As soon as my Hotpoint has filled with cold water, it's making a boiling water sound, with steam coming from the top rotor, and no water jets. The water at the bottom remains cold, so I think the recirculation pump is faulty, and the water around the element is getting over-heated due to no movement. Before I buy a new pump (£70-80), would you agree that it's likely to be the fault, or some other (?control?) problem?

Brian, January 2009

Update:
Found that the pump still works on the rinse only programme. On the other ones, the pump seems to stop about 30 secs into the cycle (when the heater starts?).

Brian, February 2009