Hi guys,
we seem to have had a cleaning failure with our DW over the last week or so. It's a Bosch integrated unit, SGV4313GB/17, about 6 years old now.
It's been perfectly reliable up to now, bar the odd filter cleanout that I've done, but now it just won't get stuff clean anymore - bits of food matter all over the entire contents, meaning washing by hand again afterwards...
What I've done so far to try and sort the problem:
- Cleaned out the spray arms
- removed the two filters in the bottom and cleaned them
- removed the Torx screws under the filters - all clean there
- run the machine empty with a DW cleaning fluid in the cutlery basket
- tried using it half full - no change in end result, still not cleaning.
As we speak, I'm currently running it empty on a 65-degree cycle using some powder from a silver packet - got this from the Indesit guy who advised us to use it once a month on the washing machine. Says on the pack it can be used with DWs too... It's some sort of solvent, apparently, to break down fatty deposits.
Is there anything else I can get to grips with under the plinth that stretches across the bottom of the DW? Some sort of drain pump or similar? I'm reasonably handy with a spanner etc, and with Xmas here, we're a bit concerned that Xmas Day could be a washing-up nightmare!
Naturally, as a gallant chap, I'll don the pink marigolds if the worst happens and it is a dead pump or other calamity, but if I can fix it over the weekend, I'll have a go!
Your comments, as always, would be greatly appreciated.
we seem to have had a cleaning failure with our DW over the last week or so. It's a Bosch integrated unit, SGV4313GB/17, about 6 years old now.
It's been perfectly reliable up to now, bar the odd filter cleanout that I've done, but now it just won't get stuff clean anymore - bits of food matter all over the entire contents, meaning washing by hand again afterwards...
What I've done so far to try and sort the problem:
- Cleaned out the spray arms
- removed the two filters in the bottom and cleaned them
- removed the Torx screws under the filters - all clean there
- run the machine empty with a DW cleaning fluid in the cutlery basket
- tried using it half full - no change in end result, still not cleaning.
As we speak, I'm currently running it empty on a 65-degree cycle using some powder from a silver packet - got this from the Indesit guy who advised us to use it once a month on the washing machine. Says on the pack it can be used with DWs too... It's some sort of solvent, apparently, to break down fatty deposits.
Is there anything else I can get to grips with under the plinth that stretches across the bottom of the DW? Some sort of drain pump or similar? I'm reasonably handy with a spanner etc, and with Xmas here, we're a bit concerned that Xmas Day could be a washing-up nightmare!
Naturally, as a gallant chap, I'll don the pink marigolds if the worst happens and it is a dead pump or other calamity, but if I can fix it over the weekend, I'll have a go!
Your comments, as always, would be greatly appreciated.