Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

The washing machine (a five year old Hotpoint Aquarius) washes and spins but stops when it gets to soft rinse. If I nudge the button it goes on to complete the cycle but fails to use the soft rinse.

Is this an easily fixable fault or should I pay a man to have a look bearing in mind that we're both pretty handy with a spanner? Or should I bin it and buy something that isn't a Hotpoint? I realise that these cheaper machines only seem to have a life expectancy of around five years

I can't go on wearing crispy knickers so something has to be done ASAP

FlightMan

Speaking as someone who used to live in a Hotpoint Aquarius equpped house, Bosch is your friend.

jasey

Assume you have thoroughly washed the draw(s) that hold the powder / liquid. By Thorough I mean taken them out and dismantled as far as possible and cleaned all the gunk away !

If yes - 5 years is a good innings and a new machine would probably be as cheap as getting a plumber out to it !

Leslie

Sounds like the programme controller which either might have a bad connection somewhere or may need to be replaced. Worth checking if it is that which is cheaper to replace than the whole machine of course.

Les

mrtheedge2u2

Just replace with a steel tub and mangler

SJ_Skyline

Move on to Bob's pants or just go commando?

BOB.T

We have a stream that runs down the side of our garden, I've sent Sal out there, she's beating her knickers against rocks as I speak, no Tam, you can't have pics!

albob

have you checked the filter ??? -- failing that, could be the soft rinse water valve has failed (machine sits waiting for it fill up, and nothing happens, by moving the timer **** a click u are overriding the setting, and machine carries on as normal)

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

That sounds very plausible. I had the drawer out yesterday and it was pretty gunk free so I ran the machine on a completely different programme (synthetics, no soft rinse) and it still stopped at the point at which the softrinse should come in. I nudged the **** and it carried on as normal.

Today I'm going to take the lid off and have a poke around

Devildog

Pah...softners...

Cheapest solution? - transfer to a washing powder with a built in softner