Duet water valve not closing

[Soapman]

Model Number: GHW9100LW2
Brand: Whirlpool
Age: More than 10 years

My Duet washer filled with water and ran over during the night. I ran spin to empty and then watched it. It started to fill again within a few hours. I figured it needed a new valve assembly.

Opened up the unit and removed valve. Hose inlets had a lot of sentiment (I'm guessing from a recent city waterline flush in our neighborhood).

Wanted to test valve to make sure it was the problem. Now it is closing and lot leaking. I cycled and it is working as designed.

Now I'm wondering if the setiment was the problem and it has flushed out. Question is, do I go ahead and replace valve since I have it opened up?


Thank you.

[Doc Ryan]

Hi,

From our experience it is usually a good idea to replace the valve if it is was leaking at one point, even if it currently stopped leaking. You would be taking a risk if you don't replace the water inlet valve. The way I look at it is the water inlet valve is approximately $42 and if your existing water valve fails again and starts to leak while you are not home and floods your house you are going to have $10,000+ in damage.

This is the water inlet valve for your model washer:

Water Inlet Valve - Part # PD00002389 (mfg # WP8181694)