Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Re: Maytag washer
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bri2005
01-28-05, 07:59 AM
Sorry if this is lacking detailed information but I'm on my break at work and stumbled onto this site. This may seem like an easy issue but I really need help. I'm in Masscusetts and every time the weather drops below freezing (and it has been consistently here) my Maytag washing machine does not complete it's cycle and instead of draining, it leaks water a few minutes into the cycle. I'm forced to stop the cycle and drain the water out by hand. Up until the temperature dropped it was working fine. I can only guess the cold is issue here....any advice would be appreciated....
Thanks
Thanks
nomind
01-28-05, 09:23 AM
Hi Bri2005,
- this is a strange issue. Is it possible that the pipe you are draining into gets frozen sometimes ? Where is the washer stationed, and how close to an outside wall ? If in a basement, what is the ambient temperature ? :cool:
Do it Right - Do it once.
- this is a strange issue. Is it possible that the pipe you are draining into gets frozen sometimes ? Where is the washer stationed, and how close to an outside wall ? If in a basement, what is the ambient temperature ? :cool:
Do it Right - Do it once.
bri2005
01-28-05, 09:42 AM
Thanks for the reply. My washer is in a room attached to the kitchen and right up against the wall facing the outside of the house. I can only assume at this point that has something to do with a frozen pipe or my washing machine just has something wrong with it. Tonight when I get home I'll have to find the pipe it's using and try and determine if it's in fact freezing. My problem is all of the pipes in the laundry room are inside the walls and I cannot see any of them or where they go.
nomind
01-28-05, 08:21 PM
Bri, - an easy way to check the washer drainage is to have a bucket handy and then detach the drain hose from the standpipe. Fill a small load of water into the washer then rotate the dial to the first drain cycle, and hold the drain hose in the bucket. If it drains, then the problem is in the wall. :cool:
Do it Right - Do it once.
Do it Right - Do it once.
bri2005
01-31-05, 05:57 AM
Hello.
I went home over the weekend and did just that. I took the drain hose out of the wall, ran a small load of laundry and the water drained out into the bucket fine. So it's definitely an issue with the pipe. The drainage pipe is clearly labeled in my basement so I'm going to open it up and make sure nothing is clogged in there. If it's just a matter of the pipe freezing up then I can do that much about it because I don't have access to over half the pipe because it's in the wall, and that's probably where the freeze up is occuring.
Thanks again.
I went home over the weekend and did just that. I took the drain hose out of the wall, ran a small load of laundry and the water drained out into the bucket fine. So it's definitely an issue with the pipe. The drainage pipe is clearly labeled in my basement so I'm going to open it up and make sure nothing is clogged in there. If it's just a matter of the pipe freezing up then I can do that much about it because I don't have access to over half the pipe because it's in the wall, and that's probably where the freeze up is occuring.
Thanks again.