Can A Coin Break A Pump?
Hi all,
I am currently renting a flat with an Indesit washing machine. It wouldn't drain water so I called the landlady and she sent round a repair man. We have been living in the flat for 1 year and the washing machine seems to be 5+ years old.
When the repair man came round he found 2/3 coins in the filter with 1/2 small screws. He took those out and then looked at the pump and said that needed repairing. It was fixed.... no more problems.
However, the landlady is saying the coins caused the problem and that as it was 'negligence' we had to pay the cost. My question is did the pump just break over the years or was it the coins that caused it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Indesit washer not draining; coins found in filter not usually enough to break pump
- The problem
- The washing machine stopped draining. A repairer found 2–3 coins and 1–2 small screws in the filter, removed them, and also said the pump needed repair. The dispute was whether the items in the filter had caused the pump failure.
- Likely cause
- The accepted advice was that if the coins and screws were only in the pump filter, they would not normally damage the pump because the filter is there to protect it. Items can remain there for a long time and may only contribute to a draining problem if fluff or cotton collects around them and restricts water flow. If a screw had got inside the pump itself, that could cause pump damage.
- What fixed it
- Remove debris from the filter. If the pump has actually failed, repair or replacement of the pump may be needed, but the discussion does not confirm the exact pump fault or repair details. Based on the accepted reply, debris found only in the filter is not strong evidence that it broke the pump.
- Checks to try
- Machine would not drain
- 2–3 coins found in the filter
- 1–2 small screws found in the filter
- Repairer said the pump needed repairing
- Parts or tools mentioned
- pump filter
- pump
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
If the items were in the pump filter then no. The pump filter protects the pump by preventing such items from getting inside it. Coins, or any other object can lie there for years and will only cause a problem if they attract small pieces of fluff or cotton which snag on items like nails, and bra underwires, and eventually restrict the flow of water.
If a screw was found inside the pump then yes.
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