Hotpoint Ultima (WT960)

this was helpful, however i found i could not remove the black pipe without removing the white clip which is easy to do, simply push one side up and oine side down they inter lock do not pull outwards. unfortunately it i could not find a blockage so i may have what the first guy had pcb problem, but its well worth trying this first just incase even if all you do is clean it up as its pretty messy. this was helpful, however i found i could not remove the black pipe without removing the white clip which is easy to do, simply push one side up and oine side down they inter lock do not pull outwards. unfortunately it i could not find a blockage so i may have what the first guy had pcb problem, but its well worth trying this first just incase even if all you do is clean it up as its pretty messy.

I had the F-05 code and found this thread. I was tempted to simply ditch the machine and buy a new one, bearing in mind the potential labour costs and hassle. However, I tried suggestions of both gigwiggin and pulmicort and appear to have resolved the problem now. There were a couple of minor differences, for example, the main black rubber hose was connected to the bottom of the drum with a one of the white clips with push together teeth. This was removed by pushing the two sides in different directions (one up and one down). Having removed one clip, I decided to remove two further white clips (one to the waste hose and one to the pump) and the metal clip (with a screw tight mechanism) fixing an unknown element. This meant that I could remove the pump as described above (remove the wire and slide pump to left having pushed up the fixing clip on the bottom).

In the main black hose was the table tennis ball and below this (wedged in the plastic holder) were a metal shirt collar stiffener and a coin). I opened the pump (3 screws) and inside this I found a hairclip. I cleaned all the hoses, the inside of the pump and the the plastic holder for the table tennis ball. I reassembled everything and the only tricky part was each white hose clip - you can push the two sides together so that the teeth engage and the clip is closed, but I used an adjustable monkey wrench to carefully push the two sides together even further.

I used the machine straight after and the first cycle was fine, no F-05 code and no obvious leaks. Fingers crossed this has fixed the problem. Whilst an engineer may have taken less time than me, I think it was 3 hours of my time well spent (I took more than 30 minutes because I kept checking eveything but was also working in a quite a confined space and had a few false starts on various elements!) I had the F-05 code and found this thread. I was tempted to simply ditch the machine and buy a new one, bearing in mind the potential labour costs and hassle. However, I tried suggestions of both gigwiggin and pulmicort and appear to have resolved the problem now. There were a couple of minor differences, for example, the main black rubber hose was connected to the bottom of the drum with a one of the white clips with push together teeth. This was removed by pushing the two sides in different directions (one up and one down). Having removed one clip, I decided to remove two further white clips (one to the waste hose and one to the pump) and the metal clip (with a screw tight mechanism) fixing an unknown element. This meant that I could remove the pump as described above (remove the wire and slide pump to left having pushed up the fixing clip on the bottom). In the main black hose was the table tennis ball and below this (wedged in the plastic holder) were a metal shirt collar stiffener and a coin). I opened the pump (3 screws) and inside this I found a hairclip. I cleaned all the hoses, the inside of the pump and the the plastic holder for the table tennis ball. I reassembled everything and the only tricky part was each white hose clip - you can push the two sides together so that the teeth engage and the clip is closed, but I used an adjustable monkey wrench to carefully push the two sides together even further. I used the machine straight after and the first cycle was fine, no F-05 code and no obvious leaks. Fingers crossed this has fixed the problem. Whilst an engineer may have taken less time than me, I think it was 3 hours of my time well spent (I took more than 30 minutes because I kept checking eveything but was also working in a quite a confined space and had a few false starts on various elements!)