Smelly washing machine

clever_username

Hi, I have a Beko washing machine that has recently started smelling. The clothes come out with a 'dirty water' smell and I'm not sure why. I've tried putting it on a wash with a few different things such as white vinegar but nothing has worked. There doesn't appear to be a filter that could be clogged. Any ideas? :-)

ikati5

If you take the drawer out and get down low look up into the drawer space, there is often a build up of 'gunk' in there that you can't see when the drawer is in place. (I was amazed!)

I also agree run it empty on hottest wash with a biological powder but in addition I would take out the waste pipe from its outlet, usually a plastic pipe to outside drain and check that its not holding water and that the outside drain is clear and its not sucking anything from there back into the machine.

My friend had a similar problem and the service man said it was because her outlet pipe was running parallel and the water wasn't getting away causing it to stagnate . Good Luck

moneysaver

If you are using liquid only, this can cause the smell. Liquid has no bleaching agents in it to clean the machine properly. We had this problem & switched to powder, had no smell problems since.



Moneysaver

anotherbaldrick

If you read the instructions it probably tells you that if you only wash at low temperatures you need to occasionally do a SERVICE WASH to clean out the gunk which grows in the drum. For this put some cloths in the machine with powder and a handfull of soda and do a long wash on max temperature . I would also suggest putting some vinegar in the drum , slosh it about for 10 mins before rinsing it out.

GrimeBuster

clever_username wrote: »

Hi, I have a Beko washing machine that has recently started smelling. The clothes come out with a 'dirty water' smell and I'm not sure why. I've tried putting it on a wash with a few different things such as white vinegar but nothing has worked. There doesn't appear to be a filter that could be clogged. Any ideas? :-)

We have had problems with our machine and tried what we thought were all the options. In the end we put soda crystals in the drum, white vinegar in the fabric dispenser and half of a standard bottle of disenfectant in the detergent dispenser. Then put the Miele on maximum heat for the longest run. The smell has now gone.

grizzly1911

Not sure biological will do any good above 40C as you kill the enzymes that do the work.

I have tried everything apart from raw soda.

I found leaving the door a jar, has cleared it, even though machine is used less, now that DS has lgone to uni;).