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Ah I suppose it could be something in the pipe, now you mention it it seemed to work better when I had it out in a bucket than when I reattached it so it looped up to the top of the machine and and then down into the waste pipe.
What would one use to unblock the pipe? I expect there's some kind of expensive flexible rod type thing.
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4- or 5- core electrical cable is surprisingly versatile
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Metal coat hanger
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If you can get the back off the machine you can pull the pipe off completely then run a bit of cable or wire through it as suggested above.
The thing to look out for before trying this is the force of the water when it pumps in to a bucket - it really should be like a tap on full pelt. Anything else is a blockage or fault somewhere.
NotThamesWater
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Howard
We had similar. Cleaned the filter and whatnot, no improvement. Turned out that a button (thanks Rapha) had got through the filter then wedged in the waste pipe where it joined the soil pipe. Combined with gunk it made a seal that was good enough to bugger a full cycle but a rinse drain was ok.
So check for resistance in the pipe itself. Pull the pipe and run a cycle with it draining in to a bucket. If the flow is anything but a torrent you’ve still got a blockage.