What does the error with the OE code on the LG washing machine mean?

What to do if an OE error appears on the display of your LG washing machine? Do not rush to panic, most likely you will be able to analyze the situation yourself, identify the cause and eliminate it on your own.

The cause of the error

Mistake Oe appears at the moment when the program activates the pump in order to drain the water, but the water does not depart. In this case, the error signal does not appear immediately, but after 5 minutes, when the system tries to restart the pumping of water several times. Only after that, if the water does not drain out of the tank and remains there, the system is blocked and gives an error on the screen.

Specialists from the company LG prudently created a list of possible reasons, because of which, this error may occur:

1. The presence of a dense blockage that can not be overcome even by the pressure of the water in the drain system.This usually occurs in hoses or filters.
2. Dense clogging of the sewage system, where the water from the washing machine is drained. This may be a sewage pipe clogged with waste or a siphon bathtub, sink.
3. Breakage of the drain pump.
4. Malfunctioning water level sensor.
5. Failure of the electrocontroller.

If there is a problem with the electric controller, it is necessary to understand that the reason may be not only an error on the display. It is necessary to closely monitor the operation of the unit as a whole and see how the machine behaves while working in different modes.

It is very important before looking for problems in the washing machine itself, or when referring to the master, to carefully inspect the sewer pipes for blockages.

Try unscrewing all available hot and cold water taps and see how fast it goes.

Fix the problem

You need to start with a small, but mandatory cleaning. The LG washing machine during long work accumulates a large enough amount of dirt. First in line - trash filter. There is nothing difficult in this, if you read the instructions in advance.

After cleaning the filter, you need to restart the machine, and if the error repeated again, then you should further understand the problem. If the soapy water remains in place, you need to check the absence of clogging between the siphon, where the drain and, in fact, washing machine filter.

Quite often, the drain from the washer does not go to the siphon, but is inserted directly into the sewage system; in this case, you need to check this place. Especially often blockages appear there.

Try to disconnect the drain hose from the machine and run water through it, if it does not pass or does it with difficulty, then, most likely, there is a blockage inside that needs to be cleaned, for example, using a hook wire. If the hose is clean, you need to look further.

Many experts recommend listening to work. drain pump. All the cars from this manufacturer have a fairly noisy drain pump, and if the wash is over, but he didn’t make a sound, then the problem was found.

Malfunctions can be covered and in a broken electrical controller or water level sensor. In either of two cases, you will most likely have to seek help from a specialist.When testing a washing machine with your own hands, you can completely “burn” all the contacts on the board and the power unit, which will lead to large financial costs.

If the cause of the error is found

Suppose the cause is found, but what to do next? Of course, the specific procedure will be due to one or another failure, but experts give general advice in order to eliminate the most frequent problems:

1. Clean the drain filter as thoroughly as possible, be sure to remove all sorts of objects from it.
2. Rinse the previously disconnected drain hose with a strong hot water pressure.
3. Clean the siphon and drain hose.
4. If you have a voltmeter on hand, you need to check the voltage at the drain pump, water control sensor and the electric controller.
5. You can try to disable all sensors, then turn on the washer. Then again disconnect and attach all sensors. A restart of the system done this way can solve the problem.

In any case, if your machine once shows such an error you should not panic, but on the contrary, you need to pull yourself together and find the cause of the malfunction.