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Anonymous Posted on May 08, 2011

Clothes comes out dirty still and they smell dirty. machine also makes a squeaking noise when it agitates

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Add one cup of bleach to the empty washing machine, and wash on hot. From experience, and your description I am going to guess that you are either NOT using HE (high efficiency) detergent, or you are using too much detergent, or both. You really need less than you think. With HE washers, if you use non HE detergent, it can cause buildup of biological scum on the inside parts of the washing machine, which causes the odor.

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