Dishwasher Troubles 5 Main Sources

One water drips from the front usually caused by a clogged float switch. 0:22
Two is water spilling out of the counter top air gap most often caused by a clogged air gap drain line. 1:42
Three is a clogged drain line usually at the air gap itself. 2:31
Four is a soap cover that won’t work caused by a detached spring. 4:00
Five is a dishwasher motor that hums but doesn’t start caused by a stuck impeller. 4:47

00:10 Alright
00:15 time to cover a bunch different troubles on this day
00:18 with dishwashers

00:22 Water dripping from the front here dripping down
00:27 sometimes leaves a calcium deposit or you see water spilling from there
00:32 most often is a stuck float preventing the switch from turning off
00:35 this particular model has a float cover
00:40 with a small phillips screw in back that can be removed
00:43 Most often it is just soap residue, soap scum just piles up inside there
00:49 and it’ll appear worse than it really is but it is usually just soap scum remaining
00:54 So look here I’m not sure, this one may not be leaking how I was explaining but
01:01 yes, look at all the soap scun under here well this
01:07 small cup floats up as the washer fills and enables this tiny switch here sets off that
01:15 tiny switch and that’s how the washer learns
01:17 well that’s how the dishwasher engages to stop the water fill cycle
01:23 moving on we need to clear all this scum off there
01:27 and that is the way you remedy that problem
01:30 I am going to clear this all out because I’m getting the place ready
01:34 this way
01:36 when somebody lives here
01:38 they don’t recieve a surprise when they first use the machine
01:42 Right here on the dishwasher is the air gap
01:46 if you notice water
01:48 spill out of the air gap
01:51 this shows
01:52 the air gap to garbage disposal drain line
01:55 is clogged from the air gap
02:00 below here you can see the flexible plumbing going to the garbage disposal, this is

02:05 the air gap to disposal drain line and this gets plugged up with debris and junk so you need to
02:09 unscrews the clamp and clear out this line or replace it
02:14 either way and for stubborn clogs you can connect it to
02:18 a hose faucet and just flush it out, to clear it out
02:22 there’s another method also using a long brush
02:25 push it down
02:27 inside the line
02:28 take off this cap first
02:31 Now if your dishwasher would not drain
02:33 this would be a good time to look inside this cap to

02:37 many times there is
02:41 put this down so I can use my other hand on it
02:42 next you just press in these two side clips and than just pull the cap right up
02:47 I not sure you could see that but there’s a chicken bone down the line
02:51 many times if you’re disposal drain will not drain
02:55 it is time to have a look here
02:59 and
03:01 in order to remove that chicken bone to float up I am going to pour some water down there and try float it up to the top
03:11 maybe it will float up when the line is full
03:15 Perhaps it is light enough, I have seen it with parts of plastic and such
03:20 It is filled now
03:26 but no it isn’t going to float up here for me but if it was a plastic toothpick
03:42 or something like that ocasionally you can get it to float up so now I will need to do run this through the drain cycle for a split second and it is going to shoot water up and out but I need to launch that out of there
03:55 so I will come return to that afterwords I just wanted to show you all a lot of different sources of trouble
03:58 in dishwashers
04:00 Occasionally here

04:02 the spring for the soap dish gets
04:04 broken off, often they pop off
04:07 and you can take apart both sides of the door and than replace the spring, it is a bit
04:10 of a trick but you just search for a place, to find, to reanchor the spring for the latch
04:15 to
04:17 many times it takes a bit more adjusting to get it, let’s see
04:24 this one seems to be working alright, well it’s actually not very strong so this one appears, well maybe
04:29 the spring has popped off
04:31 normally it would
04:33 just open automatically when it rotates to the correct spot
04:37 yes this soap dish is
04:38 surely broke so that needs to be repaired
04:42 by resetting the spring
04:45 What other things can I share with you?
04:47 On occasion
04:48 the impeller will freeze up
04:52 dishwashers, there are four screws holding the bottom trim plate
04:56 each brand impeller is a little bit different
04:59 this brand model has
05:02 a fan attached to it and you can just turn the
05:05 fan blades to free up the stuck impeller
05:08 Let me take out the four screws. Different types you will need to use perhaps a screwdriver
05:13 or two screwdrivers and use like wedges against the
05:17 motor impeller to free up the impeller
05:21 Keep turning it till it turns freely
05:23 You will feel it resist for a bit
05:25 than suddenly it will turn rather easily
05:29 This will most likely be somewhat nasty
05:30 under here
05:36 here is the sound insulation
05:38 helps mimimize the noise
05:41 the impeller
05:42 When you run the
05:45 dishwasher if you hear a humming but it doesn’t fully turn on that is
05:49 most likely the impeller froze
05:51 Disconnect power first for sure
05:53 next
05:54 reach down right back here and I’m not sure if you see it all that good but maybe if I can get my
06:00 flashlight on here to give you all a better view
06:09 place you in here
06:11 a tiny bit and
06:15 I am not sure if you can see the blades of the fan
06:17 there but I will rotate them with my opposite hand
06:23 many times if they were really hard to start turning
06:26 and than it will just free up and start to turn freely
06:28 It should turn nice and easy and that is the way you can free those up if they were stuck

06:33 different types you will see the impeller shaft
06:37 right there and you will be able to rotate it
06:43 so that’s a bit concerning dishwashers there
06:45 some of the most often sources of trouble you will encounter maintenance wise