Replacing drain hose on Bosch dishwasher- any thoughts or experience?

[Nick]

Drain hose on Bosch SMS58T12GB/93 is leaking. Kinked very close to the machine so a joiner will not do the job. I can get a new hose but can't work out how to fit it. Hose enters at the base by a click-fit plate then disappears into the machine. I have removed top and left side panels which reveals where the hose is fitted. Pic here, hopefully:

The drain hose is the one one the left. Problem is that it's retained by a non-removable bit of plastic which forms the whole base of the machine.

I could chop the bit of plast off but am loth to do so. Yet.

Any thoughts or experience of this please?

Nick.

[DerbyBorn]

"Nick" wrote in news:dfin2gFu1poU1 @mid.individual.net:

Couln't you use a joiner inside the machine?

[Nick]

Don't think so. Not enough access.

[Tim+]

Well it looks like the plastic has two "U" shaped notches, one obviously facing backwards and one (for the drain hose) less obviously pointing forward. It looks like you need to bend the hose towards the front of the machine to get it out of the notch before pulling down.

HTH

Tim

[Bob Eager]

Hmmm. I had a look at the exploded diagrams, under the "Spare parts list and diagrams" tab here:

SMS58T12GB/93

and I see what you mean.

Look in particular at tab 5 on the exploded diagram, in relation to the hose itself. Tab 4 has the inlet assembly, which only seems to be retained by a single bolt.

Two thoughts:

1) the retainer slot may be slightly tapered, so pushing the hose partly (not much) out of the slot may be enought to free it; the hose looks a bit thinner below the slot). You could try it on the more accessible right hand hose first.

2) The inlet assembly looks as if it can be demounted and moved slightly, fairly easily. See the diagram and location of retaining bolt(s).

[PJK]

The video here:

looks to be for a very similar machine and shows how to do it.

Pete.

[DerbyBorn]

PJK wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Easy when you see how! Why do dishwashers have this complicated matrix moulding?

[Bob Eager]

Aha. That was option (2) on my proposed solutions!

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , DerbyBorn escribió:

What a horrible job compared to doing the one on a washing machine.