Please help! Dishwasher is acting... clogged...?

[Lachesis00]

Dishwasher question...

The d/w is not draining. It's trying I can hear a little water, but it sounds plugged. What do I do to check it? There is a drain cover looking piece and I can't SEE anything "covering" it. Does all the water go through the "drain cover" or the back of it or ??

Whats weird is I rinse my dishes before loading them. I am guessing when J loaded the d/w perhaps he missed something and it got clogged?

Helppppppp!!!

 

[FroggyinArk]

there should be a filter under the lower rack ussually around the base of the water inlet tower, carefully disassemble that area andf i bet you find a clog there, we vacuum ours out with a wet dry vac, but you can clean it with rags too, if not there, try removing hte drain hose from under t he sink, should be a hose clamp holding it in place,, get a shop vac and try vacumming that out

 

[Lachesis00]

Seriously... Take out the whole piece under... would it be plastic? Shoot.


Do they generally pop off or?? There is water so I can't see how it comes off.

 

[FroggyinArk]

take out the rack, the water tower should have a release button or lever, and then there should be a drain cover that will come off. if you have owners manual it will show exactly where the clean out is at

 

[Lachesis00]

I don't have anything... we rent... :/


No offence but it is a cheap cheaaaap dishwasher LOL.

 

[FroggyinArk]

try checking this out...http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ha_other/article/0,2037,DIY_13870_2277684,00.html

 

[FroggyinArk]

we only payed 120 bucks for ours 2 yeras ago,, basic monthly cleaning has kept it working like new one adavantage of being home repair service owner

 

[Lachesis00]

Thanks!! Checking it out. I can bail out the water...

 

[FroggyinArk]

glad to be of assistance

 

[tidoublegger]

We had a similar problem...turned out there is a "float" inside that senses what level the water is at or something. A spoon was caught underneath it so it wasn't draining properly. It's worth a shot! Good luck!

 

[Lachesis00]

I think the landlord is going to have to come in. The trap is bolted down... The floater thing looked fine.

PLUS I was looking @ the a/c unit (many ppl told me a filter needs to be changed) and that also has weird bolts... soooo