Hiya, hope someone out there can help me! My AEG Favorit 5040 is quite old (got to be at least 10yrs old!) but it has finaly started playing up! It started by not cleaning the top basket properly - came out with a 'grit' stuck to the bottom of the cups. Not always or on every wash or even in the same area of the basket so assumed the top arm was blocked or not spinning properly. Cleaned it all out, carefull with loading, problem got worse to the point out of one load, half the load would need to be redone. Now it has started on the bottom with the plates. Now I have cleaned it out to within an inch of it's life, the filters, the rotary arm, but its getting worse. I appreciate it is old but I can't afford a new one and when I rang a local repairman for advice, I was promptly told that he was not an advisory service and it would cost me £60 for him to come and look and then he could tell me if it was worth repairing it !! So is it or do I have to resign myself to christmas without a d/w and 6 people in the house, while I try to save for a new one , or it is something I can have a go at fixing myself? I'm hoping it is something pretty simple and pretty inexpensive to repair so any help or advise would be really appreciated! Thanks for your time