OPERATING YOUR WASHER

Lint filters

Your washer has a self-cleaning lint filter (requires no cleaning by you) or a manual clean lint filter. Check the shape of your agitator to see if you need to clean your lint filter.

AGITATOR

ABOUT YOUR FILTER

FILTER

 

 

MAGIC CLEAN* lint filter

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5 and 8-cycle models)

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lint filter requires no cleaning. (The lint filter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

at the bottom of the washer basket cleans itself.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

During agitation, wash and rinse water pass over

 

 

 

 

 

 

the filter, separating the lint from the water. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

lint is then spun away from the filter and out of

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAGIC

Basket

Spiral-shaped

the system during the spin part of the cycle.

CLEAN

interior

If your washer drains into a tub, remove any

agitator

lint filter

 

 

 

 

lint collected in the tub or strainer.

 

 

 

 

Manual clean lint filter

(4-cycle models)

NOTE: If your agitator is barrel shaped with 5 fins at the base, your filter requires no cleaning.

If your agitator is barrel shaped with 4 fins at the base, your machine has a manual clean lint filter. Clean the filter at the bottom of the agitator after every load for best filtering results.

Fin Barrel-

To clean:

 

1.

Lift off the agitator barrel.

Manual clean

shaped

agitator

2.

Wash or wipe the filter clean in the bottom of

lint filter

 

 

the agitator barrel. The filter is not removable.

 

3.Replace agitator barrel. Snap it into place.

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