Daft dishwasher idea

[JohnP]

My Siemens dishwasher threw up a E15 Fault a few nights ago.

Thanks to YouTube I found a few videos that pointed me to the Aquastop feature where a small sump triggers a float.

I gained access to it and sure enought there was water in this sump - took Wet & Dry vacuum and dried is all out and ran it a few times - no sign of a leak so I reassembled it.

What is niggling me is that,to many people, this fault would be terminal as there is no way to empty the little sump.

Perhaps the idea was that a service call would be made and the leak detected and a repair made or the machine replaced.

I would probably replace the machine if there is a significant leak, but I really want to know if this was some sort of freak event, caused by consensation, ot a small leak over a very long period.

[GB]

I have to admit that I drilled a hole in the bottom of the sump of my Bosch dishwasher. We have a concrete floor, with vinyl on top, so there's not much downside risk.

I found that a small leak on the seal round the door seemed to get into the sump and stop the dishwasher. It's easily solved by giving the seal a wipe with a scourer, but it's a faff to drag the machine out and turn it on its side to empty the sump.

[Roland Perry]

In message <rlv0b2$a1u$ [e-mail], at 14:12:02 on Sun, 11 Oct

2020, GB [e-mail] remarked:

In the past I've done that too. Put a plastic food container under the hole to catch the drips, and it evaporates faster than it fills up (on average).

[John Rumm]

Had a similar problem on our Miele, no obvious apparent leaks, but in the end I traced it to a leak around an o ring on the side of the water conditioning unit. It only leaked at a certain phase in the wash - I only saw it after running a complete cycle with the side off. It was enough to enable the trip after five or six washes.

Tipping the whole machine will empty it onto the floor - not always ideal though.

Probably a small leak somewhere.

[Theo]

Had that problem when the filter blocked. Waited three days, the sump dried out and everything was working again.

Theo

[Lee]

Most common cause is the sump seal leaking, there is a repair kit available. Also lots of Youtuibe videos about it. I still have to get around to doing ours. It dosen't do it on quick wash so that's the workaround we've been using ;)

Door seals also leak, as noted.

[JohnP]

GB [e-mail] wrote in news:rlv0b2$a1u$ [e-mail]:

I used my wet and dry Vax.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

One would have thought for the cost of a small pip and stopper that this should be fitted to all devices where water could get into such areas.. Cheapskate again I'd suggest. Brian

[JohnP]

I will look at that - although I would never use a scourer on anything soft like rubber - I prefer to let the cleaning produce do the work - rather than abrasion. I am wondering id a knife may have got trapped in the seal when the door was closed - I hope so!

Pulling mine out and tileting it is not really an option as the mains lead is a bit tight and to pull it out requires my washer to be pulled out first so that I can get to the back of the dishwaher to unplug the mains lead.

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[Adam Funk]

Not long after getting our previous washer-dryer, but fortunately within the warranty period, I set off the "flood alert" --- & watched what the repairman did. It turns out you could set it off by running the 90° programme with a bit too much detergent, & unfortunately you have to pull the machine out & take the back off to mop it out. I think it's inexcusable that there isn't at least a small hatch on the front that you could stick a rag in to wick the water out.