washing machine ?

[Gordie]

my sears washer is run flawlessly for 20 someyears and it just started to tricle water in wh=hen it reaches the rinse cycle take like a half hour to fill up any Ideas on what to check I'm guessing water scale but before I tear into it any info would be appreaciated

Thanks

[leech~~]

The wife-kids didn't touch the water valve handles or move it around and kink a hose in the back by chance? Scale build up could be it as well. When ours was getting older it would jump all over during the rinse and move, any movement going on? 20 years is a good life for it.

[Surface Tension]

I take it your using hot water to fill which is working fine. Rinse is using cold water and slow.

As suggested check the water lines for kinks and valves partially closed.

If that checks out remove the cold water fill hose from the washer and check its flow.

If its been on there for 20 years it might be a bugger to get off. That hose could be deteriorating causing restriction. Take a look for a screen on the hose or at the fitting that might have deposits that got knocked loose and ended up there.

[spearchucker]

As someone else said, clean the screens on the water inlets to the machine with CLR or Limeaway.

[Coach1310]

screen inside the cold water hose would be my guess...

[Tom7227]

I read someplace that you should replace the hoses to the wash machine every few years to avoid a break and then a big mess. Might be easiest to plunk down the bucks and get a new set and see if that solves the problem.

[Redlantern]

Good point, Tom. I've gone on some water damage jobs that were caused by a hose bursting. A five dollar hose replaced every three years is cheap compared to the damage a broken one can cause.

[Surface Tension]

elwood, you fix this thing yet or are you waiting till you run out of clean underwear?

[spearchucker]

I read someplace that you should replace the hoses to the wash machine every few years to avoid a break and then a big mess. Might be easiest to plunk down the bucks and get a new set and see if that solves the problem.

If you have a finished area where the washer is spend a couple dollars more and get the stainless steel braided lines with the automatic shutoff device. They will not burst as easy and if they do they have a shutoff device that will shutoff water if the flow becomes too high. This will keep water damage to a minimum if a hose should break.