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LG front-loading washer drain pump has failed for the third time in two years. Help? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/fixing@slrpnk.net
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I have replaced the $30 drain pump twice already, and the same issue has popped up again. Is their some type of maintenance or cleaning I should be doing that might prevent the pump failing yet again?

The filter trap at the bottom looks the normal amount of yucky, mostly dog hair.

My wife is going to want to buy a new machine when I tell her that it broke again, and I don't think I can argue my case a third time! Worse, she'll want a new dryer too so that they match.

It's an WM2101HW, if that helps. The serial number starts with a zero, which supposedly indicates that it was built in a year ending in a 0, so it is either 16 or 26 years old, which I suppose is a good run.

https://www.lg.com/us/products/documents/lg_spec_sheet_wm2101h.pdf

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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

They might be too corrosive for the pump if you're getting the same results by using the same thing. I just had to replace the hosing on my washer. Heh, but I was using a wide array of "cleaning" chemicals. I would say the one with all the chemical warnings with the other one that dissolves things probably did that. I was trying to get all the mold out of my clothes from my previous job.

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