Whirlpool dryer
showing Water tank
On the compact heat-pump dryer the water pulled from the clothes collects in a tank.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Water system (ventless)
- Ventless condenser and pump repair
- Source: Whirlpool
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What Water tank
actually means.
On the compact heat-pump dryer the water pulled from the clothes collects in a tank. This symbol means the tank is full, or that it is not seated properly in its compartment.
Whirlpool dryer display · also shown as Water tank symbol
What to do when Water tank shows on the dryerKind of codeWater system (ventless)
On a ventless dryer, the water it pulls from the load is not reaching the container or the drain — a full tank, a blocked condenser or a pump that is not running.
Usually leads toVentless condenser and pump repair
Heat-pump and condenser dryers that leak, stop with a full-tank warning or take hours, repaired at the exchanger, pump and filters.
Shows up asDryer Leaking Water
Water under a ventless condenser or heat-pump dryer, or dripping from a vented dryer's duct.
MakeWhirlpool
One of the most common dryer brands in American homes, in electric and gas versions and stacked laundry centers.
SourceWhirlpool product help: water tank (compact heat-pump dryer)
Whirlpool compact heat-pump (ventless) dryers, which show a tank symbol rather than a letter code.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for Water tank on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Pull out the tank, empty it and slide it back until it is fully seated.
If the tank was empty, remove it and push it in again firmly.
Book a visit if the symbol stays with an empty, seated tank.
Still there?
It usually turns into ventless condenser and pump repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
The tank symbol is not a leak warning. Water on the floor under a ventless dryer is a separate problem to report on the visit.
What you may
notice with it.
The dryer problems Water tank tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Dryer Leaking Water
5 causes, cheapest first
Where Water tank usually leads
Ventless condenser and pump repair.
Whirlpool
dryers.
One of the most common dryer brands in American homes, in electric and gas versions and stacked laundry centers.
Whirlpool dryer repair
Electric dryer
The most common dryer in US homes: a 240-volt heating coil, a belt-driven drum and a vent to the outside.
Gas dryer
Heat from a burner on natural gas or propane, lit by an igniter and watched over by a flame sensor, with the motor on 120 volts.
Stackable dryer
The dryer half of a stacked pair or a single-frame laundry center, where the height and the closet decide how the repair is done.
In Whirlpool's own words
This may mean that the water tank is full of water.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Whirlpool compact heat-pump (ventless) dryers, which show a tank symbol rather than a letter code.
Whirlpool Water tank dryer repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Water tank.
Can I clear Water tank myself?
How often does the tank on a Whirlpool heat-pump dryer need emptying?
The tank is empty but the symbol is still lit on my Whirlpool. Why?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Water tank?
Book with the code exactly as displayed, the whole model number, and whether you smell burning or gas — for a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.