So, we've noticed lately that the Bosch washer that we brought with us to Mexico three years ago has been acting squirrely. It ran for two years like a top, no problems - even after a few years' use in Reseda.
But lately it had been pausing mid-cycle which required a manual push of the Start/Pause button to resume the wash -- and it always seemed to go back to the beginning of the wash cycle. Then it began pausing several times during the wash cycle including the rinse portion as well as the spin portion. Sometimes the clothes were left quite wet and there was water in the tub (it's a front-loading machine).
We'd given up on it and were shopping for one of the new Samsung top-loading machines - the ones without a center agitator which depended upon jets of water from the bottom and sides of the tub to swirl the clothes around - and operated by fuzzy logic. New appliances are always fun to work with! Bright and shiny, too!
So Michael had discovered that, unless we sprayed water down the detergent chute to wash the liquid into the tub, there was absolutely no water to wash by. So he disconnected the water supply hoses and found enough mineral deposits to block the hard filter that is part of the connection.
A good cleaning/scrubbing (I knew we saved that old toothbrush for a reason) and it was good as new. Filter restored, water flow working again!
No new appliance needed - drat! But it saved us a pocket-full of pesos and we can always spend it on a new estufa (range) that needs looking at. Perhaps better than a new washer - though it won't be cherry red!
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