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Greetings,
Kenmore Series 110.92581210 80 Series top load washer fills with water normally, begins to agitate, then turns off. No sounds at all. Minutes later it will suddenly restart and run for anywhere from five seconds to a minute and suddenly turn off again. This start/stop occurs throughout the entire wash cycle and can cause the cycle to take hours. After the wash cycle and before rinse, the washer sits filled with water. I can move the timer ahead to rinse and it will then rinse and spin.
Problem started several months ago, but then almost completely stopped. Now happening again more frequently.
What do you think? Thanks very much for your time.
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I think replacing the timer will most likely fix that problem
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Thank you Qtip. So even though the timer does run, at least until the rinse cycle, its output is bad? When the problem occurs, I do try to jiggle the timer and move it slightly ahead, but doesn't help.
Thanks.
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I cant say for sure that replacing the timer will fix the problem but in my opinion and experience if it were my appliance or even one of my jobs i would replace the timer. the fact that it stops before the rinse cycle and then starts right up after you move the dial a tiny bit is a really good indication the timer is bad and i would assume it would fix the stop/start problem also as there could be other bad spots in the timer. i would maybe wait to purchase the timer until someone else posts their opinion but that is what i would do
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Thanks Qtip.
Anyone else have thoughts?
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Ignore Feisty's comments. Look at your timer. If it is metal, pull the cover off and look for burnt contacts, if bad order a new one on this site. If a plastic timer, these rarely fail. If you have a meter, check the washer current at the washer power cable, may be a bad motor drawing excesive current (over 10 amps)
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Thank you Richappy.
I pulled the timer and checked the contacts -- nothing burned. I cleaned out some dust by spraying canned air and am running a test cycle. So far so good. Can dust cause problems in a timer?
Am worried that it's not going to work again soon. That's part of the history: working this week, but not next. Would be great if cleaning it out does the trick!
Thanks for your time.
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If it fails again while you are watching it, see if it will start if you turn the timer off and on right after the failure and check if the motor now runs. If not, you have an overheating motor shutting off on it's thermal overload. Post results.
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Update:
Ran a mid-sized load and when it got to very early in the rinse cycle (I think after it refilled), it agitated, then stopped, was silent for a few minutes, then started agitating for 10 seconds, then stopped, and did this start/stop three or four times. Then it began to fill for a rinse. Filling stopped for awhile, then started, then stopped, then restarted. Finally ran through the rest of the cycle.
All of this is occurring in the rinse cycle. Could this be a lid switch problem and if so, how do I check that?
Thanks for your help.
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If it is your motor overheating and dropping out on the internal overload, it will re-start after a few minutes.
Sounds like dragging brake shoes. Do the tranny coupler test in my "sticky" "replacing direct drive brake shoes".
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