Maintenance And Cleaning; Cleaning The Water Intake Filters; Cleaning The Loading Door And The Drum; Draining Remaining Water And Cleaning The Pump Filter - Beko WMB 51001 Y+ User Manual

5 Maintenance and cleaning

Service life of the product extends and frequently faced
problems decrease if cleaned at regular intervals.

5.1 Cleaning the detergent drawer

Clean the detergent drawer at regular intervals (every
4-5 washing cycles) as shown below in order to prevent
accumulation of powder detergent in time.
Press the dotted point on the siphon in the softener
compartment and pull towards you until the compartment is
removed from the machine.
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If more than normal amount of water and softener mixture starts to
gather in the softener compartment, the siphon must be cleaned.
Wash the detergent drawer and the siphon with plenty of
lukewarm water in a washbasin. Wear protective gloves or use
an appropriate brush to avoid touching of the residues in the
drawer with your skin when cleaning. Insert the drawer back
into its place after cleaning and make sure that it is seated
well.

5.2 Cleaning the loading door and the drum

For products with drum cleaning programme, please see
Operating the product - Programmes.
For products without drum cleaning, follow the below steps to
clean the drum:
Select Additional Water or Extra Rinse auxiliary functions.
Use a Cottons programme without pre-wash. Set the
temperature to the level recommended on the drum
cleaning agent which can be provided from authorized
services. Apply this procedure without any laundry in
the product. Before starting the programme, put 1 pouch of
special drum cleaning agent (if the special agent could not be
supplied, put max. 100 g of powder anti-limescale) into the
main wash detergent compartment (compartment no. "2"). If
the anti-limescale is in tablet form, put only one tablet into the
main wash compartment no. "2". Dry the inside of the bellow
with a clean piece of cloth after the programme has come to
an end.
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Repeat Drum Cleaning process in every 2 months.
Use an anti-limescale suitable for the washing machines.
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After every washing make sure that no foreign substance is
left in the drum.
If the holes on the bellow shown in the figure is blocked, open
the holes using a toothpick.
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INFORMATIONS
Foreign metal substances will cause rust stains in the drum.
Clean the stains on the drum surface by using cleaning agents for
stainless steel. Never use steel wool or wire wool.

5.3 Cleaning the body and control panel

Wipe the body of the machine with soapy water or non-
corrosive mild gel detergents as necessary, and dry with a
soft cloth.
Use only a soft and damp cloth to clean the control panel.
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WARNING
Never use sponge or scrub materials. These will damage the
painted and plastic surfaces.

5.4 Cleaning the water intake filters

There is a filter at the end of each water intake valve at the
rear of the machine and also at the end of each water intake
hose where they are connected to the tap. These filters
prevent foreign substances and dirt in the water to enter the
washing machine. Filters should be cleaned as they do get
dirty.
Close the taps. Remove the nuts of the water intake hoses
to access the filters on the water intake valves. Clean them
with an appropriate brush. If the filters are too dirty, take them
out by means of pliers and clean them. Take out the filters
on the flat ends of the water intake hoses together with the
gaskets and clean thoroughly under running water. Replace
the gaskets and filters carefully in their places and tighten the
hose nuts by hand.
5.5 Draining remaining water and
cleaning the pump filter
The filter system in your machine prevents solid items such
as buttons, coins and fabric fibers clogging the pump impeller
during discharge of washing water. Thus, the water will be
discharged without any problem and the service life of the
pump will extend.
If the machine fails to drain water, the pump filter is clogged.
Filter must be cleaned whenever it is clogged or in every 3
months. Water must be drained off first to clean the pump
filter.
In addition, prior to transporting the machine (e.g., when
moving to another house) and in case of freezing of the water,
water may have to be drained completely.
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