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WATER | Possible Causes | What To Do | |
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Too many suds | Type of detergent | • Switch to a lower sudsing detergent brand and follow | |
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| Very soft water | • Try less detergent. |
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| Too much detergent | • Measure your detergent carefully. Use less soap if you |
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| have soft water, a smaller load or a lightly soiled load. |
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Water leaks | Fill hoses or drain hose is | • Make sure hose connections are tight at faucets | |
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| improperly connected | and at washer. |
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| • Make sure end of drain hose is properly connected |
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| to washer and correctly inserted in and secured to |
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| drain facility. |
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| Household drain may | • Check household plumbing. You may need to call a |
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| Constant water pressure | • Tighten hoses at the faucets and turn the water off after |
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| to the fill hoses at the | each use. |
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| water source | • Check condition of the fill hoses; they should be |
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| replaced every 5 years. |
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| Using too much detergent | • Use less detergent. Use less soap if you have soft water, |
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| in washer | a smaller load or a lightly soiled load. |
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Water temperature | Control is not set properly | • Check water temperature control and adjust. | |
is incorrect |
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| Water supply is turned off | • Turn both hot and cold faucets fully on and make sure |
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| or improperly connected | hoses are connected to correct faucets. |
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| Water valve screens are | • Turn off the water source and disconnect water fill |
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| stopped up | hoses from the upper back of the washer. Use a brush or |
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| toothpick to clean the screens in the machine. Reconnect |
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| the hoses and turn the water back on. |
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| House water heater is | • Make sure house water heater is delivering water |
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| not set properly | at |
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| PerfecTemp Plus feature | • The lid must be closed for PerfecTemp Plus to work. |
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Water pumped out | Lid lifted or cycle was put in | • Reset cycle. | |
before cycle is | pause for over 24 hours |
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Water won’t drain | Drain hose is kinked or | • Straighten drain hose and make sure washer is not sitting | |
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| improperly connected | on it. |
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| • Top of drain outlet should be less than 8 ft (2.5 m) |
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| above floor. |
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Water spraying during | Washer in spin cycle | • Spray rinse during a spin cycle is normal. | |
spin cycle |
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Washer did not fill | Extremely low water pressure | • Press the START button again. | |
to chosen level |
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| • Straighten hoses. | |
(PerfecTemp Plus | Inlet hoses are kinked | ||
and START lights |
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| Water valve screens are | • Turn off the water source and disconnect water fill | |
are flashing) | |||
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| stopped up | hoses from the upper back of the washer. Use a brush or |
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| toothpick to clean the screens in the machine. Reconnect |
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| the hoses and turn the water back on. |
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Water fills and drains | Drain stand pipe is too low | • Drain stand pipe must be above 30″ (76.2 cm). | |
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