Our washer has always been somewhat problematic. Like most front-loaders, it has a persistent musty odor that seeps into the clothes if you leave them in for more than a couple of hours. (If you don't ever leave clothes in for more than a couple of hours, you're reading the wrong blog.)
Unfortunately an errant Pull-Up left in my youngest child's laundry put my washer over the edge last week. When I opened the washer door, I was assailed by the smell of sewer water. Even after I ran the load again, the clothes were stinky and soppy. I tried to run a "Drain and Rinse" load, and generated an "F" warning with two minutes to go.
Something was horribly wrong.
I searched the internet and learned that my "F" warning at two minutes was actually an "F2" warning that my washer wasn't draining properly. Another search yielded brilliant directions on how to clean out the filter, which is apparently a common problem.
These directions were clear, concise, and incredibly effective. I'll include them in a separate post with my photos and rough but hopefully helpful video.
Huge thanks to BigChiefM1 (really) for helping me out. I've probably saved $200 on a repair man, and I've spared myself the mortification of anyone seeing my messy laundry room.
Phew!
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funny I had a similar problem last week with my LG front loader and my hubby was out of town too, go figure.
One thing I've learned to keep the stink out is to keep the door of the washer OPEN when you are not using, keeps mildew from forming. Its a bigger problem in the summer but it seems to help year round.
My mother-in-law has a plaque hanging in her laundry room that says "What if success is just switching the laundry before mildew sets in?" I want to pilfer it in the worst way, since SO many days...its seemingly my only success! :) One thing I"ve discovered though , is after forgetting to switch it and it sits overnight, I run it again the next day with powdered Oxi-clean and it works like a charm! No funk left....
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