Drain pump

The drain pump is maintenance-free. It is only necessary to open the pump cover if there is a malfunction and water is no longer being pumped out, e.g. if the pump wheel is blocked.

Before loading the machine, please always ensure that there are no foreign bodies present in the pockets or in between the items to be washed. Paper clips, nails, etc. which may find their way into the washing machine along with the washing will remain in the drain pump housing (foreign body trap that protects the pump wheel).

1 Warning! Before opening the cover of the drain pump, switch off the washing machine and remove the power plug from the power point.

1.First carry out an emergency drain.

2.Place a cloth on the floor in front of the cover of the drain pump. Residual water runs out.

3.Unscrew the pump cover in an anti- clockwise direction and remove it.

4. Remove foreign bodies and fluff from the pump housing and from the pump wheel.

5.Check whether the pump wheel

right at the back of the pump housing can turn. (If the wheel rotates with a jerky motion, this is normal.) If the pumping wheel cannot be turned, please contact your local Service Force Centre..

6. Insert the pump cover. Insert the guides at the sides of the cover into the guide slots and tighten the cover by turning in a clockwise direc- tion.

7.Close off the emergency drain hose and place it in the retainer.

8.Close the plinth flap.

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