My George vacuum has died!!

[Albadross]

He's started making a horrible noise. Anyone know much about George's innards?

[TrustySnail]

What sort of noise is it? Does it happen as soon as you switch him on, or only when you enable his squirter?

[Albadross]

It sounds higher pitched than normal and it's on the regular vacuuming setting

[TrustySnail]

Ah - I've only had funny noises on the wet setting of mine (I use a Henry for dry vacuuming). Have you checked that there's nothing stuck in the filter or hose?

[Albadross]

DH checked all that and thinks the motor has burned out

Two Georges dead in 2016!

[TheoriginalLEM]

[Albadross]

What was the for @Lem ?

[Fluffycloudland77]

Miele. You can't beat a Miele vacuum.

[loogino]

sorry to hear about that, looks like it's time to get a new hoover. As others have suggested you can't be a good ole Miele vacuum cleaner, one of the best I've ever brought and it's never let me down.