Leaking washing machine

silver17

My washing machine has poured out a load of water this evening when on my typical wash cycle. Not a flood but a decent amount. It was fine the last time I used it a few days ago, no issue at all. Tonight though, I've had to use towels to soak up the mess.... Towels I now have no way of cleaning.

Can anyone help figure out what caused this? I would be so grateful.

daveyjp

Blockage in the filter or drain pipework,

ThisIsWeird

Hi, ho, Silver.
Can you recall at what stage in the cycle the water came out? During the wash? Or during the drain or spin towards the end?
It'll either be a leak from inside the machine - so leaking during the actual wash cycle - or from the outlet hose, in which case it'll be at the end of the wash.
If you don't know, then empty the machine of clothes, and put on the quickest wash cycle it has, cold temp, no detergent or condie. First make sure you can clearly see where the corrugated hose goes into a larger, vertical drain pipe. Best if you can pull the WM out as far as possible, so where the leak appears is easier to spot.
And then do that short, cold, clean wash. 
If the water appears from under the machine, it's a pro repair job, DIYable by some. If it comes out from the vertical waste pipe, then you have a blockage in that pipe, which is usually more easily sortable, but you'll need good access to it.
Anyhoo, try and run a test and report back. 
First, though, as Davey suggests, is to clean the filter. Do you have the instructions? If not, make and model, please. Bear in mind that this will also likely result in a bit more water coming out when you remove the filter, so more towels needed.

Alanp

Check around the door seal especially towards the top, there could be a small tear which will only throw out water during its spin cycles..

silver17

ThisIsWeird said:

Hi, ho, Silver.
Can you recall at what stage in the cycle the water came out? During the wash? Or during the drain or spin towards the end?
It'll either be a leak from inside the machine - so leaking during the actual wash cycle - or from the outlet hose, in which case it'll be at the end of the wash.
If you don't know, then empty the machine of clothes, and put on the quickest wash cycle it has, cold temp, no detergent or condie. First make sure you can clearly see where the corrugated hose goes into a larger, vertical drain pipe. Best if you can pull the WM out as far as possible, so where the leak appears is easier to spot.
And then do that short, cold, clean wash. 
If the water appears from under the machine, it's a pro repair job, DIYable by some. If it comes out from the vertical waste pipe, then you have a blockage in that pipe, which is usually more easily sortable, but you'll need good access to it.
Anyhoo, try and run a test and report back. 
First, though, as Davey suggests, is to clean the filter. Do you have the instructions? If not, make and model, please. Bear in mind that this will also likely result in a bit more water coming out when you remove the filter, so more towels needed.

Hiya thank you for this.

It had only just started a few minutes prior, I don't think it had even got as far as fully soaking the clothes let alone releasing detergent, certainly nowhere near the spin and drain cycle. I was too scared to try the separate drain cycle so can't currently open the door as there's water inside still.

I do know how to clean the filter which is on the front, I'm assuming that's the only one? However the water was coming from directly under the machine if that makes any difference, pretty central too.

The corrugated hose and vertical pipe. Do you mean the bendy hose that is attached to my sink pipes? They aren't vertical which is why I'm confused. If so there was no leak under the sink and it was totally dry. Is it possible it is the other end of the bendy hose that's attached to the WM?

daveyjp

Start with the filter, but items can still get behind that and into the pipework, especially tissues etc.

If it is a standalone machine the only way to properly see what is going on is to pull it out, remove a panel from the back, start a cycle and look where the water is leaking from.  Youtube has lots of repair videos for washing machines,

ThisIsWeird

silver17 said:

Hiya thank you for this.
It had only just started a few minutes prior, I don't think it had even got as far as fully soaking the clothes let alone releasing detergent, certainly nowhere near the spin and drain cycle. I was too scared to try the separate drain cycle so can't currently open the door as there's water inside still.
I do know how to clean the filter which is on the front, I'm assuming that's the only one? However the water was coming from directly under the machine if that makes any difference, pretty central too.
The corrugated hose and vertical pipe. Do you mean the bendy hose that is attached to my sink pipes? They aren't vertical which is why I'm confused. If so there was no leak under the sink and it was totally dry. Is it possible it is the other end of the bendy hose that's attached to the WM?

Ok, that's interesting - it might be from the fill drawer - I think it's a flexible pipe that feeds the drum? Not sure.

Anyhoo - MAKE & MODEL!

Your drain hose is the bendy one, but is corrugated. Yes, it may feed directly into a connector under your sink, so forget the vertical pipe I mentioned...

You should be safe turning your WM to 'drain' or rinse/drain, and it should start to drain right away. If water starts coursing out, just pull the plug...

stuart45

Check the hoses on the bottom of the machine. My daughter's machine leaked as soon as it started filling up where a mouse had chewed through one.

silver17

daveyjp said:

Start with the filter, but items can still get behind that and into the pipework, especially tissues etc.

If it is a standalone machine the only way to properly see what is going on is to pull it out, remove a panel from the back, start a cycle and look where the water is leaking from.  Youtube has lots of repair videos for washing machines,

Thank you. I have just done the filter, and it was a bit smelly and a tiny bit of dirt but nothing actually in there - was definitely expecting some hair! I did brave a drain cycle and no leakage. Looks like I'm pulling it out. Yay!

silver17

ThisIsWeird said:

silver17 said:

Hiya thank you for this.
It had only just started a few minutes prior, I don't think it had even got as far as fully soaking the clothes let alone releasing detergent, certainly nowhere near the spin and drain cycle. I was too scared to try the separate drain cycle so can't currently open the door as there's water inside still.
I do know how to clean the filter which is on the front, I'm assuming that's the only one? However the water was coming from directly under the machine if that makes any difference, pretty central too.
The corrugated hose and vertical pipe. Do you mean the bendy hose that is attached to my sink pipes? They aren't vertical which is why I'm confused. If so there was no leak under the sink and it was totally dry. Is it possible it is the other end of the bendy hose that's attached to the WM?

Ok, that's interesting - it might be from the fill drawer - I think it's a flexible pipe that feeds the drum? Not sure.

Anyhoo - MAKE & MODEL!

Your drain hose is the bendy one, but is corrugated. Yes, it may feed directly into a connector under your sink, so forget the vertical pipe I mentioned...

You should be safe turning your WM to 'drain' or rinse/drain, and it should start to drain right away. If water starts coursing out, just pull the plug...

I have just braved draining and there was no leakage thankfully! I opened the filter and a bit smelly/dirty but nothing in there at all.

I thought we were talking the same hose but needed to confirm I have two corrugated hoses connecting to my sink.

It's a Beko 742431B washer/dryer.

Next stop is pulling it out...

silver17

stuart45 said:

Check the hoses on the bottom of the machine. My daughter's machine leaked as soon as it started filling up where a mouse had chewed through one.

More likely to be a massive chonker of a spider than a mouse in this place hahaha I did only this week spring clean the cupboard next to it which is most likely for any rodents to raid and no sign of any so very unlikely. Will be pulling the machine out shortly