How to Clean inside Fisher & Paykel Smart Drive washing machine 

Thanks for the great video Dan. Our machine was filthy in places you couldn't see and every now and then would dump gunk all over our washing. With the aid of your easy to follow instructions we gave it a good clean today and are confident of having plenty of mess-free washing ahead.

Brilliant video - good to hear a NZ voice with short no nonsense simple instructions - thank you so much

Mate, thank you so much for this video. I had removed the agitator in the past to clean but never considered pulling the whole drum out. Your video made it easy as, so chur

Thanks Dan. Best helpful video I have seen for a long time. I has saved us from buying a new machine, now the old one works better than the new models. Thanks so much.

Great video! Easy to follow step by step guide. My mum asked me to say thanks on her behalf too 🙏

Hi Dan. At the Salvation Army Church in Howick, Auckland I was able to repair their washing machine thanks to your videos. The washing machine is used by those in need such as homeless people. Keep up the good work with the videos.

Oh man this was so easy to follow and literally took me only half an hour from start to finish. Thanks man!

Fabulous videos Dan. Clear, no nonsense instructions that are easy to understand and follow. Nice tip about the pump motor resistance. Got the old girl cleaned out and running like new again [machine].

kia ora Dan, very informative and useful. After paying a call out fee for a kink in a hose stopping the cycle, I've endeavoured to resolve issues for myself first. Your video goes a long way towards this. Many thanks

Excellent video mate - appreciated and did wonders - no more sludge over the washing. happy wife, happy life!!

Your the man! My wife woke me up this morning to say the washing washing was broken. Another expense come to my mind. Stumbled on your video and did both the short and long fix. There were so helpful and I am proud to say oil got my man card back 😂 never thought I’d be able to fix it myself. Appreciate your help.

Excellent instructions. I used vinegar and a plastic scraper to loosen the hardest deposits.

YOURE A LIFESAVER!!! my metal chain got stuck and jammed the washing machine, we were prepared to pay $$ to get it fixed, then came across this video!! thanks dude

You are awesome, thank you so much for making it look so easy. I was so disgusted when I saw why my cloths were all coming out with soap scum. It’s now sparkling clean. Thanks 👍🏼

Thanks so much for these videos! It took two of us about an hour and it has come up like brand new. This is going to get rid of the smell that kept coming from the laundry, and will keep our machine going for many years I'm sure. Really informative, great job!

Thankyou. Have had my machine for at least 13 years and it needed cleaning but I didn't know how bad until i followed your vid. I used a pressure cleaner for the drum and it was a breeze

Thank you Dan. This video is great! It was easy to follow and really helped me to clean my washing machine.

Bought 1 second hand and wasn't happy with how clean it was ,thanks for the step by step instructions, had fun with a power hose Cheers .

Great data from local to me technician. Use these tutorials lots of times to keep these machines running and save the land fill.

You sir, are a legend.

Thanks for taking time to show us this, it's very helpful and straight to the point. Appreciate it. Recommending to all my fam that have similar machine thanks again. 😊

Mate, that was a great instructional video. I needed to get the main bowl of the washing machine to clear out the drain pump. Thank you.

Hi Dan, Brilliant video. My washing machine was taking simply ages (20 minutes or so) to empty and the spin cycle wasn't working properly as water couldn't get away fast enough. I followed the video exactly, except once I had cleared the tissue paper and other bits out of the pump I poured more water in and blew back down the drain hose. All sorts of bits (including mashed up tissue paper) came out. I did it a couple of times and the hose pumped beautifully. Big money and especially hassle saver! Thanks heaps Peter

Thankyou Sir...Awesome video! Everything I needed to know and nothing I didn't need to know. Made it super easy and gave me the confidence to do it myself. Very much appreciated 🙂

Just found this video and cleaned our machine out as per the steps. Super easy and no more smell when it pumps out. Thank you for posting this.

I didn’t find my missing ring, pretty sure it wasn’t in the washer but after watch a few of your videos my machine is sparkling clean!! Thank you!

Fantastic video. Thanks so much. I could not believe how filthy it was in only 4 years. You would think we lived in a mudpit! Anyway all done and now my machine is filling for a rinse and I will rewash those sheets :). Thank you:)

Legend! Exactly the tutorial I needed, washing machine cleaned and back together. Sick vid mate, keep doing you.

Great video Dan. Just pulled apart our F&P washer showing 56 error code. Buttons/Coins blocking up drain. Without your video would have been up ships-creek!! Thanks heaps & keep up the great content-cheers🍺👍😎

Thanks for the helpful videos. I also found that a mop is quite good at getting the water that can't be scooped out out of the machine too.

3:26 - Thanks for this tip, worked perfectly!

Thank you! My washing machine now works like new.

Thankyou from our household very helpful and needed 😅

Great getting stuff done video!

Looks good thanks, my clothes haven’t been coming out all that clean lately , so I might give this a go, cheers

Well done mate, great videos.

Thank you for this video!

very helpful. Did this yesterday on my F&P Aquasmart washer. I had no idea how absolutely filthy the outer part of the "inner stainless steel tub" would be after 15 years of use. It looked rusted but it wasn't rust it was brown crud that had accumulated over the years of washing our cloths, towels, etc. for just 2 people. We don't have pets, we don't work on a farm (sometimes wish we did!).... Anyway my point is it's just me and the wife and we both do the relatively clean work of a salesman and a school teacher with no pets in the house and I was blown away at just how filthy and nasty the outside of the inner tub was. I took it outside to our lower deck and hosed it off but some of it had to be scrubbed off. I was so thankful that it wasn't rust as it did look like rust but - no it all came off after a good bit of scrubbing. If I had known I would have been doing this every couple of years. And thankfully you can do this if you own a Fisher & Paykel washing machine.

Excellent instructions! Thank you

as an expat living abroad, and with a F&P that needed repair, this made me smile on multiple levels. Miss the no-nonsense kiwi attitude.

Thank you so much for sharing, you are a life saver!

Thanks for this vid-I just took the drum out of my machine and cleaned it. After eight years it was hugely slimy, so I’m looking forwards to a clean-smelling laundry again. And of course I managed to snap off two of those stupid rim clips, which get old and brittle, but lickily it doesn’t seem to make any difference.

Thanks for your help brother 🙌🏽

Thanks so much, this was really easy following your great instructions. You are the best!

Thank you for the great video. I was wondering why sometimes my whites were coming out with marks on them. This explains it 😂 washing machine is nice and clean now

Excellent video!! Helped heaps

its very helpful. thanks

Waterblaster safe, roger that, that'll be my next task, easy job 👏

Thank you!! 😁

Thanks a lot!!!! :) its was a huge help

Awesome comments and expanlin

Thank you

brilliant!!

ours died on the weekend just wondering if possibly a clean would get it going again. great video even for the sake of pulling one apart I might try

Thank you for the video. I tried to unscrew the agitator bolt of my washer but couldn’t do it as it is too tight. Can I use any tool to loose the bolt?

One bloody problem that I did encounter however was removing the plastic screw thingy from around the metal agitator bit to remove the bowl. Bloody nightmare, Ended up sawing it off as it had corroded and stuck fast with rust.

Hey thanks for this video! I am just about to replace the model that you have in this video to the WA8560G1 Fisher & Paykel 8o.5kg Washsmart Eco top loader. I have always pulled my old one apart every 6 months just as you have in this video but just wanted to check do you know if the new models such as the one we are about to purchase are able to be pulled apart completely as you have done above for a deep clean? Many thanks, Tania

Great video thanks! Any tips for cleaning the blue water inlet seen at 1:53? Mine dribbles after the spin is finished and thought it might be better if cleaned but it looks like they riveted it on...

Hi. Could you give me your advice please. My F&P stopping working properly while its doing job between rinse and spin. It goes well from the beginning , but after it reach to “spin” - it just spins very very slowly , doesn’t do anything else. Then I’m turning power off and on, then set only “spin” and in this way I’m finishing washing process. What cause it could be in your opinion? I would be really appreciate if you reply. Many thanks

hey Dan, thanks for the easy to follow video, our machine was bought second hand and i have given it a deep clean so looks great, unfortunatley we are still getting a line of crud on our clothes so im bewildered as to where its coming from now? any thoughts.?

Could I feasibly replace the main seal with this level of disassembly? My machine just started leaking water a few loads ago. Bearings sound fine. No rusty muck has been slung off underneath yet. Just leaking during a wash. I’d like to replace the seal by pulling it out from around the shaft with a few screws screwed into it to pull it out with pliers from the top then press a new one in around the shaft with some pipe etc and petroleum jelly. Would like to avoid full disassembly to remove bearings and seal if not necessary. Great videos. I was going to dump my machine but seems like these older F&Ps still repairable if doing DIY without breaking the bank.

This is amazing, and exactly what I was looking for, rather than a 20 minute video dropping in shoutouts for MLM natural laundry products between each step. Just curious - How much would you charge for this as a one-off professional service? (Just in case my landlord doesn't want me to do it and wants a ballpark quote)? I'd tell her to give you her money right off the bat, but I'm in Auckland and you're in Motueka 🤣

Ok, it is a code 37. There was nothing inside the pump or around it inside the hole. The pump is new. I bought it about 6 months ago. Anyway, after I put everything back together, and ran a little bit of water into the tub, I wanted to see if it would drain it out. It didn't. There were no pump sounds. What are your thoughts?

Thanks Dan for your excellent video. On taking out the inner drum, I found that it has water in it. Will this effect operation. Do I need to drain it. What is the best way?

Hi thanks for the really cool video..... But after i cleaned it out, i find the machine only spins at med speed rather that fast even though The fast light is on and when in med temp it switches between warm and cold rather than warm and hot like it used to. ... Any reason, and any fixes? Thanks. P,S i didnt pull the switch panel off .but the bowl is now clean . Also. There are no fault codes showing. It is a MW511

If you use the scrubbing brush for the dishes but used for cleaning outer and/or inner bowl what you could do after that is put it in your dishwasher and you could use the scrubbing brush for the outer bowl and the water blaster for the inner bowl if you have one but maybe not the scrubbing brush if you don’t have a dishwasher

Hey bud , I followed your video to the letter in this one , both pumps are clear underneath and internally , the washing machine goes to rinse hits spin and does not drain eventually freezes and throws up error beep with three lights flashing appreciate any insights

Hi, I got F&P model MW512 washing machine and i'm having trouble removing the tub, do you have a detailed tutorial on how to remove it please?

My Fisher & Paykel washing machine has a similar problem but instead of the pump not working, the pump won't stop after pumping all the water out. Seems to be a faulty sensor. I'm gonna try everything your doing in this video to see if that fixes it. Let me know if there's anything else I should do. Thanks!

I went too far oops! I had the inside drum outside on a deck chair. Hadn't seen this one video of yours at that point. I was using garden hose with hot water from laundry tap & jet nozzle and a hearth brush, dipping it in a 2l icecream container that had about 50mls of dynamo liquid detergent (which I'd learnt was great for filth removal on quad bike a few years ago) BUT THE OOPS..... while i was cleaning underneath there was SO MUCH CRUD coming out the centre, underneath, yes, i didn't initially realise there was a NO GO AREA FOR WATER in the shaft hole (I assume) With what I quickly thought was grease, somewhere WATER SHOULD NOT GO! Is this correct? Will this be now an expensive repair for the guts of the base of the drum? Should i proceed with those screws inside the drum?

Any idea how to remove the drum if it seems stuck? I’ve got up to the point of putting my boot inside to press down and lift the drum, it will lift about 2cm and then no further

One thing I wasn't ready for was the smell 😂 haven't been cleaned for ten or more years 😬😅 expect the inside

Hi Dan, any recommendations on what to look for if washing machine won't turn on? Stopped midcycle after being unbalanced

Do you have any tips on how to get out the water that's sloshing around inside the lining of the drum? Or is it supposed to be there as a sort of ballast? If not I assume it would be rancid. (I tried F&P customer care line but it seems answering a simple question is way beyond their capacity).

Can you remove the bottom bit off the drum somehow? so much mould and scum in between the bottom and top plastic bits where shaft goes through, seems the only area that is not clean and has wash water running over it? thanks

Is there supposed to be water sloshing around inside the drum trapped inside?

There was water in the inner bowl. How do I get into it to get it out ?

Hello Dan, How do I stop fluff smothering my washing load? Specially more noticeable on coloured items.

Question should there be water in the inner bowl ???

Nice machine serial number dates manufactured in November 2002 so 10 years old when I was born imagine if it was November 14th 2002 it would be turning 10 at the same time I was born

How do you get your agitator off it’s stuck? Thanks

You do actually need to disconnect the bias spring before pulling the bowl up

Do you have any other tips for taking the drum out? I don’t think it’s ever been taken out so it’s quite hard and stuck.

My drum is seriously stuck I’ve tried everything from hot water to vinegar to standing on the middle part 😢