bunged up dishwasher

[sara3]

I have quite an old Bosch dishwasher, which has never been a problem until today. I just opened it after it had run a cycle, and there was murky water lying at the bottom. I've got all the water out by hand, and picked out 1 kernel of sweetcorn and 1 pea (hardly an unusual event in this house!).

is it very risky to just run it again? is there anything I can add to clean through the drainage area?

[ummmm]

You could try dishwasher cleaner...Just done mine. It took 2 goes to get it clean though...

[gina32]

i put my dishwasher on last night and when it had finished i opened it only to find that no water had gone through and the dishes still dirty, i did it again and it was fine so dont know why

[gina32]

i always clean mine out after every wash

[sara3]

weird.. I'm just worried it may flood :o(

I thought I had one of those cleaning tabs, ummmm.. but I can't find it. is that what you meant?

[ummmm]

It's a liquid I use. It just slots into the plate rack...

[dnaan]

I had the same problem last year, a few things i done...1. put salt into salt compartment (if one there) 2 run it every so often, bimonthly, with a capful of bleach (nothing in the dishwasher of course)

[sara3]

obviously my maintenance skills are lacking!

thanks dnaan, I was considering the bleach angle.

[The Builder]

Sara, my little codicil ................ have you got a filter on the outlet that may be bunged?

[sara3]

hello dearest :o)

I don't have a clue! I think not, but I don't know. should I try to pull the dishwasher forwards?

[The Builder]

can you give me the model number? I can Google to try and find out.

[ChuckFickens]

I think they have a filter in the base of the dishwasher. which you can unscrew from inside the wash compartment.,

or it's connected to the drain on a spigot they often get blocked up with congealed fats and oils, it's a simple job to clean it out (used to make me gag having to do it though!! its a horrible job!)

If it's not that then something may have got through the filter into the pump, in which case it's a quick pump off and clean job (probably not something you can do easily)

[sara3]

it doesn't have a model no. on the machine but I've found the paperwork.. it's all German to me! could be SPS 20/24.

there are screwed down bits at the bottom.. I'm just a bit wary of it not going back together again.

spigot??!

[The Builder]

ok ........... I'll have a Google................

don't let him get onto spigots .............. he's from Essex ;o)

[ChuckFickens]

Hey, I don't often get the chance to use the word spigot in tech, had to get it in when I had a chance :)

[ChuckFickens]

OH and the filter will be unscrewable by hand so no need to look at anything that needs a screwdriver, they are normally just in front of the spray arm.

[sara3]

I think the model may be SPS 2462 GB ?? sorry, just found a sticker in the booklet.

I've lifted out a cylinder type filter already, but it's not dirty.

I can't see anything else that won't need a screwdriver.

[The Builder]

Sara, all I've found out so far, is that it does have a
"combined coarse/fine strainer and microfilter"

Most likely to be the screwy bits at the bottom as Chuck has mentioned. Be bold!
These bits are intended to be serviceable by the...... ahem ....... "average" housewife............... ;o)

[The Builder]

................ oh, poop ................... other simple things to check ......... hose not kinked? Sink waste not blocked?

Chuck mentions blockage in the pump. Could be one of the screwdriver options!
Failing that, run it again. As someone has said, it could have been a little glitch. Maybe a hiccup in the mains affected the cycle.

[ChuckFickens]

I don't know exactly how those ones are designed, but on some others I've worked on the pump is directly below that cylinder filter so you can see (and normally clear) any thing that might have blocked the pump by sticking your head inside and looking down the hole. (though obviously I might just be saying this to get Sara to stick her head in a dishwasher :-P )

The other thing you can do is pull it out and drop the end of the drain hose down to floor level, if water runs out easily then the chances are there isn't a total blockage and it is the pump getting stopped by some obstruction.

[ChuckFickens]

I didn't spot it only once.... agree with Bob up there ↑ try it again.