AEG Dishwasher won't drain

Mr_Warren_2

Model OKO favorit 7080. Ooopss, came home to a panicky family unable to do the dishes by hand !!!! There is water lying at the bottom of the dishwasher but filetr is clean and I cannot feel anything when I put my hand down the hole. Have tried pouring hot water from the kettle twice but no luck.....Any advise or experience please?

clairehi

Hi

I had a similar experience with my Bosch dishwasher. the pump may be blocked.

In my case it turned out that the pump was blocked by a tiny shard of ceramic which had chipped off the rim of a mug and was lodging in the pump inlet preventing the blades of the impellor (not sure if thats what its called?) from going round.

if you are able to check the inlet to the pump you may find a similar blockage, you may need to unscrew the cover to get to it. ours had non standard screws with a funny name that I cant remember.

southwestmaid

Mr_Warren wrote:

Model OKO favorit 7080. Ooopss, came home to a panicky family unable to do the dishes by hand !!!! There is water lying at the bottom of the dishwasher but filetr is clean and I cannot feel anything when I put my hand down the hole. Have tried pouring hot water from the kettle twice but no luck.....Any advise or experience please?

Has the flood prevention kicked in and left the motor running? that's what happens to my aeg when there is water in the bottom. I've had loads of problems its very sensitive and even a kink in the pipes can cause it to kick in. The last time I had a leak in the sump which was sorted by screwing up the screws tighter as they had come lose and caused it to leak.

Try turning the machine off at mains and drying out the part underneath the machine with towels. It may work ok again.

Have a look at this site under the Dishwasher support forum

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=33

glosman555

Have a look at the waste water pipe where it connects to the u-bend; mine was blocked causing the pump to trip the electric fuse.

alexandra1

This happened to me a few times with my last AEG, it was the grease filter in the machine. The plumber says over time it can happen to any dishwasher, we used an AEG specialist via John Lewis( where we purchased). I don't recall it costing a lot to get fixed either but it needs someone who knows what they are doing.

Merlin139

The first Dishwasher we bought in 1992 had a similar problem it would not drain the first time we used it.

We called in a service guy and he went straight to the conection to the waste pipe and removed a black plastic disk that blocks the water coming back if nothing is connected to it.

Nothing wrong with the dishwasher, but my were we bright red.

It was a whirlpool and it lasted until boxing day last year when it blew up.

Mr_Warren_2

Well thank you everybody for all the support. Called the local repair man who specialises in fixing that kind of problem. He went straight for the pump (I now know where it is for next time....) got it opened and there was a sparklingly clean stone from dates we had eaten a week ago. The stone was stopping the soft rubber impeller of the pump from turning.....20 minutes and £45 later it is was all working again.

Cagey

At least you watched him & found out how to get into the pump. Will save you £45 next time but please make sure the filter is in one piece & properly fitted & you should not have the problem again.

melodytoon

Merlin139 wrote:

The first Dishwasher we bought in 1992 had a similar problem it would not drain the first time we used it.

We called in a service guy and he went straight to the conection to the waste pipe and removed a black plastic disk that blocks the water coming back if nothing is connected to it.

Hi, do you know how he actually removed it? My friend got her first dishwasher recently, & it won't drain either. After checking the way the drain & inlet pipes were connected, & reading loads on the net, we've just had a look at the new pipework under the sink. The drainpipe connects to a sort of small side pipe off the U-bend, & when I turned the pipe around I could see a blue-coloured section inside it. I put a screwdriver down it, & it's blocked by plastic!

Did your chap just punch through this bit, or actually take the pipework apart to get it out? We're not keen to call the original plumber back out to do it as he knew a dishwasher would be going there but didn't sort this bit out or tell her about it, so can we just get it out ourselves? If we can't just punch it through, the only way to get it out seems to be to disconnect the pipework under the sink to lift that section out. I think we can do it, but if there's a way of avoiding that we'd appreciate it. Thanks.

glosman555

If it looks like this,
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101958&ts=47952&id=12794#
check if the small pipe is clear, usually you have to cut the end off.

melodytoon

Thanks. We found a blue plastic plug inside the pipe, put there apparently to stop water flooding the place whenever the sink taps were used. Once that was out, the machine ran properly from start to finish.