Somebody please help me - my washing machine stinks !!!

[puffylovett]

Being newly pregnant it's making me feel really sick !!

It's had a thorough clean, but every time I open the door it permeates through the kitchen. The smell is still there an hour later (well, to me anyway !!)

We've cleaned the filters, run a cleaning product through it, cleaned all the seals... I'm stuck as to what else I can do !!
Am off out in a min, but will really appreciate any ideas.
Cheers !

[MrsBadger]

take out the drawer and wash it and the bit it fits into

put it back in and run a 90ºC wash with no laundry in

and if you use liquid or gel detergent consider a switch to powder or tablets which leave less gunk

[FrazzledFairyFay]

Try running a 90 C wash with no clothes and soda crystals in the drawer instead of powder

[PortAndLemon]

Similar to other recommendations -- run a wash at 90 with no laundry in but with biological powder and bleach. Not fabulous for the environment but you only need to do it once every couple of months.

[HuwEdwards]

is the drainage pipe ok? Our got a bit wonky once and dirty water was draining back into it. That really did stink.

[peasholme]

I swear by this stuff

[puffylovett]

thank you everyone for your suggestions, i will try the soda rystals hot wash and check my pipes !

[thatsnotmymonster]

my washing machine ony does a 60 degree wash- is that hot enough?

[galen]

What make is it? I have heard of this prob on Hotpoints... not sure what causes it but have read a lot of reviews f people complaining about it.

[puffylovett]

its an electrolux - i did the soda crystls on a 95 degree wash and it smelled ok for a couple of dsys, but the stench is now back again

next job - dp to check the drainage pipe !!

it smells like stagnant water....yum. I had the same problem on my last machine, which was a hotpoint, but thinking about it I never cleaned the filters or seals etc !!