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Thank-you for the response. I have already altered the plumbing and the problem of back syphoning is gone. My question was really, that this didn't happen before the element burnt out, even though the plumbing was poor. So I'm thinking that some kind of one way valve has been damaged or jammed...

The dishwasher was working fine until the element burnt out. After replacing the element the dishwasher is syphoning dirty sink water into wash compartment, when its switched off. Looking at the way it has been plumbed in, the waste water is below the level of the U bend, so there has always...