Indesit W143S UK Washing Machine

[grimster]

Hi, I could do with some help diagnosing a problem. I have an Indesit W143SUK which keeps sticking mid cycle. It stops full of water with the light flashing 5 times and the dial clicking round. If I drain the machine from the pump it seems to temporarily fix the problem and it works again - sometimes for just a couple of cycles, sometimes for a few weeks.

Is it likely this is just the pump or something else?

 

[rocks1]

5 flashes means obstruction try and clean waste pipe poss blocked at the end that goes into the sink /stand pipe end .

 

[grimster]

Thanks for that. I've taken off the waste pipe, flushed it through and put it back on but it wasn't blocked. Any other ideas?

 

[grimster]

Hi, for anyone who might be interested. I changed the pump about 6 weeks ago and that seems to have completely fixed the problem.

One thing to watch out for if you're going to change a pump though.... there seems to be different versions of the pump and despite getting a genuine Indesit pump with exactly the same sticker and reference number on, there's one critical difference. The new pump had a small hole in the side of the filter housing where the old one had a blanked off plug. I didn't notice the difference at first and caused a bit of a flood first time I turned it on. Swapping the filter housing with the old pump sorted it out and has worked fine ever since!