That's the ticket. I griped at the repair guy a little bit, as there is nothing in the manual about this procedure. The wife was the first to notice the odor, as she has a far more sensitive sense of smell than I do.
When we emptied that sump, it was nasty. There was even a couple of coins in it.... Now I just do it every couple of months. Since ours has the worthless $200 pedestal/storage underneath it's easy to do without making a mess. I would add that one of these days I'm taking that beast off the pedestal and getting it closer to the floor - the center of gravity is too high, making it flail around something terrible when it has an unbalanced load. I had to put a 2x4 behind it to keep it from banging a hole in the drywall when it really got rowdy. Dan --- On Wed, 3/17/10, Kevin Kraly <kr...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Kevin Kraly <kr...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, WAS dishwashers, NOW Maytag washing machine > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:32 AM > I had to do this on my Whirlpool Duet > washer last night since it had been over a month. 3 > 5/16" self tapping screws hold the lower front panel in > place. I saw a front loader that actually had a > removeable cover over the sump drain plug so that it could > be accessed without removing the whole front panel (believe > it was a samsung). It was very hard to unscrew the > plug this time, so I decided to put some lube on the o ring > before reinstalling it. This made it easier to install > it as well. It sure does leave some NASTY water in > there which has a smell similar to sewer gas. Since I've > been doing this monthly maintenance and leaving the door > open between loads, there is no smell in the washer or on > the clothes. > > Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
