5 Maintenance and cleaning
Detergent Drawer
Remove any powder residue buildup in the drawer. To do this;
1.Press the dotted point on the siphon in the softener compartment and pull towards you until the compartment is removed from the machine.
CIf more than a normal amount of water and softener mixture starts to gather in the softener compartment, the siphon must be cleaned.
2.Wash the dispenser drawer and the siphon with plenty of lukewarm water in a washbasin.
3.Replace the drawer into its housing after cleaning. Check if the siphon is in its original location.
Inlet water filters
There is a filter at the end of each water intake valve at the back side of the machine and also at the end of each water intake hose where they are connected to the tap. These filters prevent the foreign substances and dirt in the water to enter into the machine. Filters should be cleaned as they get dirty.
•Close the taps.
•Remove the nuts of the water intake hoses to clean the surfaces of the filters on the water intake valves with an appropriate brush.
•If the filters are very dirty, you can pull them out by means of pliers and clean them.
•Take out the filters on the flat ends of the water intake hoses together with the gaskets and clean thoroughly under streaming water.
•Replace the gaskets and filters carefully to their places and tighten the hose nuts by hand.
Draining any remaining water and cleaning the pump filter
Your product is equipped with a filter system which ensures a cleaner water discharge that extends pump life by preventing solid items such as buttons, coins and fabric fibers from clogging the pump propeller during discharge of the washing water.
•If your machine fails to drain the water, the pump filter may be clogged. You may have to clean it every 2 years or whenever it is plugged. Water must be drained off to clean the pump filter.
In addition, water may have to be drained off completely in the following cases:
•before transporting the machine (e.g. when moving house)
•when there is the danger of frost
In order to clean the dirty filter and discharge the water;
1- Unplug the machine to cut off the supply power.
AThere may be water at 90°C in the machine. Therefore, the filter must be cleaned only after the inside water is cooled down to avoid hazard of scalding.
2- Open the filter cap. The filter cap may be composed of one or two pieces according to the model of your machine.
If it is composed of two pieces, press the tab on the filter cap downwards and pull the piece out towards yourself.
If it is composed of one piece, hold it from both sides and open it by pulling out.
3- An emergency drain hose is supplied with some of our models. Others are not supplied with this item.
If your product is supplied with an emergency drain hose, do the following as shown in the figure below:
•Pull out the pump outlet hose from its housing.
•Place a large container at the end of the hose. Drain the water off into the container
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