Hi, I’m Matt from eSpares.
Now, if the heater element has blown on your washing machine, you’re going to need to
replace it. You know if your heater element its blown, it its tripping out your fuse or
the mains electricity supply, or if the machine is working, the waters not getting hot and
that’s obviously going to mean that you’re clothes aren’t washing as effectively. So,
I‘m going to show you how to fit the new element to this Bosch WFL2260 model but the
process should be pretty similar to your make and model of front loader machine. Now safety
first, do make sure you’re unplugged from the mains before you do any work on any electrical
appliances.
I’m going to need to remove the whole of the front panel on this machine to fit the
new element. And to do that I’m going to start by fitting the top panel. So we just
got a couple of screws here holding the top panel on. They’re torqeshead screws and
you can get a full set of torques bits on the eSpares website. I’m actually going
to use a torques bit on an electric drive to speed things up. Ok, so that’s the top
panel off. I just need to take off the soap dispenser, that just clips open like that.
And now I’m going to take off this fascia. Now, I’ve got one screw on this side to
undo and three screws over here. Do keep these screws separate because they’re stainless
steel, so they don’t rust. So the fascia and the control panel there, I can just pop
that on the top. And this kick strip or kick plate just clips away, the drain hose there,
just put that to one side. Now I just need to remove this retaining clip which is holding
the door seal against the machine. There are lots of different ways that these retaining
clips work, this one just pops off like so. Just get the door seal and push it inside
like that.
Now, I’ve just got four screws that are now holding the front of machine on: there,
there and these two on the door interlock. So now I can pull the front of the machine
and the door completely away from the machine. So the element is situated here at the bottom
of the drum. Now, I’ve taken the back panel off this washing machine off just to give
us a little bit more light for the video, you won’t need to do that. Before I start
uncoupling these wires, I’m just going to take quick snap with my camera phone so I’ve
got a record of which wires go where. Just uncouple those wires, this brown one here
is attached to the thermostat. And now I just need to undo this nut which is attached to
the retaining clip just with a spanner or a socket. Don’t undo it all the way because
what I’m going to need to do is just give that a little tap and that pushes through
the retaining clip and releases the seal so that I should be able to now slide the old
element out. You can see now the retaining clip and how, when the nut is done up, that
pushes the seal out against the side of the machine.
Ok now, one thing I do need to take off is the thermostat. Should just slide out fairly
easily. There we go. Then I can pop that straight into the brand new element like so. Now, we’re
almost ready to put that back into the machine. I’m just going to put a couple of drops
of fairy liquid around the seal. Because with it being a new element and a new seal, they
can be a little tricky to get in. Ok, let’s give it a go at that. There we go, now give
it a good push and there we go. That’s nicely in place and we just need to tighten up that
nut. And that would have pushed the seal against the casing there and I’m just going to start
coupling the wires back on again. Now all I need to do, is to put the whole thing back
together again.
So, there we go. That’s a new element fitted to this Bosch washing machine. Elements for
all makes and models of washing machine are available on the eSpares website. Thanks for
watching.