The pump cover of the washing machine is not unscrewed.

It happens that you need to clean the pump filter and the impeller itself. In my case, I had to face the fact that the pump did not pump water out of the machine, it was clogged.

It is good if the pump cover, or as it is also called the pump filter cover, has successfully unscrewed from the washing machine and left its place.

But what if the pump cover does not twist

I had a case when it was not possible to do this in the usual way.

The machine stopped draining the water, I am trying to unscrew this very plug to clean the pump, but it is not in any, even with the help of pliers. Immediately, I note that excessive force should not be applied with pliers, since the plastic handle of this plug breaks easily.

The reason turned out to be that several cotton swabs got there, inside, - what were they doing in the washed linen, it is not clear? But these very sticks entered the pump branch pipe connected with a rubber hose "Snail" to the washing machine drum and stood there vertically.

And due to the fact that this lid is not just a cork, it has a special design from the inside. In the photo at the top, on the far right, it can be seen that two racks extend from the cork on which there is a protective ring. Thanks to this design, the pump impeller has some protection from small objects falling into the pump.

And so, they entered these cotton swabs vertically, partially remaining in the plastic tube, they jammed the ability to unscrew the cork, it simply rested its racks against them. But I found this out only after I completely removed the entire pump from the machine.

This whole block, the filter together with the motor, must be removed in order to be able to thoroughly clean it.

Removed elementary. We unplug the machine from the outlet and disconnect the hoses if they interfere with getting up from below, tilt the machine or even put it on its side, after making sure that there is no water in it, if anything, then.

We disconnect the power terminal, and the hoses from the pump nozzles, for this you need pliers to loosen the clamps fixing the hoses on the nozzles. We unscrew the fastening screws from the front and remove the pump. Now it is possible to remove cotton swabs through the opening of the nozzle. The cover is released, it can be unscrewed for further cleaning, after which it remains to assemble and reinstall everything.