How to Clean a Dyson DC14 Vacuum
Dirt collects in the canister of the Dyson DC14 vacuum and, over time, can begin to stink. Learn how to take the machine apart, wash all the plastic parts and put it back together perfectly. Do this in the bathtub because water can, and will, go everywhere.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Empty canister and detach it from the yellow cyclone by pressing the orange tab.
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Pry off the bottom funnel-like piece. This part is hard to take off, but it will come off. There are three tabs on it. Just pry one tab and pull the piece out.
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Open the top and take out the blue filter.
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Run hot rap water through the cyclone and brush clean away all the dirt that you can see. Run hot tap water into the holes to clean the them and the compartment behind them. Also, allow water run up the cyclone holes into the filter compartment. Do thing until the water runs cleans.
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If you can still smell a foul odor, unscrew all seven hex screws with a under where the blue filter sits. Lift off the gray piece that has holes in it. There's no need to remove the black seal.
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Clean the blue filter under hot running water and, with a long-handled brush, clean deep down inside the cyclone assembly. Rinse thoroughly with hot water.
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Let all the pieces air dry overnight. Then, reassemble. When re-attaching the two main pieces, be sure to align red posts and to insert bottom red post into the hole.
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Many of the suction parts, including the hose assembly, come off, either for cleaning or to unclog a large item that is stuck. Most pieces can be removed by pressing their corresponding yellow button. Rinse pieces in hot water and allow to dry.
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Tips & Warnings
Replace the purple motor filter, which collects the black motor dust and keeps the motor smell from invading your home. Locate the three tabs. Pry apart the center one first, and then the other two, with a flat-blade screwdriver, to get at the filter.
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Comments
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The dyson manual says not to use hot water and also not to get cyclone part wet.
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thank this was all very helpful. I am a little afraid of the motor filter. I gave it a little try removing it but was afraid that I would break the tabs.
