The heating element on my neff dishwasher failed. It uses the 00651596 combined heater and pump. I’ve bought a new element but I’m struggling to install it in the pump. I cannot get it to seat in the o ring in the grey pump housing. Is there a trick to getting it in?
What has worked is to remove the o-ring from the housing, place it over the heating element, place the element in the housing in the correct orientation, then force the o-ring into it’s groove from above. I used a ball end Allen key.
The machine is back in action with hot water and no leaks.