30 / 44 EN
7 Maintenance 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.
CIf more than normal amount of water and
softener mixture starts to gather in the
softener compartment, the siphon must
be cleaned.
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:
CLift 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.
7.2 Cleaning 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.
CRepeat Drum Cleaning process in every
2 months.
CUse an anti-limescale suitable for the
washing machines.
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.