My Hotpoint WM63 has recently starter "sticking" mid-cycle. The control know seems to get stuck. It then stopped draining the water and wouldn't spin. I found the filter-pump, cleaned it (and removed 75p, several buttons and some nice shiny stickers from my kids pockets) and then ran an empty hot cycle. All was fine.
Four washes later and the control knob is "sticking" again. Latest thing to happen - machine running an "E" wash went into a continual filling mode, filled the drum completely and started leaking out of the bottom of the door. Twisted the controller to a spin cycle and managed to drain all the water out, but the spin cycle seemed to stick until I nudged the dial once more.
Any fault-finding tips/suggestions? I plan on removing all hoses again, etc. The controller board looks fine, no charring on any PCBs. All wires connected, drum turns normally by hand.
Could this be a load sensor issue? Trip to the launderette imminent - either that, or smelly kids...

Keith, November 2006

Thanks Phil.

Further playing last night means the machine now fills/drains ok. However, even with a small load (and the top cover removed) there was some serious arcing going on in the motor when agitating and it refuses to spin now. It did get a little warm as well. The machine is about 7.5 years old, so how often would you expect the brushes to be changed? and does this now sound like a brush issue? Don't want to have to call out an engineer just yet... so what's the best way to check/test the motor isn't broken if I can get my hands on a multimeter?

Keith, November 2006

keith the problems you describe all point to the water pressure switch being faulty,it would cause all the faults described

phil grimshaw, November 2006