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Thread Number: 21996
Maytag Wringer Help Needed |
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| Post# 345467 4/29/2009 at 12:20 (5,468 days old) by wetguymd (Maryland) | ||
My old Maytag E2LS is starting to leak oil. I have noticed several drops on the floor over the last couple months and now it seems to be more frequent. It is coming from the wringer post and running down the leg. When I look up under the machine it looks like a very small place around the seal on the wringer post. What can I do to stop this? Is there such a thing as a spray sealant that would work? How can I put oil back in it? Someone told me to take the wringer off and pour some in the post shaft. If I can do that what kind of oil should I use? Any help is greatly appriciated. I have never attempted to work on a machine...yet... and this machine was my mom's and I use it sometime and want to perserve it as long as I can. Thanks.
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Post# 345495 , Reply# 1 4/29/2009 at 14:15 (5,468 days old) by yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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Post# 345497 , Reply# 2 4/29/2009 at 14:20 (5,468 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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That is a nice looking machine - mint even! I don't know for sure, Geoff in MN will for sure, but I think there is an o-ring seal in that wringer-post that might be bad. I've seen many that leak like that - never more than just a few drops every now and then but oil and grease not contained seems like gallons on the floor! | ||
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Post# 345502 , Reply# 3 4/29/2009 at 14:42 (5,468 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 345505 , Reply# 4 4/29/2009 at 15:02 (5,468 days old) by wetguymd (Maryland) | ||
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Does have a pump | ||
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Post# 345511 , Reply# 5 4/29/2009 at 15:26 (5,468 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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My Maytag was built 9/82. It belonged to my wife's uncle, it was very dirty on the outside, but cleaned up beautifully. In my machine there is a sediment trap under the agitator which was level full of sand. I was the 1st person to remove that agitator since it left the factory. I was also glad that there were no flat spots on the rollers, he never locked the rollers apart when he was done using it. It washes like the champ that it is.
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| Post# 346106 , Reply# 8 5/2/2009 at 18:53 (5,465 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Money Shot | ||
| Post# 346221 , Reply# 9 5/3/2009 at 09:03 (5,465 days old) by wetguymd (Maryland) | ||
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Thanks
Thanks Geoff for all the info... I just checked and it does have the gulmite bolts in the bottom of the tub. I will have to try the trick of laying it on its side to see if there is water in the tranny. That could be part of the problem. Last time I ran it the agitator was making a squeeling noise. As requested here is a money shot. :-) 
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Post# 1020708 , Reply# 11 1/10/2019 at 00:54 (1,926 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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You can search archives or the internet.
Oil leaking sooner or later seems to be a common end to all Maytag wringer washers. The extent of leak and so forth would dictate how soon action is needed.
Back in the day one simply called a Maytag repairman who would take apart, swap out gaskets and or make other repairs, then put everything back again. While there are still a few Maytag wringer repairmen around (Bunker Hill Appliance is one), it is more likely you'll have to tackle the job yourself. Repair/service manuals can be found on this website, and parts (believe it or not) are still out there to be had. Depending upon age of washer, at some point it would have been wanting an overhaul (transmission oil changed, things cleaned out, seals replaced, etc...), but again that was another era. Today you'll have to manage on your own; well unless you want to crate up and ship your washer. On a brighter note Maytag so over engineered their wringer washers the things will run for quite some time with bad, low or nil oil in transmission. You'll likely be killing the thing by slow degrees, but there you are then. | ||
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Post# 1020763 , Reply# 12 1/10/2019 at 20:24 (1,925 days old) by electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI) |
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The Lint-filter agitator! | ||
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Post# 1020786 , Reply# 13 1/11/2019 at 01:35 (1,925 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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The Lint-filter agitator!
Have one as well with my Maytag wringer, and yes it has a pump. *LOL*
Don't care what anyone else says; the thing does trap quite a lot of lint. Cleaning afterwards is a pain, but find if you rinse while still wet much of the muck comes right off. Mine came clogged with powder detergent and hard water mineral residue to point it looked like caked with cement. Took ages of soaking with vinegar and scrubbing to get clean. Don't use the lint filter agitator much; am told the later turquoise models are designed to help keep water from getting to seals, so that is pretty much the first choice. Bought a bunch of those Asian net in wash lint filter thingys. so that's me for you. | ||
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