Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel I'm here to save you time
and money and today is the Hotpoint washing machine how to check and remove the pump filter
this filter can get lots of debris in it such as hair clips, coins,
elastic bands things like that but before we get started let's have a lovely cup of tea!
Right let's get cracking what you're going to need today is a washing up bowl or a tray a nice big
old towel to soak up any water and you're going to need your partner's toothbrush [Wife] 'Lurgs
have you been using my toothbrush for cleaning the washing machine again', um no, the first thing
that you must do is switch the washing machine off at the mains and also unplug the mains plug and
the next thing to do is find the cold water inlet feed and turn off the mains water there this is
not absolutely necessary but it's just for peace of mind now this particular washing machine isn't
draining water properly at all and there's a lot of standing water left inside the drum so get rid
of this as much as you can with a sponge and to get to the filter you just remove this front panel
at the bottom just prize it out with a flat bladed screwdriver or a flat bladed knife and the filter
is here now because I've got a lot of water left in the machine I'm just going to tip it backwards
and get a washing up bowl and just put it underneath the filter now normally if you're just
doing general maintenance and you're just removing the filter there shouldn't be that much water
and you can just get away with just using a cloth or a towel then what you do is you just start
turning the filter anti-clockwise now if you've got some debris inside here it might get jammed
if you've got maybe a hair clip or something in there it could get jammed if that happens
just tighten it up again and then undo it again tighten it up again undo it again wiggle the
washing machine around try and work that bit of debris loose and then eventually it should release
and did you hear that there we go we've got a coin and I'm not
going to be rich any time soon it's not a GOLD coin it's just a 10 pence piece!
and the water is slowly draining into the washing up bowl now you want to make sure
that that impeller propeller turns freely at the back I'm just going to get my sausage fingers
right inside here and start turning it now I can already feel a bit of debris or something
hold on inside that come on come on come on come on ah come on and look at that a
hair clip and I don't wear hair clips so some lady in the house is in big trouble
and that will be stopping the propeller spinning round and that will cause your washing machine
to fill up with water or not drain properly I'm just going to lean it forward a bit more here
and just get rid of the excess water into the washing up bowl
now this does pen and ink a bit (stink a bit)
now take your partner's toothbrush [Wife] 'Lurgs', get rid of any more debris and
mould and bits of dirt and hairs inside here just so it comes out sparkling clean
and then what we do is clean the filter so in your sink take some hot soapy water and again
your partner's toothbrush just give this a really good scrub so it's in tip-top condition whilst I'm
doing that there's a link above now about how to keep your washing machine hygienically fresh it's
definitely worth running that every 30 washing cycles now the tip top sparkling clean filter
is ready to go back in so just line it up really gently don't force it it should go in very easily
and then turn it clockwise all the way until it locks in now a top tip here as soon as it's locked
in undo it all again and take it back out because what can happen is more debris can fall back down
so when you're putting it back you find there's more bits of debris in there so just do that again
that is now locked in now I'm going to lower the washing machine remember to turn the cold water
inlet feed back on and then start your washing program now don't put the front panel on just yet
because while you're doing your washing program just make sure that you've definitely got no leaks
coming out of the filter there's a link above now about what to do if your Hotpoint washing machine
door won't open and it's jammed this is all looking really good no leaks and I'm outside the
house here and I can see that the washing machine is draining correctly this is just an example of
when I've cleaned it before and I've literally just got a cloth on the floor because there's
not too much excess water if the washing machine is draining correctly but always undo it slowly
just in case you get lots of water out then you can do it back up so I'm really happy with that
just going to put the front panel back on it just clips back in absolutely fantastic and I think I
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