Hi, Weve got a simpson esprit 700 washing machine and the cold water tap seems to be blocked. I've disconnected the hose at the washing machine end but when I've turned it on in the sink it works fine so I'm thinking the connection in the machine is blocked but not sure how to open/clean it?

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There is normally two reasons for this.

Turn off the water. Remove the hoses from the back of the machine and you will see a small metal gauze filter. They get blocked with limescale and debris from the water mains. You can clean them, descale them, or just buy new ones.

Or

The water inlet valve is not opening fully.

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water pump or water pump solenoid
if they check out ..faulty timer

to drain water out
have to put the drain hose on the ground out the door

or towels and buckets

Is your drain hose location at the proper height?

Most hoses have a filter/strainer at the faucet end. This can get clogged. Remove from water source, check and clean.

Hi just read your posting.Now just a couple of questions.What water temp have you set the machine for,Is it cold,cold or another setting.Have you got the cold hose going from the cold tap to the cold water valve on the machine with is marked with a C and the same for the hot which is marked H.Please reply with answers to all the questions and I am sure I can help you with this fault.Looking forward to your reply.

Hi just read your posting.From the information in your posting your machine will not fill automatically,is this correct?Have you got both hot and cold water hoses attached?Are both taps on?What water temp are you selecting,is it cold, warm or hot.Please reply with additional information and I am sure I can help you.Looking forward to your reply.

Hi just read your posting.The 2 lights that are flashing means your machine has not detected any water level difference.1st turn off both hot and cold taps and 1st remove the cold inlet hose from the machine end,Put the end of the hose into a bucket and turn the tap on.You should get a good flow of water.If you do not get a good flow of water then remove the tap end of the hose and see if you are getting water out of the tap.Check the inlet filters on both ends of the hose to see if they are blocked.If they are blocked clean them with a brush.Check also the water valve end where the hose connected to the machine to see if this filter is blocked. Once you have water coming out of the hose and all the filters are clean refit the hose and repeat to the hot hose.Now select a cycle and push start.If the water flow is good then the machine will work properly.If you still get slow water even when you have good pressure coming out of the hoses then your water valves are faulty.Please reply on how you got on and for further advice.looking forward to your reply.

try removing your cold water hose and check to see if the screen filter has a calcium buildup or some other obstruction.  if not that then possible bas inlet valve on washer.

We had this problem and it turned out in our case that the hot water inlet filter was blocked. The pump wasn't receiving any hot water into the machine so wouldn't start on anything except a cold (30degree) wash.

We turned off the the hot water tap on the plumbing at the back, disconnected the inlet pipe from the machine, then put the end of the pipe in a bucket and turned the water back on, and saw loads of sediment spurted out.

We ran it until we'd filled the bucket, then turned the tap off, emptied the bucket down the drain, then disconnected the hose from the plumbing and cleaned the hose separately (there's a gauze at the plumbing end of the hose so make sure that's clean).

Then get some pliers and where the hose attatches to the machine there's a filter that you can pull out. Clean this out. In our case this was completely blocked with limescale sediment etc.

Reconnect everything, check it's all tightly fastened etc. then turn the tap on the plumbing back on - turn it on to a hot wash, press start ...and in our case it all worked a dream again.

All this info is in the manual if you've got one, but I thought I'd write it out in case you've got this problem and don't have the manual.

Ahhhhh... cleeean washing again! Hope this works for you. Happy go laundry!

you can pick up a Y adaptor from a hardware store and fit a cold feed to both, it will take a few more minutes to comlpete cycles thats all, all new machines are fitted with a cold feed only to make them more energy efficent. the tech is talking pi**