The machine runs through the entire cycle in about 4 minutes. It appears to complete the fill cycle and then skips from each individual sector of the wash cycle to the next without completing anything. On hot wash programs it runs past the normal stop at Dry program and goes all the way to the end before program A.

Ideas please - very experienced mechanic but I do not have any info on this machine or any ideas for diagnosing the exact fault or any indications of the trip sequences which would appear to start and stop / advance the timer to the next sector.

Trevor, March 2008

Hey folks out there in spanner land - I found the fault myself!!

While waiting for somebody to have a think about the problem I had another look at the thing and a few other websites and found what seems to be the answer.

If anybody else has a similar problem it is probably a fault in the motor tachometer. This sits on the front of the motor and is retained in a housing by a big star retainer approx 30 mm dia. I found the star retainer lying on the floor, took out the tachometer, screwed in the rotating magnet as this had come unscrewed from the end of the motor shaft and put the tacho back and retained it with the star retainer - after straightening out the tabs a bit so that it had a bit more grip. Now it seems to be working OK - cross fingers; touch wood etc.

Glad it was a basic mechanical fault as without a wiring diagram and some indication of how the system is supposed to work, it would have been extremely difficult if it was an electrical fault.

Keep on repairing them - don't add to landfill just because of the greed of the manufacturers.

Revy Trevy

Trevor, March 2008

Possible fault in the heater/ thermistor? Other items to check - Pressure switch, pressure vessel.
Check out my site for info: www.2ndwave.co.uk/manual.html

dan, March 2008