Beko WMB 81442 LW Cleaning the detergent drawer, Cleaning the loading door and the drum, Months

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

7Maintenance and cleaning

Service life of the product extends and frequently faced problems decrease if cleaned at regular intervals.

7.1 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.

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

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2.Wash the detergent drawer and the siphon with plenty of lukewarm water in a washbasin. Wear protective gloves or use an appropriate brush to avoid touching of the residues in the drawer with your skin when cleaning.

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

If your detergent drawer is the one indicated in the following figure:

C Lift the rear part of the siphon to remove it as illustrated. After performing the above mentioned cleaning procedures, replace the siphon back to its seating and push its front section downwards to make sure that the locking tab engages.

7.2Cleaning 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 theBefore 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.

C	Repeat Drum Cleaning process in every
	2 months.

C Use an anti-limescale suitable for the washing machines.

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

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