Product review (5 stars): Clothes Washef Filling Problem?
So you are having trouble with your washing machine filling with water on either hot or cold?  Here is the possible answer.  Tap water and well water is not always free of sediment, so most equipment will have a screen in line to protect against internal clogs.  On a clothes washer the screens are in the filler nipples.  They are red or orange, or blue or white, or grey, but they look like the little cups you see in picture of this item you are looking at.  The filler nipples are on the rear of the machine.  Today most are  parts made of plastic, so be careful when you work on the machine not to ruin the screw threads.

First turn the water off.  Unscrew a hose and mark it with a piece of tape so you remember what side you took it off of.  Especially if you are working in a tight space.  Then unscrew the other.  Feel or look at the filler nipples and you will see in them the screen cups.  With a small pliar, grab the plastic tab and gently pull straight out.  Do not turn.  The screen should slide out nicely.

Examine the screen cups and clean them with a small brush in hot water.  If they are reusable , you can slide them back into place later.  Or you will order new ones, but I have found that cleaning them is all you really need to do.

Now check the filler nipples for any dirt.  You can use a small shop vaccuum to suck them clean.  I even turn on the mschine to warm fill setting, and while the solonoids are activated, vaccuum air backwards through them to get a good clean, but that may be over kill if your machine runs well without leaking.

Gently allign the screen cups into the filler nipples, blue for cold etc., tab side out, and sarefully hand tighten your hoses on, feeling the action that you are not crossing the plastic threads.  That can happen very easily,so be careful.  Tighten snug, and test.  Good luck!.