it makes a grumbling noise and seems to be at the end of the cycle - any ideas?

heather, May 2008

It was one of the 2 wires had come off from the Thermistor.

Recrimped and all fine now.

Dean, April 2015

Sorry forgot to say in relation to my aswer...
The Thermistor is part of the dryer assembly. To get ot it unplug the machine from the mains, take off the top cover (two screws on the back of the machine come out the pull the cover back slightly and lift). The thermistor is a small round item sticking out the top of the aluminium casting that looks a bit like a bent suqare pipe, the thermistor has two relativley thin wires coming out of it (or should have unless one has fallen off), these are the wires that can break.
Other parts on the casting are the heater terminals - look a bit like spark plugs - and the fan motor.
Hope that helps.

Adam, May 2008

I have an Indesit washing machine that does the same thing - seems to be at the end of the cycle and Show F-13, I fixed it though.

When you call Indesit service they will tell you that an engineer has to be called at £150 and there is no gurantee that he'll fix it. Depending on the clerk they'll say it's either the Dryer Motor, the Heating Element or the Thermistor.

I took a look at the washing machine myself and in my case it was due to broken wires on the Thermistor, they didn't appear broken at first but acutally under close inspection you can see that they are only hanging on to the crimps by the plastic insulation - the vibration wears out the copper and it snaps.

I soldered mine back on ad it's fine now, I am concious though that the solder may melt if I ever use the dryer, so the best thing to do is to buy more crimps and re crimp the wires - you can get these at Halfords

Adam, May 2008

need model number for this one.. is noise comming from the drum or the pump

airkool@hotmail.co.uk, May 2008