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Thread Number: 40210
Maytag wringer EMERGENCY - please respond |
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| Post# 595152 , Reply# 1 5/8/2012 at 18:35 (4,369 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN) | ||
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| Post# 595155 , Reply# 2 5/8/2012 at 18:40 (4,369 days old) by wetguymd (Maryland) | ||
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Post# 595156 , Reply# 3 5/8/2012 at 18:43 (4,369 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 595159 , Reply# 4 5/8/2012 at 18:49 (4,369 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Find Another Hose
Insert one end into the floor drain, the other into the washer at bottom of tub. Gravity will then drain most of the water out of the machine, long as the tub/washer is higher than the floor drain. You may have to give a few good pipes on the hose to start the process.
Once you've gotten rid of the water, and the remaining has cooled follow the advice given above. Something is either clogging the pump and or hose if no water will drain even if the hose is lowered. I shouldn't run the pump until you can find out what is causing the problem. You don't want to pull whatever is in there deeper still. | ||
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Post# 595165 , Reply# 5 5/8/2012 at 19:05 (4,369 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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| Post# 595167 , Reply# 6 5/8/2012 at 19:05 (4,369 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN) | ||
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| Post# 595169 , Reply# 7 5/8/2012 at 19:15 (4,369 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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Try this Clean the end of the hose and blow real hard on the hose to see if you can't dislodge what is stopping it. You should hear it start bubbling in the washer. Pump not running of course.
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| Post# 595173 , Reply# 8 5/8/2012 at 19:31 (4,369 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
 Probably the biggest safest drain guard out there is on the Maytag conventionals. Can't imagine anything outsmarting it. But hey, who knows?
When mine wouldn't drain, it was because the pulley was not contacting the drive. By pulling up high and hard on the hose, contact was restored, and the water gushed.
But I'm in agreement that yours sounds like a clog. I wonder what it is.
I would siphon the water out, and then stick a supply hose into the drain hose and open the tap all the way, using water pressure to blow out the clog. That's how I fixed a clogged dishwasher drain.
Good luck, Gary. | ||
| Post# 595174 , Reply# 9 5/8/2012 at 19:37 (4,369 days old) by marks (Tucker, GA) | ||
My wringer pump needed to have some water flow through it before it would pump correctly. The easy fix (if it's not plugged up, or the pully or lever is not working properly) is to turn it on, and lower the hose to the floor. Once it gets good water flow through it, it may begin to pump again. Also turning it on, off, then on again to make sure there are no air bubbles trapped in the impeller. Hopefully it's not something major! Good luck!
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| Post# 595209 , Reply# 11 5/9/2012 at 00:43 (4,369 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
I have a E2LP
mine is a lot older, but same machine. If it were me, I would take off both hoses, tub to pump hose, and pump to drain hose, and check them out. Once the tub to pump hose is out you should be able to see straight down to the floor directly under.
Somethings in one of those two hoses! The tub to pump hose is short, and should be easy to clean out in your kitchen sink! Let us know! | ||
| Post# 595387 , Reply# 14 5/9/2012 at 21:00 (4,368 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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Oh Good | ||
| Post# 595422 , Reply# 15 5/9/2012 at 23:57 (4,368 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Excellent.
From the "EMERGENCY" in the title I thought your arm was caught in it and you were one-handed texting. Though really I shouldn't joke about that. They didn't call them "mangles" for nothing. Grandma wouldn't let me anywhere near the wringer on her Thor. Confirm the release bar works, just in case it's ever needed. | ||
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