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RandyM1911
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 18:03

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This LG washer is leaking water from someplace inside. It's not the hose connections or the Drain at the rear of the machine.

Does anyone know where I can find a service manual for this unit? Thanks.

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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 22:15

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Thanks. I think I found the problem. I was able to use information from another manual that someone had posted as a guide to taking off the front of the cabinet.

Next to the pump filter is a drain hose with a plug in it. As I understand it, this is to be used to drain the machine manually if there is a problem. The hose is abount 15" long and is a black rubber-ish compound that simply loops from a fitting off of the pump filter to the front of the cabinet where is resides behind the plastic door used to access the filter. The original hose was kinked and had broken open on both sides of the kink.

The odd thing is that the original hose seemed to be reinforced at each end but very thin and "floppy" in between. I don't know if detergent and/or bleach could have eaten away at the rubber-ish compound and eventually eaten through it but there was a thin, black liquid residue that dripped from the hose when I took it out.

At any rate, I replaced the hose with a length of 3/8" diameter vinyl tubing. The fit at the pump end was a little snug and I had to heat the end of the tube to soften it so it would slip on. The machine is running now and so far, the leak appears to be gone.

I just wanted to post the results in case someone else encounters a similar circumstance. Maybe this can help someone else avoid a service call in the future.

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Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 02:36

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LG WM1814CW Service Manual

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Thanks for the manual, Milwaukee.

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