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The dispenser drawer is a multi-chambered reservoir that allows the user to add all the appropriate laundry additives before starting the cycle. It has a place for pre-wash detergent, main wash detergent, fabric softener, and bleach. Powdered or liquid detergents may be used, but softener and bleach must be liquids. Detergents must carry the HE designation. Do not use regular detergents in the washer or oversudsing will occur. The MAX indicator shows the maximum amount that the cup will hold before siphoning action begins, NOT the maximum amount the customer should pour in. |
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The top of the dispenser box is shown here with the water paths marked. |
The dispenser works by using various solenoids to apply water to different compartments. The liquid products are dispensed from a siphon box. As the appropriate chamber is flooded, the box fills and the water flushes the laundry product into the tub. It is mixed with water before contacting the laundry to prevent spotting or damaging the fabric.
Notice that the pre-wash and main wash fill tubes enter the dispenser at an angle and there is no hose connected to the softener dispenser. If one or the other fill valve is opened, the water goes into the appropriate detergent compartment. However, if they are opened simultaneously, the streams deflect and dispense the softener. Some water may run through the main and pre-wash compartments, but since the detergent has already been dispensed in an earlier part of the cycle, this is of no consequence.
If liquid detergent is added to the pre-wash box, it will run immediately into the tub. This doesn’t affect the operation of the cycle. To use liquid detergent in the main wash, place the detergent siphon box in the main wash compartment. Otherwise, the main wash liquid detergent will run into the tub along with the pre-wash detergent, causing oversudsing in the pre-wash and no cleaning in the main wash.
The siphon boxes are designed to hold a liquid laundry product until the appropriate time for dispensing into the load. When the box fills with water, it begins to discharge its contents into the washer fill stream. Once the siphon action has started, it will continue until the siphon box has emptied itself. Use only regular viscosity bleaches and softeners; the ultra versions are usually thicker and do not dispense well, if at all.
By the end of any cycle, water will have run through all of the dispenser compartments, preventing any cross-contamination of subsequent loads.
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Remove the top plate (cover.) Remove the dispenser drawer. Remove the two screws that secure the dispenser body. |
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Remove the 5 hose clamps. If you squeeze them and slide them a couple of inches down the hose, they will not be lost while the repair is made. Reconnection will be more convenient if you mark the hoses now. See TEST MODE for information concerning verifying which hose is which. Remove the clamp on the large hose attached to the dispenser. (When you replace it, set it with the screw on top and the wing nut on the bottom for easier reach in the future.) |
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Unplug all the solenoids. (As with the hoses, reconnection will be more convenient if you mark
the connectors and valves now.)
Remove the two screws at the back of the machine and lift out the solenoid array. # CONN WIRE COLORS 1 Blue (Yellow and Black) 2 Red (Violet and Black) 3 White (White and Black) 4 Blue (Gray and Black) 5 Red (Blue and Black) (Hot) |
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