Looking for GE WH23X42 pump

[jdm]

I need a pump for a GE washer that has started to leak a lot. The part number is WH23X42, and it is a 4-port pump with a metal cap on the top. I have been having trouble finding one that is reasonably priced. Any sources for these would be appreciated!

Looking at the longer term, can this pump be rebuilt? If anyone has done so, I would be interested in what replacement parts such as seals were used and where they could be obtained.

Thanks for any information!

 

[combo52]

Not sure what pump you’re looking for. Do you have a picture of it? There are no GE pumps that have a metal cap on the top that I’ve seen.

What’s the model number of the machine or a picture or how old is the machine that you need to pump for?

 

[DADoES]

Not sure what pump you’re looking for. Do you have a picture of it? There are no GE pumps that have a metal cap on the top that I’ve seen.

What’s the model number of the machine or a picture or how old is the machine that you need to pump for?

It appears to be a FilterFlo 4-port pump. The referenced metal cap presumably is the pulley to which the flex coupler attaches.

GEAppliances.com Pump WH23X42

Signed: Goofy Glenn

 

[jdm]

Not sure what pump you’re looking for. Do you have a picture of it? There are no GE pumps that have a metal cap on the top that I’ve seen.

What’s the model number of the machine or a picture or how old is the machine that you need to pump for?

The model number is WWA8858MALWH, serial number LF195336G. I think the WH at the end of the model number is for white machine color. The picture by DADoES is correct, and yes, the metal cap is where the flexible coupling connects.

 

[coldspot66]

I may have one....I will check.

 

[jdm]

Can someone explain why this pump has 4 ports? There is one source for the water (the tub) and one destination (the drain hose), which would only need 2 ports to connect. One thing I had looked at a bit was getting a combination motor/pump like https://www.ebay.com/itm/286693900470 as a replacement, but aside from the work involved in retrofitting, these pumps quite reasonably have only 2 ports.

 

[coldspot66]

The upper chamber with 2 ports are for the recirculation water for the filter-flo.

 

[jdm]

An equivalent pump is Supco LP112. Sources for those would also be welcome.

 

[coldspot66]

I have an oem GE 4 port filter-flo pump, I also have other filter-flo parts, if needed.

 

[jdm]

For the benefit of anyone finding this thread in the future, it turned out that eBay was the best source for the pump. However, there have not been a lot of sellers there, so with them it is hit or miss on finding the pump at a good price. When I started this thread, the only options there were very expensive. Fortunately, a more economical alternative appeared later. The completed listings at eBay show a wide range of purchase prices.

I had also tried searching for online appliance parts sellers and checking their inventory if one were given or calling them otherwise. Maybe a dozen calls did not turn up a pump. However, it seems that the eBay seller who sold me the pump was one of the places I had found with my search for online sellers, and the inventory there simply showed that the part was no longer available. So calling instead of relying on the information on a web page may be the best route to finding the part.

One of the people I talked to said that the pump was used from 1979 until 1985, which may help date a washing machine having this pump at least a little bit, assuming the dates given are accurate.

 

[coldspot66]

Could have let me know that you found a pump. Learn some manners!!!!

 

[jdm]

Could have let me know that you found a pump. Learn some manners!!!!

What on earth are you talking about? I waited a week for you to give me your name and e-mail address so that I could send you payment and a shipping label. I sent you messages stating that I needed that information, and I got no reply. You told me that you would be shipping the pump last Saturday.

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Is either USPS or UPS OK for you, or just USPS? I checked USPS rates on their website, and the price was $10.05. So Pirate Ship is a bit over half the cost.

I will send a payment through PayPal in the amount of $50 since I am paying for shipping directly. I will need your name and an e-mail address for using PayPal and sending the label.

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I noticed that I also need to know the date that you will be shipping the package. The Pirate Ship website requests that information as part of the process of making a shipping label. I am not sure why, and I doubt if shipping a day or two later would make any difference.

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Saturday 9/13/25.

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OK on the date, but I still need your name and an e-mail address to send the money through PayPal and make the label for shipping.

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I never received your name or e-mail address. Have you decided that you do not want to sell the pump? You had told me that you would be shipping it last Saturday.

I ended up paying a little more on eBay, but not that much, and I am actually getting a pump instead of wasting my time sending messages to someone lacking the courtesy to even reply. When you tell someone to learn some manners, you should be looking into a mirror.

 

[combo52]

Hi JDM, glad you got a water pump.

For the record that same pump is used from 1961 through 1995 on GE filter flow washers the same pump fit every filter flow model, the only exception was they made a very few basic models that did not have the lint filter feature, and had only two ports on the pump.

This two port pump was the same pump that was used on the General Electric combination washer dryer from 1963 through 1973

It’s hard to believe that these parts are drying up, but because this pump fits so many different year machines I can’t imagine it’ll be impossible to find a water pump anytime in the next decades.

John L