I have a hotpoint wf740 which has had a bad smell coming from it, i took the front off the bottom, and unscrewed the filter which then snapped when i pulled it off as it was full of coins. (my dad gave me the machine and obviously never emptied his pockets!) i have been trying in vain to get a new part, but i cant find one anywhere!! any idea what its called, and where i can get one please???

hi, read about your problem. The filter is located at the bottom of the front of washer. If its not visible, remove the bottom kick panel. Three screws at bottom. Take a shallow pan and place under filter. Slowly turn counterclockwise and water will slowly start to come out. When pan is partially full, empty. Be sure to close filter before doing this. Keep up with this procedure until no more water comes out, then unscrew filter and remove and clean. Reinstall and put kickplate back on. Hope this helps.

The filter is located at the bottom front of washer.
Remove the kickstrip at the bottom, by levering off.
Unscrew filter anti-clockwise to remove and clean..
Be careful when removing filter, as there will be water come out.Lay the drain hose down into a bowl or similar to drain off excess water.
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you need to clean the draw and the inside of the draw and clean the rubber door seal all way round when you done that use a washer clean detergent whitch should be at a super market. and run it at 90 or 95 temp cottons wash it should stop the smell beacause dirt is buliding up so a good clean should stop it.hope this helps.

Wash it out with a strong solution of washing soda placed into the drum before you fill the machine


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Run the machine empty through a full hot cycle then run the soda one

The first will soften the deposits and the second should help kill the bacteria that is causing the smell.

Reducing the load so that there is more agitation helps as well

If the pump filter is clogged, the washer won't even turn on. This filter is located behind the small access panel at the bottom on the front of the washer. Remove access panel, flip down scoop, and unscrew filter. You will need a bowl to catch water that comes out(may smell bad). Pull out filter, clean, and replace. Washer should work normally afterwards.

Actually it was quite easy, unplug from mains lie it down on its back and unscrew the 4 screws around the filter/pump it will then come out enough for you access it easier, unplug the connection which has 2 black wires from the pump and unscrew the 3 torx screws which will then separate the pump from the filter and anything stuck inside will fall out before reassembly make sure the impeller is not damaged on the pump if it is you may have to replace the pump I'm told is quite cheap to replace, reassemble and away you go. Whole job only took me a couple of hours and saved me a fortune.

An F-05 error message means that the pressure switch is jammed on empty or a problem with pump.


The fault is associated with drain out (pump blocked or restricted in some way).

Small panel at rear of machine reveals the pump, pull of the two pipes (Plastic clips hard to get off, slide them sideways), remove wire and unclip pump from base of machine by lifting locking tab and sliding to the left, pump can then easily be cleaned.

I have a very bad smell in my elite kenmore diswasher. We have had it for a year now. I have been smelling this now for several weeks and I didn't know where the smell was coming from until this morning when I pulled the door down to unload my dishes.

most hotpoint have a hidden filter
take back bottom panel off. you will see a large diameter hose coming from tub to pump. undo hose at tub end. filter is inside this hose. take it out and clean it

if it wont pull off theres somthing stuck in it