Hello everyone it's 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today my Hotpoint
Aquarius washing machine got an error F05, this means that the filter pump is
blocked, i'll show you how I fixed it, alright let's get cracking. Now this
procedure should be the same for Indesit and Whirlpool washing machines as well,
so what should be happening is when you're doing a wash all the water should
be pumping out into your drain like this, and what's happened on ours is it's
literally stopped mid-cycle and the washing machine is full of water, we've
got this error F05, so what you want to do first is just
pull your washing machine out, just be careful when you pull the washing
machine out not to pull it out too far and aggressive because obviously you've
got the mains water pipe and you've got the drainage pipe as well, you do not
want to pull those out, now the first thing I'm going to do here is turn the
mains water off which is the mains water into the washing machine, and then I'm
going to check the drainage pipe make sure that's not blocked, and this one's
looking good, it's also worth having a look down
inside that drainage pipe on the wall there which goes to the outside to make
sure it's not blocked, now you will need a big washing bowl because there will be
a lot of water in here if it stopped mid-cycle, there is a link above now
about how to replace a toilet flush lever handle, so you can see this is
filled up so just empty that and the washing machine has still got a fair bit of
water in it there so I'm just going to prise the front panel off here just with
a big flat bladed screwdriver, and this is where the filter pump is, what I'm
going to do next is just lean the washing machine right back and get the
empty washing machine bowl underneath because you will get water out of here,
now this should unscrew really really easily it should turn round about three
times and then come out but this one's having a real bother trying to get it
out and that is a good sign really because it means that there is something
stuck inside, so you might just have to use a bit of brute force, just keep
wiggling it around if it's not going to come out easily just wiggle the washing
machine around, if you've got some debris in there just
try and get it loose so I did struggle with this,
there is a link above now about how to remove the cistern lid on a dual
push-button toilet. Eventually I got it loose and that is one of the reasons why
the pump stopped working, but we're not finished yet so I'm gonna get my sausage
fingers in here, there's not very good access, if you can find someone with
really small fingers it's worth getting them to help you I can feel something
against the propeller there at the back, which is the pump propeller which pumps
all the drainage water out and look what I've got here, come on
a bent hair clip that's definitely not mine,
so some woman in this house is in trouble (it's all bent), that's why you should
always check your pockets before you put anything in the wash, so we've got a hair
clip and a 10 pence piece, now I'm just gonna lean the washing machine forward just to
drain the rest of the water out, there is a link above now about how to clean your
uPVC window frames so that they stay clean, you will get a lot of water if
it's stopped mid-cycle, once you're happy all the water has drained out you can
screw the filter back in, this should be very very easy I'm just
going to turn it in there and there you go that's fully tightened, I'm just gonna
unscrew it again just to show you how easy it should be, but I was having real
trouble earlier obviously that hair clip and the 10 pence piece was getting stuck
and I couldn't turn it, now remember to put the drainage hose back in the
drainage pipe and clip it into that U-Bend at the top there just the U-Bend
bracket and then also remember to turn the mains water back on into the washing
machine otherwise you'll get an H2O error code, and my advice is carry on
with the cycle or start a new cycle but don't put the washing machine back yet,
just leave it where it is and then you can keep an eye on the filter that you
screwed back in and the pipes at the back just to make sure there's no leaks
so you can see how wet all the washing was because it stopped mid cycle it got
through most of the cycle so all we want to do now is just do a rinse which is
'Cycle A' on here just to make sure that we haven't damaged the pump, there's a
link above now about how to test car fuses without having to remove them
using a multimeter, it's going to take 36 minutes so I'll cut this short
the reason I've left it all out and with the cover off is just so I can check
while it's doing the final rinse that we've got no leaks,
that's all looking good it's filling up with water nicely and then I'm
just going to go outside and check that the water is draining correctly which it is
which is fantastic news, before it stopped mid-cycle and it was making a
horrendous noise just before it stopped obviously with that hair grip bashing on
those propellers,
so that is all looking good once you're happy that it's all working you've got
no leaks you can just put the washing machine back in there, be careful not to
kink any pipes, put the front cover back on, there's a link above now about how to
clean the inside of a Thermos Flask the easy way, and here is the official F05
error code text from the manual you can pause that at your leisure if you want
to just quickly read that and oh what is this a bit of magic it's only a lovely
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