Hi - I called my washing machine repair man for the smell and he took the machine apart. He told me I had the cleanest machine he had seen...(hard to believe)but he told me all chemical ideas and such. I did the bleach thing - still smells. Told he about the liquid soap - that causes problems...so I don't have a solution. I am thinking it is a plumbing problem. Btw, my machine is over 10 years and this summer is the first time it smelled. Ideas?