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Two questions:
1.) If you have a washing machine that is dripping water into the tub (no leaks outside that I can see), would that typically be a problem that plumbers are called for or some other sort of repair/handyman/technician?
2.) Anyone know what's up with mine?
IT WAS WORKING FINE (no dripping), until I did a couple of extra wash/rinse/drain cycles with just water in the tub (no clothes) to get rid of any possible remaining residue from any earlier wash cycle.
CYCLE 1: I washed a full load of clothes with bleach (due to them getting extra grimey from yard and car work). Took them out and dried clothes. No noticeable dripping water.
CYCLE 2: I filled up the washer with water, but no clothes and let the machine run for a few seconds, before stopping the cycle and draining all the water out. No problems and no noticeable dripping of water into the tub.
CYCLE 3: This is where the problem started. Just to be EXTRA picky, I filled up the tub with water again (no clothes) and let the wash cycle run for a few seconds again before stopping it and draining all the water out. CYCLE 2 & 3 were just to "rinse" my machine, since I'd put bleach in there vs. normal detergent earlier. After stopping/draining CYCLE 3, however, I noticed that the "suction" of water out of the machine was taking forever. There was no noticeable water in the machine anymore and I figured it was just a glitch and unplugged the entire machine to stop the "sucking" sound and suction. I've done this before when the suction's run way longer than normal (I'm talking close to 10 minutes of running).
Normally, I press the "stop/cancel" button an extra time (on top of the first time I push it to stop/drain) before unplugging the machine, but this time I did not. I just yanked the power cord.
Everything stopped. When I plugged the cord back in, the suction started AGAIN and I think this is when water started dripping into the washing machine tub. I pressed the "stop/cancel" button to stop the suction and it stopped. However, the dripping water did not stop. ...It's continued. I tried starting up new cycles (just water - no clothes) and stopping/draining them and I've tried unplugging the power. NOTHING WILL STOP the dripping water going into my washing machine that just started up after CYCLE 3 today. It wasn't like this before CYCLE 3. Did not occur after CYCLE 1, nor CYCLE 2.
So, yeah...very weird! Only "good" part is that the dripping is minor.
1.) If you have a washing machine that is dripping water into the tub (no leaks outside that I can see), would that typically be a problem that plumbers are called for or some other sort of repair/handyman/technician?
2.) Anyone know what's up with mine?
IT WAS WORKING FINE (no dripping), until I did a couple of extra wash/rinse/drain cycles with just water in the tub (no clothes) to get rid of any possible remaining residue from any earlier wash cycle.
CYCLE 1: I washed a full load of clothes with bleach (due to them getting extra grimey from yard and car work). Took them out and dried clothes. No noticeable dripping water.
CYCLE 2: I filled up the washer with water, but no clothes and let the machine run for a few seconds, before stopping the cycle and draining all the water out. No problems and no noticeable dripping of water into the tub.
CYCLE 3: This is where the problem started. Just to be EXTRA picky, I filled up the tub with water again (no clothes) and let the wash cycle run for a few seconds again before stopping it and draining all the water out. CYCLE 2 & 3 were just to "rinse" my machine, since I'd put bleach in there vs. normal detergent earlier. After stopping/draining CYCLE 3, however, I noticed that the "suction" of water out of the machine was taking forever. There was no noticeable water in the machine anymore and I figured it was just a glitch and unplugged the entire machine to stop the "sucking" sound and suction. I've done this before when the suction's run way longer than normal (I'm talking close to 10 minutes of running).
Normally, I press the "stop/cancel" button an extra time (on top of the first time I push it to stop/drain) before unplugging the machine, but this time I did not. I just yanked the power cord.
Everything stopped. When I plugged the cord back in, the suction started AGAIN and I think this is when water started dripping into the washing machine tub. I pressed the "stop/cancel" button to stop the suction and it stopped. However, the dripping water did not stop. ...It's continued. I tried starting up new cycles (just water - no clothes) and stopping/draining them and I've tried unplugging the power. NOTHING WILL STOP the dripping water going into my washing machine that just started up after CYCLE 3 today. It wasn't like this before CYCLE 3. Did not occur after CYCLE 1, nor CYCLE 2.
So, yeah...very weird! Only "good" part is that the dripping is minor.
