up the door glass on rinse. These days you can hardly see any water inside the washer on wash.
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