I have a 7 year old Kenmore front loading washer. On the regular and perm press cycles, it fills correctly, but then just sits and hums. It will run normally on the delicate cycle, which we have rarely used. On delicate, it runs correctly with all temps or other settings I use.

Recently, I noticed a little water under the machine, so today I pulled it out to investigate, and found that a bolt on the tub had knocked a hole in the plastic piece that surrounds the detergent dispenser. So when the machine would fill, water and detergent were running out onto the tub and down to the floor. I covered the hole with duct tape until I can get a handle on what to do with the machine. It looks like some detergent splashed on some of the connections near the detergent dispenser. Could this cause the problems with the cycles?