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OT Appliance Experts- Lost water pressure while washing clothes

Posted on 6/4/18 at 4:23 pm
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
9254 posts
Posted on 6/4/18 at 4:23 pm
Whirlpool Duet front loader washer

The washer apparently lost water pressure at some point and threw an error, either f1e8, or e1f8. Which I believe is a no water pressure code. But then it just started blinking the door lock light and that is all it will do. I have unplugged it to try to reset it a few times, and I have cracked the water lines to try to let any air escape. When I plug it in something tries to run (I'm assuming water pump), but nothing happens. And it just goes back to blinking the door lock light. TIA for any help on getting this thing reset.
This post was edited on 6/4/18 at 4:25 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73849 posts
Posted on 6/4/18 at 4:27 pm to
Sounds like you are about to learn a hard lesson about buying a computer to do a analog job
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
Top secret lab
Member since Feb 2004
52837 posts
Posted on 6/4/18 at 4:29 pm to
Do you have those "flow restricting" hoses (from spigot to the washer)? they are made to stop the water in the event of a burst hose, etc.

I had one that went bad and restricted my "hot" water. It took forever to fill. I replaced it and it flows great.

My washer is older. So, low flow didn't "error" anything. It just took FOREVER to fill.
Posted by Brummy
Central, LA
Member since Oct 2009
4562 posts
Posted on 6/4/18 at 4:47 pm to
I have a Maytag front loader that would stop at the beginning of the cycle. I forget what code it was showing at the time, but I believe when I looked it up it was also dealing with low water pressure. I ended up replacing the flowmeter and it's run fine since then. It was a $30 part and fairly easy to fix.
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
9254 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 8:32 am to
quote:

Sounds like you are about to learn a hard lesson about buying a computer to do a analog job





I ended up having to boot into diagnostics mode to clear the error code. (Seriously)

All good now.

Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 8:37 am to
Classic example of selling fancy technology that is not as reliable as simple knobs.
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