Brilliant guide We have a w3204 (10 yr old) which is identical inside to the one shown we had check drain and inlet flashing lights Removed the front kick panel then using a torch could see water sitting in the bottom trough After following this guide to remove front side and top panels i found the water inlet was dripping Seal not doing its job Removed the inlet and smeared some tigerseal inside the rubber seal and on the pipe it slides on to when you check genuine spare parts tigerseal is the way to go💯 BIG thanks for posting
I found cutting the hose so it stretched when l took off the blue pipe it was easier to take the top of the hose off. I also found the hose was stuck in the sweeper part. I kept cutting the hose till l managed to get the wire part out but it took a good while to get the plastic hose away from screw in part .lt seemed like the hose had melted or been stuck in. After that it was the easy part of putting it together.
i've been having problems with my 17year old w504 draining very similar layout, panel work certainly the same. had a blockage on the narrow pipe to the pump massive build up of pet hair 🤢 gave everything else a clean as you descibed as i was there and seems to work a treat now. many thanks
Thank you for the invaluable video. Hopefully it will sort my F11 error. only slight problem is I’ve lost the little yellow ball from the top back box bit. Is this essential? I am struggling to find a replacement part and it seems a shame to have to replace my washer because of 10 pence plastic ball :-(
At the end you mentioned grease to use for pushing back the water level sensing part. It is critical to avoid using grease (or any oil based substances) with rubber seal or part. If you must use dedicated sewer pipe lubricant or just plain old soap or dish soap. Why you ask? oil based substance like grease might case degradation of the rubber and thus a leak due to loosing a proper seal after some time. Cheers!
Absolutely brilliant. Just fixed my 15 year old Miele that wasn’t draining. All the black pump full of gunk. How to remove the front and side panel was invaluable. Many thanks, Sir.
Hello, I have the Miele TwinDos W1 and it does not recognize the detergent. If I do a wash with TwinDos, the detergent from containers 1 and 2 runs out in one wash. When I go to do a TwinDos cleaning, it shows a message that the container is empty. I cleaned all the detergent tubes. I checked the platinum sensor with an ohmmeter and saw that the resistance changes when there is flow. So, I assume it is okay. I changed the EZL166 control board, but the problem remains... If anyone has any other ideas on what to check, thank you very much!
Very helpful video- thanks. The w 1913 model is the same but a slightly different front removal. No kick panel , rather rests on two supports and lifts off. Warning tip: be sure to thread the orange door release overide through the the slot before putting everything back together otherwise you will get practice doing it all twice 🙄
Thank you for the useful guidelines. What happened in my case was that the thread which held the chamber (7:41) onto the frame broke off, and off with it came a piece of the chamber. This ended up making a hole on the chamber. I suppose this must have happened during transportation (as I bought it second hand).
Thanks for the clarification, it will help others. So how does the machine know when it's finished emptying? Or for that fact when/how it knows it's got an emptying problem?
Hi I did all the cleaning, everything is fine its still telling me check the Drainage and intent. And the word F and 135 is coming up ... any idea how I can fix that? thx.
Really sorry, I don't, I tried searching and found F135 is not used. F35 is a door interlock that could mean that the drum isn't emptying fully. But if your door is opening Ok. Then really not sure, maybe someone else on here may know.
Thank you for replying; there was water inside the machine on the bottom. I took it out and worked. I don’t know how the water leaked to there. But your video was very usual. Thank you.
I think you'd need to take the front off. But I suppose you could use a coat hanger and bend it into a hook shape and poke uit up where the yellow pull tab starts (see video) - please let us all know if you succeed! 🙂
The tab you broke off, you don't need to drill that out, you can use a wide, flat blade screwdriver and very gently lever behind it. It will just pull out.
If it starts filling without being switched on its the inlet pump. If it fills too full or keeps filling then I would look at the pressure switch - see from 10:25 in the video. Water needs to go up the pipe to create air pressur above it to push on the diaphragm in the swich. If when clean it still does it you can try gently blowing up the pipe and if that stops the fill then you know it's a blockage in the pipes shown in the video from 10:25. If blowing doesn't stop the fill then check the connections on the switch or more likely you will need to replace the switch. Hope that helps - it would be what I tested first - good luck. Remember - I'm not a washing machine technician, just someone who has managed to fix a few machines in the past.
Thanks for the video. If I may add no1 clean filter. No2 clean the outlet chamber that is just under the lid with the ball in it. Be careful there is a washer that can fall out of the upper bit that can fall into the machine as you lift the cap. The ball floats up and seals the hole in the washer when the machine is draining. If this area is a little muddy (sticky)and a bit of grass or a tiny stick or a grain of sand stick in the mud the ball may not seal on the hole and the water will circulate instead of draining. I think cleaning these two items will get most machines going again and you only need to take off the lid.( 2 screws) and unclip the chamber.
You saved my day with this video. It turned out there was a lot of dirt in the chamber right before the outer drain. I cleaned it and now it works like a charm. And my wife is very impressed with me - what a bonus.
I believe it's there to stop back flow of water into the machine via the drain pipe. So if, for instance, your drain pipe was shared with another device and it got blocked further away than the two devices' outputs then without the ball the output from the other device could come back into your washing machine via the drain hose. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I found it! It had rolled a loong way! Also I managed to fix the draining issue, some of the tubes were really clogged. Thanks again for the great video!
Really happy to have found this video for my W5470. Very similar but a little older. It was smelling and not rinsing well. Fault was found in the blocked small pipes feeding the soap dispenser etc. Nasty brown soft gunge. I wonder if this is caused by detergent or softener, assuming the main wash liquid goes out through the bottom end, and what the solution is. Powder, liquid tablet or what:)? Thank you for posting this up.
Hi, glad you're sorted. We have found that a max hot wash (empty drum if necessary) or a washing machine cleaner helps. I guess the brown stuff is just congealed old soap. 🙂
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and takingthetrouble. Was super helpful and we are back up and running. People like you make the www a great place. 👏👍🏻😁
Excellent video 👏👏👏 I have F138 code so will be attempting parts of this, hopefully shouldn’t have to go the full way! Update: looks like my leak was coming from the Sump Hose. Once this is removed it can be filled with water and mine was dripping from one of the creases.
Thank you very much for your instructive and really helpful film! I have cleared the long thin hose from the pump and upwards. That hose doesn't have a high pressure, as far as I understand, and therefore it easily clogs.
Thank you. I just took my 17-year-old Miele machine apart last weekend and cleaned the pipes. I used a cake roller to push out all the gunk. Amazingly the machine works perfectly now.
Many thanks for your well explained repair. I had the same issue. The pump was turning and measuring the contacts on the pump with the lead removed showed 140 Ohms, so all good with the motor! The problem thankfully solved by removing all the hoses, flushing them with a hose pipe and nozzle and reassembly. Just one thing to add is...remember to put the orange emergency door opener back into the opening on the main panel before refitting ! Thanks again, G.
Superb video - thanks so much! Had the F11 code appear occasionally over the last few weeks, then every time the machine was attempted to be used. A quick check showed that the drain pump seemed to be working fine, and would pump out a torrent of water. So, after watching your video, I disconnected the pressure switch pipe, and connected it to a foot pump, so that I could blow air back though it. Reconnected, and the machine ran fine the next try. I've ordered up a syringe, so that I can back flus it with water rather than take it all apart - hopefully that will last a while!
Thanks so much for this informative video. After experiencing a constant anti flood error on my Miele W3902 (even after tilting forward as many advise), it would not go away making the machine unusable. After following your instructions for opening i discovered the fault. Within the anti flood float device (it just turns out and clips pop it open) there is a small micro switch (from cherry) that had completely rusted out the contacts and jammed the switch itself. Replacing then device solved the problem. Wife is quite proud of me now 😂
I'm glad that the video helped and pleased that you fixed your fault. Hopefully others with the same problem will be helped by your advice on the switch.😊
I am going open washing/drying model of it. Might be bit different. I hope i can fix the leakage which happens after wash program is finished. I don't know exactly there the problem lies. Anyway, very helpful video for dismantling and checking all tubes. Thank you
Thanks for this video. My laundry came out of my washing machine way to wet, while the centrifuge worked perfectly. I took all apart and finally the backflow protection was filled with something that looked like mud. I got it all out and now it works perfectly. Thanks to you. :D
Do u still have WinCE Patch? Was source code for it ever released I have one of those generic chinese units but it appears hacking scene moved to android now so WinCE things are very hard to find
