Please help! I have a Kenmore Calypso washer (about 5 years old) 110.22082102. It recently began having problems when it reached the rinse/spin cycle. It would start to spin but then stop with a jolt, starts making a sucking sound like it is trying to drain more water, then begin to agitate for a 3-5 seconds, then stops and tries to start the spin cycle again. It continues indefinitely in this pattern and the timer has stopped counting down. The previous cycles all work well and it agitates and spins when it has to and the water filled and drained normally.
We had a serviceman come out and he ran it through a short cycle but it did not do it. He thought it was the water pump but was not sure and would then have to change the main motor. I decided to change the pump myself with a new one and there was no change! I then decided to change the main motor myself and I tested it by starting an extended spin cycle. It worked well (very quite now). However, when we did a full run, it started doing the same thing. The next morning my wife did a load and it worked well. The second load started with the same problem. Starting and stopping it did not make a difference. We have to let it sit for 1-2 hours to before doing just an extended spin to finish.
I found the Service Manual taped to the inside panel and ran the AUTOMATIC SERVICE DIAGNOSTICS and all ran well including the spin cycle. I then cleaned the back of the electrical panel with compressed air. I ran a full cycle and SAME PROBLEM! There is no smell of anything overheating as I am doing all with the front panel off. I am about $250 in the hole with this “fix” already.:confused:

HGonz

Thanks. I did not see anything between basket and tub. I was reluctant to take the wash plate apart, but as best I can tell, there is nothing obstructing the plate as it turns freely by hand. I am beginning to think that it may be the MACHINE CONTROLLER or the MOTOR CONTROLER board. When we use it first thing in the morning or after it has been sitting for 1-2 hours, it will go through a full cycle fine. It is any load started after that when it gets stuck in the rinse/spin cycle. Lifting the lid or setting it to another setting makes no difference. It took both controllers apart and could not find any bad connections or rust on them. Does this make any sense? Thanks again.


HGonz

Any insight as to which controller is the problem?

My decade-old problem-free Kenmore Calypso suddenly had the same problem. My wife had been complaining that it hesitated at times during the spin cycle.

I pulled the washer outside because it was half full of water and would not drain. First I bailed as much water as I could. Once outside, I removed the drain hose -- it's a bit of a challenge but do-able. Remove the lower back panel.

I first blew through one end of the hose. BLOCKED! After removing the anti-siphon thingy at the washer end, I could see an obstruction. Shaking the drain hose and using a garden hose on high pressure to inject water, I managed to eject a fair amount of debris... hiding behind two dimes and two pennies. 22 cents! The coins were very worn. This problem has been there a while and took some time to build to full blockage.

How those coins made it into the hose is a mystery. Design should have prevented that.

Problem solved. And I tossed the rubbery anti-siphon thingy. My shower pan in the house will overflow long before any backflow water could reach high enough to travel to the pump outlet.