Dishwasher draining problem

linc1464

Hi all,

I seem to be posting on here a bi more regularly now that i've bought a house.

I've got a problem with my dishwasher. I put it on at 10pm and when I woke in the night at 2:30 it was still on. It was making a periodic gurgle/clunking sound as if trying to drain. When I opened the door, there is about 2 inches of water in the bottom so it does look like a draining problem.

Unfortunately it looks like it's not as simple as cleaning the filter. Is there anything else that can be done in DIY fashion for this before having to call someone out?

Thanks in advance
Steve

ossie

Put on full wash rather than quick wash might clear a possible fat blockage. Check where the pipe goes into the sink waste that sometimes get blocked.

linc1464

It was the full wash that was on. I'll have a look for the pipe but it's an integrated dishwasher so it might be more of a fiddle.

Gloomendoom

linc1464 wrote: »

It was the full wash that was on. I'll have a look for the pipe but it's an integrated dishwasher so it might be more of a fiddle.

We have had the same problem occasionally when bit of bone or similar has jammed the impeller on the pump. You can usually get at the impeller without removing the dishwasher.

Apodemus

Gloomendoom wrote: »

We have had the same problem occasionally when bit of bone or similar has jammed the impeller on the pump. You can usually get at the impeller without removing the dishwasher.

Yes, but that depends on the make and model, quite often you need to access it from below. Try googling for a YouTube video for your make of machine, there are plenty on there.

When I had this problem a few years back, I traced it to the fill sensor stuff on the left side of the machine, which was gummed up. It took quite a bit of work to clean it out, but has not had a problem since.

I now put a hot wash with a cup of vinegar through the machine every so often just to keep all these pipe runs clean. ( I just stand a glass of vinegar upright on the top shelf and as it fills with water the vinegar spills out).

philbostavros

Had a similar problem at my son's house a few years back. His dishwasher outlet pipe was connected to his sink waste.

The inlet for the dishwasher or washing machine often has a plastic "cross" inside, which can cause any debris to get lodged. I simply unblocked it and snapped the "cross" of plastic out to improve the flow. Not had a problem since.

paddy's_mum

Every Fire Brigade in the UK strongly advises running any machine containing a heating element when you are absent or asleep.

Having had a house burn down around me, please don't ignore the advice. The consequences can be disastrous, in every sense...

Gloomendoom

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Every Fire Brigade in the UK strongly advises running any machine containing a heating element when you are absent or asleep.

I would have thought it was better to run them when you are in and/or awake.

Le_Kirk

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Every Fire Brigade in the UK strongly advises against running any machine containing a heating element when you are absent or asleep.

This is probably what you meant but do they really? Where is your source of that advice?

SuzieSue

Le_Kirk wrote: »

This is probably what you meant but do they really? Where is your source of that advice?

There are lots of you google it. I used to run my wm and dw overnight until I read them but never do so now.

EssexExile

In 13 years of repairing domestic appliances I never came across one that had caused fire damage to anything other than itself.

As for why it isn't draining - it can be so many things. Blocked pipe, jammed pump, faulty pump, faulty programmer, broken wire...