Lg Intellowasher Gritty Sounds At Certain Times In Cycle
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I have an LG intellowasher WM14225FD. It has developed a 'gritty' grinding and popping sound but at only certain times in the cycle. It works perfectly fine otherwise. The noise does not happen during initial fill, spins , pumping out or at other specific times during the washing cycle.
I have checked the pump filter and it is empty.
I was wondering if there might be some grit (I had been working with it for a oeriod and it might have got into my pockets!) caught in the heater element area and is being heated and 'jumping' about as is heated. When the wachine is spinning and pumping out there is no gritty noise at all so the pump seems to be fine or are there two pumps?
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LG WM14225FD gritty grinding/popping noise during parts of wash cycle
- The problem
- An LG Intellowasher WM14225FD developed a gritty grinding and popping sound only at certain points in the wash cycle. The machine otherwise worked normally. The noise did not occur during initial fill, spinning or pumping out. The pump filter was checked and found empty.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply suggested a possible motor-brush issue, with light sparking from the brushes potentially being heard at some stages and masked during pumping or spinning. Grit in the machine was considered less likely because debris would be more expected to cause noise when the washer is pumping.
- What fixed it
- No confirmed repair was documented. The accepted advice was to have the machine checked rather than ignore the noise, as it could develop into a more costly fault.
- Checks to try
- Pump filter checked and found empty
- Noise reported absent during initial fill, spinning and pumping out
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
Sounds are difficult to pass onto someone else accurately. One possibility is sparking from the motor brushes which if gentle at this stage may be masked when the pump runs or when it's spinning. I would expect any grit to cause problems only when the washer is pumping as it gets whipped around inside the pump.
I would get it checked out, it may be something or nothing but ignoring noises can sometimes prove costly.
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