Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel i'm here to save you time
and money and today is the Bosch Serie 4 VarioPerfect washing machine general
maintenance, basically you want to keep it in tip-top
condition so it's in good running order what we're going to be doing today is
we're going to be checking the dispenser drawer making sure there's no gunk and
gunge and mold in there then we're going to be checking the
rubbers on the inside of the drum then we're going to be checking the
drainage pump filter also known as the coin catcher make sure
there's nothing in there then we're going to be checking the aqua
inlet mains cold water feed filter and then we're going to check the
drainage hose and the drainage u-bend make sure
there's no blocks in there and then finally we're going to run a
drum clean cycle which keeps your washing machine
hygienically fresh i'll put chapters in the description
below so you can jump to whatever scene you want
right what you're going to need today is a pair of pliers your partner's
toothbrush a bit of coat hanger wire or a dental floss brush
plugs have you been using my toothbrush for cleaning the washing machine again
um no
and you're gonna need a lovely cup of tea and i've decided on today's
video i'm going to have my cup of tea at the beginning
this is the Bosch washing machine here and this is the dispenser drawer on the
left hand side so what you do is you just pull it out
and then this button here you need to push that but quite
far in i'll just give you a zoom of what it does
so you're pushing that down and it just lowers that clip and that allows you to
remove the dispensing drawer have a look inside the dispenser drawer
area this is not too bad but as you can see
on the top we've got a bit of mold and gunk this machine is
only eight months old so you can see how quickly it builds up and we're really
careful with this washing machine now before you get started it's really
important to just get a cloth and just block that hole up because you
don't want the toothbrush or the wire falling down into the
washing machine because that is a world of pain
whilst i'm blocking that hole up there's a link above now about what to do if
your washing machine is not draining water
now i'm going to take my coat hanger wire and what you're doing here is
you're just basically pushing it into these jet nozzle holes
here and the fabric softener on this bosch washing machine
is in the middle so you're just pushing up there into each hole
just making sure that you can remove any gunk and gunge
now if you've got a dental flush toothbrush that is absolutely ideal if
you've got small brush head on the end you can just poke that up inside there
and just wiggle it about and just make sure you get any debris out of there or
any mold now i believe this whole unit does
actually pull off you can see some small clips at the back
but i tried this and it was really difficult and you have to be very
careful because obviously you do not want to
snap this so i'm just going to clean it with this hook
and obviously while you're in here you might as well clean the other holes as
well on the detergent side and the pre-wash
detergent side just to make sure that they're nice and
clear these are unlikely to be blocked because
obviously the fabric softener does create
mold and gunk over time then take your partner's toothbrush and
just get inside here with some hot soapy water
and just give this a really good scrub all around the jet nozzle holes and
basically all around the dispenser drawer
area
as we've got it all opened up you might as well get this spotlessly clean
get it as good as you can and then take a hot soapy cloth
and give it a good scrub as well whilst i'm doing that there's a link above now
about how to activate the child lock on this bosch washing machine
now i've got my wet soapy cloth i'm just giving that a really good clean
this is about five or ten minutes later as you can see this is looking pretty
good
what i'm going to do now is i'm just going to clean the actual dispenser
drawer so i'm just going to lift this off
this is actually not too bad but we can clean all this with our
partner's toothbrush
so we've already started to get a bit of mold residue building up on here
and as we're going to put it back we might as well make it spotlessly clean
so just give this a really good scrub with hot soapy water
and there's a link above now about what to do if the door is stuck on this Bosch
washing machine as you can see on the back there's a bit
of mold residue building up as well so let's just clean this up
i'm not going to show you all this footage but this is what it looks like
after i've given it a really good clean so that's looking spick and span top
notch
just going to give this level indicator a quick clean as well
and then we're ready to put the dispenser drawer back in once it's dried
off now just put the dispenser drawer back
in line it up you may have to push that button down
and then just slide it all the way home what we'll do now is just check the
rubbers inside the door we've got a tiny bit of dirt here a few
hairs just get those out
and then we're just going to peel back the rubber we've got a little bit of
dirt in there so just take a hot soapy cloth
and just make sure that's nice and clean and the drainage holes are clear
if it's really dirty in here you can use your partner's toothbrush again
right now if you've got this error code E18 it means your pump filter is blocked
but i'm just going to check this one anyway and the first thing you need to
do is make sure that the power is off on the washing machine so switch off
at the mains and also remove the plug from the wall
and then you need to turn off the mains cold water feed
as we're going to be removing the drainage pump filter
now right down here on the right hand side of the front you've got this small
plastic panel just push that clip down at the top and then
remove
and the first thing to do is remove this hose here now you'll need a small tray
to catch any water
you can pull that hose out a little bit and it's just got a small cap on the end
so just unclip that cap and this is just draining out
any excess water inside the drainage pump filter
you will still get some water when you unscrew the filter
but this is just to get rid of most of it and there's a link above now
about how to install a brand new washing machine
okay once all that water has come out you can put that hose back remember to
put the cap back on nice and securely do not leave that off otherwise next
time you do a wash you will get water all over your floor
now just get a small tray because you will get some
excess water out of here from the drainage filter
you just turn it anti-clockwise don't unscrew it completely
and just let the water start draining out now if you get too much excess water
you can always tighten it up quickly empty that tray and then unscrew
it again to get any excess water back out again
so i'm just going to empty this
now just put a small towel down on the floor
so you're just turning it anti-clockwise again just nice and slow
i can already hear that there's something in there
and there is the culprit look an old penny unfortunately it's not
a gold penny what you normally find blocking these filters is coins
hair clips and colour catchers and let's have a look inside the filter housing
make sure there's nothing stuck inside there
and while you've got the filter out just make sure that propeller turns easily
i've just got a flat bladed screwdriver and this is moving freely so that's good
now this filter is actually looking in excellent condition so there's no need
to clean that but if it was all gunky and dirty just
give that a clean under normal hot water now just put the
filter back in you just turn it clockwise
and just keep turning it until it locks in
in the upright position
then you can just put the front cover back on the pump filter and this just
easily clips in now we're going to check the aqua inlet filter at the back so you
need to pull out your washing machine as far as it will go but just be very
careful so obviously you've got the drainage hoses
and the mains cold water feed now we're just going to check that the mains cold
water is still off which it is and if you track the hose
all the way back to the washing machine it should be in the top corner
and the aqua filter is inside there so what we need to do is just unscrew this
anti-clockwise
so as viewed from the front of the washing machine the aqua filter is at
the back on the top left make sure you've got a bucket handy
there shouldn't be too much water because we've turned the mains water off
but there will be a little bit so you can just catch it into the bucket
you've just got a few drips coming out there
but not too bad
just keep unscrewing it and there you go just plop that into the bucket just for
any drips that carry on
and the inlet filter is a tiny little filter in the middle there
now this just pushes in it's not on a thread or anything
so the best thing to do because it's a really small bit of plastic to get hold
of with pliers just try and dry it off as best you can
because if it's wet it's very slippery and there's not much leverage on here
take your pair of pliers squeeze them onto the flat edge and
basically just pull it out and just wiggle it around a little bit just
be very careful
and eventually it just pops out and it's got very very small perforated holes on
here
now let's just check it and this one's looking pretty good if you've got any
dirt and debris in here the best way to clean it really is just
to blow it
if not you can use your partner's toothbrush and get the bristles in those
tiny holes this one's looking pretty good but if
that was all blocked up that could affect your washing machine with the
water pressure and you could get a water pressure error
code
this one's pretty good so we can just pop this back in
now to pop it back in it literally just slides in
make sure you get it in flat and level and then just push it in with your
finger just push it all the way home
fabulous now we can put the mains cold water feed back
on so just offer it up
make sure it's level you do not want to cross thread this
and just tighten it up with your hand and just keep tightening it with your
hand until you can't tighten it anymore and do not be tempted to use any kind of
tools or pliers on here because if you over tighten it you can
damage the thread as it's only plastic threads
so just do it as hard as you can with your hands
now i'm just going to turn the mains cold water back on
and i can't quite reach it so i'm using my pliers
and now just quickly check for any leaks because the mains water pressure is on
and this is looking pretty good
and now we can check the drainage hose and the drainage u-bend pipe work for
any blockages make sure you've got an old bucket and a
sponge because there will be water so this is the drainage so empty any
bits of it into there and again this is looking pretty good have a
quick look down the end no obvious blockages in there
make sure you leave that resting in the bucket and now we're just going to check
the u-bend because this is the prime target for any blockages
any gunk is just going to sit in there and that's why it's designed
so that anything sits in there doesn't block up the drain
elsewhere and actually looking down there looks pretty good just put a
little plastic turn underneath i just got this from the chinese takeaway
obviously i've tried eating my chinese now just undo these they're just hand
tight so they should be fairly easy to undo
and in fact i only needed to do this one here on the right hand side
because i'm just going to take the whole pipe off of the wall because it's just a
couple of screws at the top there we go and again the water is
looking pretty good so i unscrewed the um the clip at the
top so the whole pipe's going to come out now
let's just pull that away and then we're just going to pour this
excess water into the sink
again it doesn't look like there's a blockage in there it's all looking
pretty good
all looks pretty good to me it's not blocked up
so this can go back on
all right let's get this pipe back on
okay just offer it up and then gently hand tighten it
don't use pliers or anything just use your hand just hand tighten it don't
over tighten it because there are any plastic threads
make sure the waste pump hoses back in don't forget to do that obviously
otherwise you'll have a lot of water all over your
floor then we just need to put the washing machine back into position this
is a bit easier if you can remove the dispenser drawer just gives you a
bit of leverage and basically it's just a question of wiggling it all the way
back now be very careful obviously you've got hoses at the back you do not
want to kink the drainage hose or the cold water
inlet feed hose after you've put it all the way back in
just check the cold water feed hose make sure that's loose and it's not
kinked and this one is looking pretty good
now oddly when i put it back in exactly the same position
it is now not level so i think i must have
moved some of the legs now what you can do is you can adjust the legs on
all the corners i'm just going to adjust this one on the bottom left hand corner
just to make sure that it's completely level obviously it's
best if it's level because when it's doing a fast spin if it's not level it
will just start rattling and bouncing around all over
the place i'm just going to check this with my spirit level
and the spirit level is saying it is top-notch
level superb and now we can run the drum clean cycle
now i've got this Dr Beckmann washing machine cleaner but other brands are
available what we do is we just pour it directly
inside the drum
this washing machine powder gets rid of any unpleasant odors and keeps the
washing machine hygienically fresh and ideally you're
meant to do this every two to three months or after
every 30 washing cycles now on this particular bosch vario perfect series 4
washing machine we've actually got a drum clean option this will
automatically clean the drum out and set it to 90
degrees so let's hit the start button and off we go
now be careful when it's doing this washing cycle because it is 90 degrees
centigrade which is almost boiling point so the glass on the front
of the washing machine will get very very hot so make sure you keep any
young children away from this
now obviously it's a given that you run this drum care program without any
laundry don't put any clothes inside the washing machine while it's doing this
the drum clean option on this bosch washing machine takes just
over an hour so obviously i'm going to condense all the footage
and we get to the stage where it goes soapy soapy sud suds
and look now it's getting really really soapy giving it a really really good
clean inside and the glass is extremely hot now
so
and now it's doing a bit of a final rinse
the water is still very hot at this stage so be very careful
and there's a link above now about washing machine how-to guys
lots of various different makes models of washing machines
and lots of top tips in there and we finally come to an
end
and this is now looking sparkling clean and smells
absolutely fresh as a daisy very fresh and then don't forget to put
your partner's toothbrush back and hope they didn't notice if you found
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