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title: "Washer drain pump replacement"
description: "LG washer drain pump replacement: oE, E03 or E21 on the display and a drum full of water."
url: "https://lgmiami.support/services/washer-drain-pump-replacement/"
date_modified: "2026-09-06"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# LG washer drain pump replacement

### How to empty the drum before we get there

There is a small door at the bottom right of the front panel, and behind it a short hose with a cap and, beside it, the pump filter. Put a shallow baking pan and a towel down, pull the hose out, and let it drain a pan at a time — a full drum holds several gallons and it will not all come at once. Then unscrew the filter and look at what is in it. Coins, hair pins, a child's sock and a startling quantity of felted lint are the usual haul, and clearing them ends this call more often than a new pump does. If the filter is clean and the water still will not go, the pump gets tested.

What this involves

The filter is checked first, and it is free

A pump that hums is blocked; a pump that is silent has failed

A stocked part on this make

Empty the machine safely

Through the drain tube beside the filter where there is one, into a tray. Several liters arrive at once otherwise.

Open and clean the filter

Coins, hair grips, tissue. What comes out is often the whole repair.

Test the pump

By sound and by meter, before it is condemned.

Replace and check the impeller housing

A pump that failed with something jammed against it will do so again if the something is left.

Run a spin-only cycle

Water out, no leaks at the housing, and the filter finger-tight rather than forced.

### How often should that filter be cleaned anyway?

Every couple of months, and almost nobody does it. It is the single most useful five minutes an LG washer owner can spend.

### Water came out of the door when I opened it.

That is normal with a drum still full, which is why the little hose exists. If the door is already open it is towels and patience, and please do not run another cycle to see whether it drains this time.

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