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UPDATE
Solved this a few minutes after posting.
I took a wire coat hanger, and managed to hook and fish the offending object (small, 4 x 2.5 plastic envelope) out of the handle.
Help, Please. Any Ideas for Removing Obstruction from The Hose, Behind Handle, on Miele Cat & Dog 5000 (S5261)?
Hi,
I have a Miele Cat & Dog 5000 (S5261), which I bought somewhere in the early 2000s, and which is still going strong.
I love this vacuum cleaner.
Today, I was vacuuming in a corner, and (stupidly) vacuumed up something I could not see, and the suction immediately ceased, and the display (on the main body of the vacuum cleaner) showed the same (red) icon as when a bag is full.
I took the hose off the vacuum cleaner, turned the vacuum back on, and the suction was back at full strength, and the display went back to normal (the bag is not full).
Dropped a coin down the hose (from the end that plugs in to the body of the vacuum cleaner, and found there is an obstruction somewhere behind the hard plastic handle, right where the handle bends.
I think I vacuumed up a thick plastic bag, or potentially a piece of paper which has become balled up in the hose behind the handle.
Does anyone have any suggestions for removing this obstruction?
I think I need something like a snake, which has pliability (so it can bend), but a little rigidity (to push whatever the obstruction is away, down to the open end of the hose).
Thanks for any suggestions.