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When my washing machine goes to drain the dirty water out of it, the plastic flexible tube that runs from the washing machine leads to a larger metal pipe that goes into the ground. Instead of just draining like its supposed to though the water starts to overflow out the top of the metal pipe almost like the metal pipe that leads into the ground is clogged. How do I fix this problem? Would liquid plumber work?

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There must be an air gap between the outlet hose and the outlet drainpipe otherwise it can backfill

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