Washing machine is spraying loads of water on to the floor. I took the top off and put my hand down inside to see if I could locate where water was coming from. I could feel a strong trickle/weakjet of water coming from the drum casing, no where near any pipes joins or seals from what feels like a hole in the casing. Couldn't get the machine casing off to look properly, but managed to get my camera up from the bottom, and took a [url= https://plus.google.com/photos/105244389465835314820/albums/6012134298616382305/6012135657878381202?banner=pwa&pid=6012135657878381202&oid=105244389465835314820 ]photo[/url]. Looks like a hole. The position of this is on the side of the drum casing, towards the back, at about 7 oclock of you look at the drum from the back of the machine.
Any thoughts? Is this an engineer job? Suggetions on how to proceed?
Looks like a fairly fundamental part, might not be replacable?
Worth googling the model/manual then part no., I'v bought boiler spares in this way.
I think it may be a write off.
Remember to uplug it before delving around inside!
It looks to me like some solid object has got into the wash, been trapped against the side and forced through. Don't recognise where on the machine it is. What make/model is it?
it's a zanussi fs1555w.
Could the hole be patched/filled?
Almost anything can be patched (or the component replaced), but it may be a big job to get it out and may not be cost effective for the value of the machine. Also need to track down what caused the hole, and whether there's any internal damage.
Can you identify where it is on this picture?
http://www.ransomspares.co.uk/diagram/zanussi/washing-machines/233413/fs1555w%20%2891479119100%29/
ohh that diagram in helpful. I can idetify it,
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I've tried to annotate the part and position.
It's the drum casing that seems to be covered by the part kit 150A. The hole on the far side from the side shown.
It looks metal in your picture but I think it's plastic? Since it's a 2 part drum, it's intended to be removable but I haven't taken a Zanussi apart so I don't know how. How you'd patch it depends on how thick the plastic is and what type. Or a new half drum:
I can see on the picture of the the drum there where your photo was taken. It does look as if something solid has dropped through the holes in the inner drum, then been pushed through the outer when it was spinning.
Yes it's definitely plastic.
Plastic is about 4mm thick I would say, but don't know what type, how can I tell?
Would an engineer patch/repair, or would they go for the drum replacement only?
How much do you think an engineer would take to do that? Not sure I'd be confident tackling it myself, never done anything like that.
North of £150 for a replacement part, I'd be fixing it with a new one with a warranty.
Do you mean £150 all in, or £150 labour + parts, suspect the latter.
Patching is a DiY only job - I don't think you'd get a service technician to do it. If you had a real 'engineer' you [i]might[/i] but a patch will be a one-off with no testing so it's unlikely anyone would guarantee it. I'd guess parts and labour would be £150-180, and not worth it.
maybe try patching with chemical metal? I#d always be nertvous of it going again though i think
Do you mean £150 all in, or £150 labour + parts, suspect the latter
I meant the part, based on Greybeard's link.
looks like a coin or something got between the drum and the casing and burst out. dosent look to be a structual issue, just a leaky one. Patch it with fiberglass, chemical metal or sugru etc.