Indesit drying knob loose
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The drying knob on our indesit IWDC6125 washer dryer is loose and not clicking. Now you cant stop the machine drying. I read online that you can easily take out the knob and replace it with another by clicking it in and that would be a fix. It was a parts shop though so not sure its accurate. Help appreciated many thanks.
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Indesit IWDC6125 washer dryer always enters drying after wash; loose drying knob
- The problem
- On an Indesit IWDC6125 washer dryer, the drying knob became loose and stopped clicking. After that, the machine would wash and dry, but it could not be set to do a wash-only cycle because it always went into drying even when the dryer knob was set to no-dry.
- Likely cause
- Most strongly supported diagnosis was a fault with the dryer control mechanism rather than the outer knob alone. The discussion suggested the dryer control may be stuck on a drying setting, but this was not confirmed. A possible alternative raised was that the machine might be doing an anti-crease action rather than actual drying.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was to confirm whether the machine truly completes and switches off at the end of a drying cycle, and to check whether a drying-only programme starts drying automatically without a time being selected. If it genuinely continues to dry regardless of the control position, the recommended remedy was a new dryer controller mechanism. Exact repair carried out was not confirmed.
- Checks to try
- Observed that the drying knob was loose and not clicking
- Confirmed the machine would wash and dry, but not wash only
- Advised to let a drying cycle run to see if it finishes and switches off
- Advised to try a drying-only cycle to see if drying starts automatically without selecting time
- Advised to distinguish real drying from anti-crease drum movement by checking whether the hot-air fan is running
- Parts or tools mentioned
- dryer controller mechanism
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
3 Answers
Hello Rexer. I'm struggling to see how it could be anything to do with the actual control knob. This is because even if a control knob completely broke and you had no control over it, if you let the dryer cycle run its length it should still switch off and stop at the end. Then the dryer would never come back on again unless you altered the control. I'm assuming it's like a mechanical control?
Have you tried letting it run on the dryer cycle until it finishes? If it does finish and turn off then you know that the control has reset to off and you could replace the control knob knowing the exact position it needs to be fitted into. But if it never switches off, then presumably the dryer control itself is faulty.
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sorry reading back my post I can see I didnt explain it well. So I can run a wash and dry fine but not a wash on its own. It always insists on drying after a wash. When I put the dryer mechanical knob to the no dryer setting it ignores it. I think it us stuck on a dryer setting that I set just before the knob went loose.
thanks for replying
Hello Rexer. Thanks for the clarification. If the dryers control is stuck as you suspect, then if you put the washer dryer onto a drying only cycle it should run automatically start drying without you having to select any time? If it does then it sounds like it needs a new controller mechanism. But if it doesn't, then it's clearly not stuck in an on position? It sounds like a very strange fault. Are you 100% sure that it is doing a tumble dryer at the end of the cycle and not doing a crease save action which many washing machines do. That is, after the full spin, the drum will revolve back and forth every so often indefinitely to prevent creasing. This could very easily look like it is drying, but the difference would be that the fan motor that blows hot air through on the drying cycle would not be running.
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