I have had constant dishwasher problems. In our old house I go so frustrated I went and out a new one- only to have it break down 1 month after warranty expired.
I have been able to solve three of them.
1) Dishwasher not draining and flooding kitchen floor
One this was caused by a clogged drain. The kitchen drain had about 6 broken wooden Popsicle sticks in it. I discovered this Christmas’s day and had my kitchen torn apart while making turkey dinner.
Dishwasher Not Draining Another Problem
After a bit of investigative work I discovered that we had run out of dishwasher detergent and my husband used regular liquid dish washing dish soap. When you do that air bubbles get trapped and water can’t get out. You may not see bubbles- they will be in drains.
This was more challenging. I tried running dishwasher with 1/2 cup of vegetable oil to break up soap.. but found using vinegar worked better. Add about 2 cups of vinegar and run. You will have to repeat a couple of times.
The sprayer/spray arm clogged. Took it apart and found all kinds of weird stuff. Alot of plastic triangles from cut corners of milk bags for some reason.
If you have a dishwasher problem- please post - if you found a solution- please post!
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