Washing m/c

[codswallop]

Can anybody please give a reason why my washing m/c occasionally causes the laundry to have an unpleasant smell after the wash?
Thanks!!

[what..the?]

Have you emptied and cleaned any filters within the machine, recently that might help.

Do you leave the clothes in the machine quite a while after they have washed. The damp enclosed drum seems to cause them to smell or even not drying the clothes quick enough i.e if there was a backlog of washing and some just washed wet clothes are left for 3hours before drying they can go smelling so I dry mine straight after washing.

I try and use bounce dryer sheets to make the clothes smell nicer.

Are you putting enough washing powder and conditioner in the machine maybe you put less in sometimes and they purely dont clean as well.

[codswallop]

Thank you for your suggestions,I will pass them on to,,,,>'er indoors<. Thanks again.

[northboy]

also the water pipes leading to the machine may want to be cleaned as they can collect a lot of smelly gunk.
i do mine about once every 2 months.
have a look

[Bookworm9]

I was told to but the washing machine on a boil wash (empty) one a month to keep all the pipes clean.

[codswallop]

Thank you all for your replies I'll try them all in turn!!

[PAUL55]

There is a certain conditioner that has an ingredient which can give your clothes a horrble dirty smell. Try a different conditioner.