Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel I'm here to save you time and
money and today it's how to fix your smelly washing machine, so if your
washing machine is really stinky, oh man
I'll take you through a few steps to try and figure out why it is stinking, we'll make
sure your washing machine is hygienically fresh and then at the end we'll have a
lovely cup of tea together! All right let's get cracking. Now what you might
need today for cleaning is your partner's toothbrush [Wife] 'Lurgs have you been using my toothbrush for cleaning the washing
machine again'. Um no of course not! Now if you do lots of washing at 30 or 40
degrees centigrade then this doesn't kill off any bacteria so this can cause
problems and make the washing machine smell so the best thing to try and keep
your washing machine fresh is after you've done a wash make sure you leave
the dispenser drawer and the drum door open slightly just to give it a bit of
ventilation, your dispenser drawer should be in tip-top condition like this one
but if it's like this one then that could be one of the reasons why your
washing machine stinks, it's really important to keep your dispenser drawer
in really good condition so what you need to do is every couple of months
just take this out put it in the sink with lots of hot soapy water and just
give that a really good scrub, there's a link above now about how to uninstall a
washing machine this is really useful if you've bought a brand new washing
machine you can install it yourself, and then it's also definitely worth cleaning
the inside of the dispenser drawer here so that it looks like this, then you can
take your partner's toothbrush and get in there but make sure before you do
that you block up this hole here because you do not want to drop your
toothbrush down there because that would be a world of pain, so
after you block that hole up then just take some hot soapy water and a cloth
and your partner's toothbrush and just give the inside of that a really good
scrub so it's in tip-top condition,
and what you can do is the Jets on the top of the washing machine inside the
dispenser drawer can become blocked over time with mould and gunk so if you've got
a small piece of wire you can just poke that up into the holes and get rid of
any blockages, if you've got a dental floss toothbrush you can use that, that's
really handy, now after you've finished giving it a good scrub it should look
like this, there's a link above now about how to install a brand new washing
machine, the other thing to check is just to make sure there's no dirt and gunk
inside the drum rubber, so if there's any dirt or gunk in here just take a wet hot
soapy cloth just give that a nice clean, if you've done all those previous steps
now the best thing to do to keep your washing machine hygienically fresh is run
a service wash program or a drum clean option, if you haven't got that on your
washing machine just put it on the cotton setting making sure it's on a
speed or Eco wash because you don't want it to go on for hours and hours and put
it on 90 degrees centigrade, now on this particular Bosch washing machine we've
actually got a drum clean option which automatically sets it to 90 degrees and
a shorter wash and there we go at 90 degrees centigrade, so just take some
washing machine cleaner I've got some Dr. Bekkmann deep clean other brands
are available, pour this directly into the drum and then you can start your
drum cleaning program, now this hopefully will keep your
washing machine hygienically fresh and stop it smelling, so once you put it in
there just hit the Start button and let it do its magic! There's a link above now
on various how-to guides and tips on all sorts of makes and models of washing
machines definitely worth checking that out.
Now this is giving the washing machine a really good clean inside and it really
really does get soapy
and it gets really really hot as well so make sure you've got no young children
around because that glass will be 90 degrees centigrade which is almost
boiling point and that is very very hot, so you don't want children anywhere near
this washing machine and then it will just do a final rinse and then a spin,
and then it is finished and hopefully your washing machine will be absolutely
smelling fresh as a Daisy and that cycle is ended so now what we need to do
is the SNIFF test, so I'll get my noggin inside here and give it a good sniff,
there's a link above now about what to do if your washing machine is not
draining water properly, very fresh. If those steps haven't cured your stinky
washing machine then it could be you've got a blockage in the filter or the filter
is dirty so the first thing to do is make sure you switch the Machine off at
the mains and unplug the mains plug, and on most washing machines the filter will
be at the bottom either on the right-hand side or the left-hand side so
just unscrew that and you will get lots of water out of there so just make sure you
consult your manufacturer's handbook and you could find all sorts of debris and
dirt in here, take your partner's toothbrush again just give it a good
scrub inside make sure that propeller at the back spins freely if it doesn't that
means it's not draining the water properly and that could cause blockages
and smells to happen, we've got some more debris in here look just an old hair
clip so none of this is good news for your wash, and this could be the reason
why smelling and not draining the water away properly, give this washing
machine filter a really good clean with your partner's toothbrush
and this one is looking spick-and-span so that can go back in, and then just
lock this filter back in, now you can try another wash but if you're STILL got a
smelly washing machine even after all the steps I've taken you through, it
could be that you've got a blockage in your drainage hose, what you need to do
is pull out your washing machine gently so you've got access to the
drainage hose and then take out your drainage hose from the drainage hose
U bend pipe work and then we'll check it, make sure there's no gunk and gunk in
there coming out of the washing machine if there is give it a good clean, if
that's looking clear then just check the drainage U bend pipe, the easiest way
to do this without taking it off the wall is to take your iPhone put it on
the video setting with the flash on and just video down the tube and what you
should see is lots of fresh water, if
there's lots of fresh water in there it means there's no blockages you don't
need to take this off the wall, if it looks like it's filthy dirty and there's
all sorts of gunk in there you will need to take that off the wall and just make
sure that's all cleaned out ,and then don't forget to put your partners toothbrush
back and hope they don't notice, and then it's time for a lovely cup of Tea! If you
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