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4.7 Maintenance and cleaning
Service life of product extends and frequently experienced problems will be reduced if it is
cleaned at regular intervals.
4.7.1 Cleaning the detergent drawer
1
Press the dotted point on the siphon in the softener compartment and pull towards
you until the compartment is removed from the machine.
2
Lift the rear part of the siphon to remove it as illustrated.
3
Wash the detergent drawer and the siphon with plenty of lukewarm water in a
washbasin. In order to prevent the residues to contact your skin, clean it with an
appropriate brush by wearing a pair of gloves.
3
Insert the drawer back into its place after cleaning and make sure that it is seated well.
4.7.2 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
authorised 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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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.
If more than normal amount of water and softener mixture
starts to gather in the softener compartment, the siphon
must be cleaned.
After every washing make sure that no foreign substance is
left in the drum.
If the holes on the bellow shown in the figure are blocked,
open the holes using a toothpick.
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. These will damage the
painted, chromated and plastic surfaces.
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