Pump on Splendide Bad!

[Bigboomer]

Nothing like getting a call at work from my DW that "somethings wrong with the washer, it won't drain and the clothes are soaking wet!".

So I first thought that maybe there was something in the drain trap before the pump clogging the water from getting to the pump. I told Sue to look at the manual to locate the pump which she did and removed the front cover and then started to open the pump trap and water started coming out. It took her about 10 minutes or so of carefully removing all the water into a small flat pan. Once drained she unscrewed the trap all the way and she said a little green thing just fell out. Now I get this "Uh Oh" feeling in my gut. This washer/ dryer is 3 months old, what could this be? Asked her to take a pic and send it to me. It looked like a mini turbo prop and I figured it was probably the impeller off the pump. When I got home in the evening I ID'd it as the impeller and it looked like it was a pressed fit on the pump shaft with a metal press fit washer. So I place the impeller back on and tapped it down until it stopped. After re-assembly it worked fine, until.....I get another call the next day...same thing!

Sue called Splendide and explained the issue. The gentlemen on the other end noted it was still under warranty (no kidding) and that we could either take it back to Camping World (2 hours away) and have it repaired (figure it would take 2 weeks) or have a new pump sent to us to replace. In looking at the manual it will take me about an hour max to replace so we chose the latter.

Recieved the pump in 2 days. Will keep you posted with pics of the rehab job....

[DQDick]

We also had a bad pump right out of the box except our's leaked and screwed up the cheap boards under it. Splendide did come thru as promised and we've used the heck out of it for the last year and a half without problems (knock on replaced wood).

[richfaa]

Ours is over 6 years old is used hard and not a single problem....knock..knock..

[thekennys]

don't forget to ask splendede to hold your hand in the replacement process

mikey

[Bigboomer]

Well folks wish I can say that the fix for the pump on the Splendide was grossly complicated and that I had to perform major surgery and went back to tech school to learn how to remove the thing. NOT. Basically 6 screws and 2 spring clamps later the old pump was removed and the new pump installed in about 20 minutes. I spent more time cleaning up then I did actually fixing the washer.

No complaints, believe me as I have been on the other end as well.

Here is a link to some pics of the process.

http://s962.beta.photobucket.com/use...20Washer%20Fix

Les

[8.1al]

Glad hear you got it fixed and it was so easy