Scalding hot steam from soap drawer of my washer-dryer

gundo

I have a 5-year old Siemens WXD1260 washer dryer and the dryer function has stopped working. The clothes come out boiling hot and still sopping wet. There also scalding hot steam coming out of the soap drawer whilst it's supposed to be drying.

I'm guessing that as it's a condensing type dryer that the cold water supply to dryer cycle isn't being switched on (valve not working or solenoid of some sort failed?).

Any ideas? Might have a go myself if it's not too difficult. If that's not do-able, any ideas how much it might cost to fix?

fwor

Have you checked whether the dryer part has a filter?

I had an Ariston w/d a few years ago which had a filter in the back. When that blocked it would get hot but not dry anything.

DavidFx

http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/forums/topic/10-clothes-coming-out-of-washer-dryer-hot-and-steamy-still-wet/

macman

When did you last clean the condenser?

gundo

@Macman - Never. There's nothing in the Siemens manual about cleaning the condenser. Only how to clean the pump impeller bit....

@DavidFx - Spot on webpage. I'll give that a go tomorrow night.

@fwor - Whilst I have a look at the solenoids I'll look for anywhere that might be where fluff etc. gets trapped.

macman

First thing to check is to inspect and clean the pump impeller, as per the manual. Check it's emptying properly before the spin cycle.
But as you say, it appears that the cold water inlet is not functioning during the drying cycle, so it can't condense. Check the inlet filter.
The condenser discharges into the drain outlet on this model, so it appears that the condenser is not user-accessible.

gundo

macman wrote: »

First thing to check is to inspect and clean the pump impeller, as per the manual.

First thing I did and it's as clean as a whistle. :-)

Thank you for the sage advice, much appreciated.