Our Siemens S16-39 washing machine started to display F18 and beeping (not the normal 'finished' beep).
We switched it off. Googling suggested that the impeller was broken/unable to move.
Switching back on made a straining noise - switched it off again.
I turned the large pipe (front right bottom) through ninety degrees.
Switched back on, turned to Empty. No bad noise and emptying started.
When empty I placed a towel under outlet and completely undid the large pipe.
There was human hair, a shirt stiffener and piece of slate, removed these and all well!
Had this same problem with mine recently. Having tried the method here a couple of times and not finding anything in the trap other than water I checked the back pipe.
ReplyDeleteI added about 5 litres of water to the drum from the tap and then set the machine to the "Empty" program with the outflow pipe in a bucket. No water came out of the pipe while this program was running. Then using some garden wire I snaked the back back pipe until I hit a blockage. Ramming the blockage for a few minutes and then re-running the empty program flushed all of the blockage out. The machine now functions as normal.