Hoover Wont Take Conditioner Away
Hi,
We have a Hoover Special Edition HSE 236 washing machine and for some reason it will not dispense conditioner from the middle compartment of the drawer. We have cleaned out the drawer even the syphon arrangement in the soft rinse comp and still no joy. There are two small hoses from the solonoid valves to the inlets of the dispenser, could the solonoids be the problem. Water only seems to enter the left hand compartment, I assume water gets to the right hand compartment but no water at all enters the middle section where the soft rinse is. It is a cold water fill only. Please help. Thanks
Peter O'Halloran
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Hoover HSE 236 not dispensing fabric conditioner
- The problem
- A Hoover Special Edition HSE 236 washing machine was taking in cold water but would not flush fabric conditioner from the middle drawer compartment. The drawer and siphon arrangement had already been cleaned, and water appeared to enter only the left-hand compartment.
- Likely cause
- The accepted diagnosis was that the fabric conditioner compartment solenoid/valve was not being energised, was faulty despite being energised, had a connection fault, or the machine was aborting before reaching the rinse stage when that valve should operate. The exact failed part was not confirmed.
- What fixed it
- Check the fabric conditioner compartment solenoid/valve circuit and related connections, and confirm whether the programme is reaching the rinse stage. The discussion did not confirm a specific repair being carried out.
- Checks to try
- Drawer cleaned
- Siphon arrangement in the soft rinse compartment cleaned
- Observed that water only seemed to enter the left-hand compartment
- Observed that no water entered the middle conditioner compartment
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Fabric conditioner compartment solenoid/valve
- Connections to the solenoid/valve
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
Hello Peter. As cold water is still getting into the washing machine but not the fabric conditioner compartment the fault must be caused by the fabric conditioner compartment solenoid not being energised, or being energised but failing to work because of a fault in the solenoid or a connection fault somewhere, or the washing machine is aborting before it reaches the rinse where the solenoid (valve) is energised.
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