Thanks for the vid. Just fixed my hotpoint aqualtis doing this after getting the F05 error code. I found hair bobbles, hair clips, coins, a pencil and lots of grass blocking my filter. Now the machine works great.
Brilliantly helpful. I too live in a hard water area and struggled to get the cover off. I initially worried I may break it. Thank you so much! All rubbish removed.
Hi Andy. We used to live in a hard water area (Sutton Coldfield) and we installed on the water riser as it came into the house an inline ceramic magnet 'limefighter' accessory. This was advised by the company replacing out central heating system. We were there for over thirty years and we never even got any limescale in the kettle, so I'm pretty sure they're effective. Liff do one, which you can get from Screwfix or Amazon, and I wouldn't be without one. If you do install one I'd be very interested to see and hear how effective you find it.
Hi Rob, this is interesting as I've seen these lime fighter units that use magnets to suspend the limescale. I'm dubious bit might give it a go and post back in a future video. Thanks for the info
Such a helpfull video, thankyou. I have followed your instructions, have manged to turn the cap so water is coming out but im unable to pull the filter out to clean it. Any advice would be great, thankyou
How does that even happen, you put in the colour catcher before the wash, then after the sheet has gone, and what? You think it just vanished? At that point you should realise that it's somewhere in the machine where it shouldn't be and you should find it and remove it before doing another wash.
Thank you Andy. Gonna' try this. Bit apprehensive as the cap is EXTREMELY difficult to turn. So much so, that the amount of torque I'm having to use could break the cap. :-/
Agree with you there, you'll see in the video I end up using a pair of wide-nose pliers to turn mine as I needed a lot of force too. I persisted slowly, make sure you even the force out over the plastic tabs as much as you can. Good luck!
My filter snapped. Covered it in superglue and hoping i can get enough of a grip on it to open it. This is a great video though. Im thinking my plastic was a bit weathered
thanks going to clean mean tomorrow,and impress my lovely JO as the water does not drain out now..Maybe put a water softener on your pipe work to help with the scale ???
Hi, I’ve got the same washer/dryer and I’m having problems with black marks on my white laundry. Could it be caused by the filter? And if I followed this video could it resolve it? I’ve done a lot of researching on google and the other thing mentioned was about oil stains and possibly the bearings, however my machine isn’t making any noises and is running perfectly fine apart from every now and then I get black marks on my whites.
I doubt this filter would cause black marks as it's a long way from the drum itself (pipes connect the drum drain to the filter) So black marks must be something else
Andy Brown thank you. I bought two different cleaners for the machine & cleaned it out twice & just let it run through a 90 wash & so far & fingers crossed it seems to have worked. Thanks for the reply 👍
Unfortunately not. Yes they are very tight, almost at the point of feeling like it snaps... Perhaps try spraying with a silicone/lubricant to penetrate it.
Hi guys, unfortunately not an easy solution. I did have to use a lot more force than I wanted at the risk of snapping the plastic. Used a pair of thick-ended pliers to help, maybe some silicone lubricant to penetrate and help.
@@junkendriven hi Andy mine wont come off but i have managed to take out the whole filter from the back and clean everything but nothing has work as when it comes to drain the water it will drain it and stop and i have to do that untill all the water comes off
Thank you so much, I had no idea how to get the panel off to clean filter. I also needed the pliers to undo the filter. Job done. Thanks again.
Great news, glad you got it sorted!
Thanks for the vid. Just fixed my hotpoint aqualtis doing this after getting the F05 error code. I found hair bobbles, hair clips, coins, a pencil and lots of grass blocking my filter. Now the machine works great.
Brilliantly helpful. I too live in a hard water area and struggled to get the cover off. I initially worried I may break it. Thank you so much! All rubbish removed.
Thanks so much for posting this! It has just helped me in fixing my washing machine. There was a sock stuck in the filter!
Thank u, thank u and thank u so much. The videos on TH-cam don't explain how to open there, you are miracle! Cheers!
Glad it helped you out!
Hi Andy. We used to live in a hard water area (Sutton Coldfield) and we installed on the water riser as it came into the house an inline ceramic magnet 'limefighter' accessory. This was advised by the company replacing out central heating system. We were there for over thirty years and we never even got any limescale in the kettle, so I'm pretty sure they're effective. Liff do one, which you can get from Screwfix or Amazon, and I wouldn't be without one. If you do install one I'd be very interested to see and hear how effective you find it.
Hi Rob, this is interesting as I've seen these lime fighter units that use magnets to suspend the limescale. I'm dubious bit might give it a go and post back in a future video.
Thanks for the info
I've got the same machine but in white and I did it today and it worked!
Such a helpfull video, thankyou. I have followed your instructions, have manged to turn the cap so water is coming out but im unable to pull the filter out to clean it. Any advice would be great, thankyou
Thank you for the answer. I managed to remove the filter with a patent (with many emotions, recognize), it was blocked by 2 color capture napkins ...
How does that even happen, you put in the colour catcher before the wash, then after the sheet has gone, and what? You think it just vanished? At that point you should realise that it's somewhere in the machine where it shouldn't be and you should find it and remove it before doing another wash.
Thank you Andy. Gonna' try this. Bit apprehensive as the cap is EXTREMELY difficult to turn. So much so, that the amount of torque I'm having to use could break the cap. :-/
Agree with you there, you'll see in the video I end up using a pair of wide-nose pliers to turn mine as I needed a lot of force too. I persisted slowly, make sure you even the force out over the plastic tabs as much as you can. Good luck!
My filter snapped. Covered it in superglue and hoping i can get enough of a grip on it to open it. This is a great video though. Im thinking my plastic was a bit weathered
The centre piece to mine snapped also.. But yes it's a GREAT video.
Did glue help you?
No glue didnt work but i followed another video about taking the pump apart and it worked. Phew
@@effym5070 Same my Hotpoint Aquarius plus WMF740 the outside bit where you put pliers snapped off so how would I remove the pump for cleaning?
Awesome I do this once a month and then a cotton 90 empty with superwash and reduced creases
amazing thank you so much, really helped.
Can only rotate the filter very slightly anti clockwise can’t get it out
thanks going to clean mean tomorrow,and impress my lovely JO as the water does not drain out now..Maybe put a water softener on your pipe work to help with the scale ???
This IS with semi regular softener chemicals. We are in a very poor water area. Good luck hope it helps out
Saved my day, thanks!
Do you know if the green emergency release can be replaced? Me being too heavy handed has resulted in it being ripped off
Thanks 👏😎
Hi, I’ve got the same washer/dryer and I’m having problems with black marks on my white laundry. Could it be caused by the filter? And if I followed this video could it resolve it? I’ve done a lot of researching on google and the other thing mentioned was about oil stains and possibly the bearings, however my machine isn’t making any noises and is running perfectly fine apart from every now and then I get black marks on my whites.
I doubt this filter would cause black marks as it's a long way from the drum itself (pipes connect the drum drain to the filter)
So black marks must be something else
Andy Brown thank you. I bought two different cleaners for the machine & cleaned it out twice & just let it run through a 90 wash & so far & fingers crossed it seems to have worked. Thanks for the reply 👍
Thank you!
Limescale?
Should use Calgon, mate.
Hi when I unscrew it a lot of smelly water came out, i kept emptying my container but more got flooded on the floor. Why does this mean?
Probably lots of water built up in the drum and pipes. Keep draining and once drained clean/flush it out as best as you can.
Thanks!
Mine is too tight to open is there an alternative
Unfortunately not. Yes they are very tight, almost at the point of feeling like it snaps... Perhaps try spraying with a silicone/lubricant to penetrate it.
I can not do it . It is very hard. I can not unscrew the filter. he's stuck. I'm afraid of breaking.
Got the same problem have u managed to open it
Hi guys, unfortunately not an easy solution. I did have to use a lot more force than I wanted at the risk of snapping the plastic. Used a pair of thick-ended pliers to help, maybe some silicone lubricant to penetrate and help.
@@junkendriven hi Andy mine wont come off but i have managed to take out the whole filter from the back and clean everything but nothing has work as when it comes to drain the water it will drain it and stop and i have to do that untill all the water comes off
thankyou
Urgh! Lol thx man