Our 14 year old COSTCO Whirlpool clothes washer started leaking creating a small puddle this week. The washer is in the basement on a cement floor so the leak is inconsequential. You tube showed how to take the skin off the machine which is quite easy once you see the ‘trick‘. Found the water pump had a flat beach rock jammed through its side. Rather amazing really first that the rock made it into the washer. Then also after the impeller propelled the rock through the plastic case the pump only developed a very small leak and the rock did not cause a large crack. Even after all that the pump continued to work fine.
Ebay has the pump for sale at under $12 (including shipping) with over 600 sold and rated very high. I ordered the pump and it will take about 4 days to get.
Pump at bottom
Rock is 2 inches from center of pump at 1 o'clock
Here rock is at 7 o'clock from center.
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