Defy Appliances WMY 71283 MLCM manual Maintenance and cleaning, Cleaning the detergent drawer

Repeat Drum Cleaning process in every 2 months.

Use an anti-limescale suitable for the washing machines.

4.4 Maintenance and cleaning

Service life of product extends and frequently experienced problems will be reduced if it is cleaned at regular intervals.

4.4.1 Cleaning the detergent drawer

Clean the detergent drawer at regular intervals (every 4-5 washing cycles) as shown below in order to prevent accumulation of powder detergent in time. Lift the rear part of the siphon to remove it as illustrated.

If more than normal amount of water and softener mixture starts to gather in the softener compartment, the siphon must be cleaned.

1Press the dotted point on the siphon in the softener compartment and pull towards you until the compartment is removed from the machine.

2.Wash the detergent drawer and the siphon with plenty of lukewarm water in a washbasin. In order to prevent the residues to contact your skin, clean it with an appropriate brush by wearing a pair of gloves.

3Insert the drawer back into its place after cleaning and make sure that it is seated well.

4.4.2Cleaning the loading door and the drum

Residues of softener, detergent and dirt may accumulate in your machine in time and may cause unpleasant odours and washing complaints. To avoid this, use the Drum Cleaning programme. If your machine is not featured with Drum Cleaning programme, use Cottons-90 programme and select Additional Water or Extra Rinse auxiliary functions as well. Run the programme without any laundry in the machine. Before starting the programme, put max. 100 g of powder anti-limescale into the main wash detergent compartment (compartment nr. "2"). If the anti-limescale is in tablet form, put only one tablet into compartment nr. 2. Dry the inside of the bellow with a clean piece of cloth after the programme has come to an end.

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After every washing make sure that no foreign substance is left in the drum.

If the holes on the bellow shown in the figure is blocked, open the holes using a toothpick.

Foreign metal substances will cause rust stains in the drum. Clean the stains on the drum surface by using cleaning agents for stainless steel.

Never use steel wool or wire wool. These will damage the painted, chromated and plastic surfaces.

4.4.3 Cleaning the body and control panel

Wipe the body of the machine with soapy water or non-corrosive mild gel detergents as necessary, and dry with a soft cloth.

Use only a soft and damp cloth to clean the control panel.

4.4.4 Cleaning the water intake filters

There is a filter at the end of each water intake valve at the rear of the machine and also at the end of each water intake hose where they are connected to the tap. These filters prevent foreign substances and dirt in

the water to enter the washing machine. Filters should be cleaned as they do get dirty.

1. Close the taps.

2. Remove the nuts of the water intake hoses to access

the filters on the water intake valves. Clean them with an

appropriate brush. If the filters are too dirty, remove them

from their places with a pliers and clean in this way.

3. Take out the filters on the flat ends of the water intake hoses together with the gaskets and clean thoroughly under running water.

4.Replace the seals and filters carefully and tighten their nuts by hand.

Washing Machine / User’s Manual 21 / EN