Candy CFS 4570 EX circulation pump not working

[NeverSimple]

Hi everyone,

I previously fixed, with the help of this forum, the above dishwasher which had a filling fault. Now 7 months later I have a newly developed fault, which I would love to fix

Basically the dishwasher starts normally and fills to the correct level, then there is a click (as if the motor is kicking in), but then nothing, the dishwasher just hangs.

I set it to test mode and the result was that the dishwasher filled and then the loud click happened, but it just hung, then after about 2 minutes it switched to heating the water but still wasn't pumping, after 10 seconds it started hissing and the tube connected to the heater was ridiculously hot, so I switched the DW off.

It seems to me that the dishwasher thinks the circulation pump is working ok, hence why it just carried on through the test cycle without reporting a fault.

I have tried: manually turning the motor in case it was stuck, testing the start capacitor (square capacitor - only one I culd find) at an electrical repair shop, cleaning a corroded conntector to the motor, took an OHMs reading from the motor (about 1800 OHMs), tested for closed circuit.

I am starting to think the motor, but there's no obvious signs of burning or smells, plus the reading seems ok?

Any ideas from any of you experts?

Many thanks

 

[NeverSimple]

Had to accept defeat in the end and buy a new dishwasher

Voltage was getting to the motor (after the loud click), but nothing was happening. I assume the motor is dead and don't want to spend anything more on this thing. Not hard to guess the new dishwasher isn't Candy.