Product review (1 stars): After a few weeks, it popped apart. The plastic was quite brittle, seems like I was sent a defective unit.
I seem to have received a defective product. Generally when I order parts for my Whirlpool appliances, I am always pleased by how easy it is to fix things myself instead of wasting money on repair services or replacing items. This fit my Whirlpool Duet Sport series washer just fine as the description stated based on my model number, and it worked like a charm for the first few days. On day 4, I noticed that it was making an odd sound as it would fill with water, but I didn't see any leaks at the time and thought nothing of it. Fast forward to tonight and there's water just pouring out of the bottom of the washer itself (not the drum). I turned everything off, took the top off of the washer, and could clearly see that this part had cracked apart. I do still think that if I ordered this again, I'd get a good quality part without any issues, but as of now, I'm sitting with a broken down washer due to a part I just ordered and replaced weeks ago.

1/22
Before I repacked this, I took pictures of it after I noticed it felt oddly brittle. In the pictures, you can see how it just kind of slit all the way around. I know these intake/inlet valves on washers fail after a few years, and the fix is always cheap and easy, but this one lasted only about a week. I suspected I was accidentally sent an old used part or a part that was just downright defective. Seeing how brittle the plastic is on this one, it's clear this was a unit that shouldn't have been sent out.

I'll update this review when I get and use the new part.