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Does the washer do anything or is it totally dead? If the washer fills but won't agitate and or spin you could have faulty lid switch.

Start the dishwasher, and when it starts spraying water, open the door and see how much water is in the tub. The water should be right around the heating element. If it isn't, your water valve may be defective or clogged with sediment.

With little information, check to see if the drain hose is clogged. This would be the first thing I would check.

I am not familiar with this brand, however, if you are getting power to the water valve and are not getting any water filled inside the dishwasher that to me would indicate a problem with valve itself. Maybe the filter screen inside the valve has sediment in it blocking the water blocking the...

Without any other information such as what happens when the washer goes to spin? or what the model number is on the appliance? I will assume the washer goes dead when its supposed to spin and in that case I will suggest looking into a faulty lid switch first.

Turn off the water supply and then unscrew the cold water supply hose at the water valve. Check the filter screen inside for sediment build up. Often times, the cold water side of the valve gets dirty and the filter must be cleaned out or replaced. This is where I would start with this problem.

A bad lid switch would cause the washer to go dead in the drain/spin mode. You might want to check this first to make sure its working properly.

Besides the correct height of the drain hose, check to make sure you do not have a tight fit if you have it going into a drain pipe. The drain hose needs air or the water will just syphon out down the drain.

When the timer stops in position try wiggling it to see if that gets it going again. If it does the contacts in the timer are bad. Also when it motor stops and you turn the timer to a different position does the motor start right away or does it take a few minutes for it to start again?

As long as the old motor was getting power and running, I would not replace that yet. You may have a bad control that is not feeding power to the motor all the time. There is also a thermal cut off on this dishwasher but if that blows you would get a "dead" dishwasher. The other thing you...

When you say the washer stops do you mean it shuts right down quiet? When it quits does the timer keep advancing? This could be a motor or timer issue.

It sounds like your air dome where the plastic hose goes from the water level switch may be clogged. Make sure there are no hairline cracks in the air tube and then maybe clean out the air dome.

Good luck with the repair!

This is certainly sounding more and more like a motor going sour. It it runs and functions on wash and drain ie does what its supposed for a few minutes then quits I have to assume a bad motor. Sometimes something can get caught in the impeller stopping the motor from turning but you have...

Sounds like a good place to start for a no drain problem as long as you hear the motor running trying to get the dishwasher to drain. The check valve is screwed into the pump base underneath the dishwasher. Just unscrew it and look for blockages there and along the drain line.