Hoover Pump and Congrats
Yes James, I've been enjoying your posts quite the bit since you've tackled this machine. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to the thread, I have not been around a whole lot. I envy you a bit as I wish we had the 3314L over here on our side of the pond, it's a perfect machine in many ways.
To address your question about the pump out time, it is a little excessive for your machine, but not terrible considering everything. Your machine is probably sucking a little air from the spinner side due to a brittle or unseated plunger in the pump valve. Also the rubber grommet on top of the pump where the selector rod goes in can suck air and leak water and cause this issue as well. On the US models, we have a pinch valve setup that leaves the spin port open all the time and the draining is 2-3 minutes. The older US models and most all European models, yours included, have a sealed suction setup where only one or the other can feed into the pump at a time with no air. This creates a much more powerful pumping action. Air in the system slows the water movement down considerably.
I think the new design for us was intentional as these machines were only used in small houses and apartments where there were no hookups for a full-size. Because of this, people often used the bathroom or other shallow sinks that, if draining the entire washtub into, could be overwhelmed and overflow. The constant air being mixed in from the spinner slowed the water coming out of the drain hose down considerably.
Good Luck and enjoy your new Hoover
-Tim
