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I have a 20+ yo Kenmore and we noticed it was taking a long, long time to get through its cycle. It got through the wash cycle OK, but would sit at the “pause/cooldown” point while two narrow streams of water filled the tub from the rear. I didn’t time it, but it just didn’t want to finish unless we advanced the timer manually. I wasn’t even looking at water level at the time. So, I read through some posts and decided it was the timer, replaced it, but I noticed that it still hung up in that same spot (pause/cooldown), so I left it alone and eventually it would finish the entire cycle. I am starting to doubt that it was the timer in the first place. I haven’t actually timed the cycle for the old or the new timers. After looking through other posts, I wondered if it was a water pressure problem. I looked at the filter screen on the cold water inlet and it was perfect. I get the same amount of water dribbling into the basket whether hot or cold is selected. As it is dribbling in during “cool down” (preparing for rinse cycle), I reset the water level from large to medium load & suddenly it stopped dribbling water and started agitating. So, now I am thinking that the water flow is reduced somewhere and that’s what’s lengthening the fill time, the timer is fine. But it’s the same on hot or cold. Could both inlet valves be the culprit? Any help at all is appreciated.
I’d try closing one inlet valve at a time and run it to see if there is a restriction problem. Water Inlet Valve If the washer fills very slowly, the water pressure from the house might be too low. If the pressure is good, try cleaning the screens inside the water inlet valve hose connection ports. If those are clean replace the water inlet valve. Low Water Pressure from House Supply If the washer fills very slowly, the water pressure from the house might be too low. If the water inlet valve isn’t leaking and there are no other symptoms this problem does not need to be corrected.
You might have clogged inlet valve solenoids here. If you state you have full pressure at the valves coming from the wall, then the only restriction from there to the tub can be from the inlet valves themselves. These are replaceable and easy to do as they come as a set.
Wow, this post is really old however Google got me here as I am having the same problem. Problem is, neither of these can be the issue I don’t believe. When the washer fills to rinse, I get hot and cold with good pressure. At rinse cycle time, I get two small streams of water whether it is hot or cold water. I don’t believe it can be pressure or a clog, it just started happening and the flow of water works perfectly for the initial wash cycle. Why would I have no water at rinse cycle only?
The water valve of the washer are operated by a.c. voltage that are applied by a programmer (cam switches). It is possible at the rinse cycle the cam switches are intermittent or do not apply full voltage to open the valves, resulting in narrow or intermittent streams. Try to examine the cam switch if are inclined to.
Try pulling the drain hose out of the drain , and replace-seating the hose in the drain make sure not to push the hose too far down the drain
