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The dw runs through the program ok but when it fills it makes a horendous banging noise .
Can anyone help pleaseRe: bosch dw sgs56e02gb/35 banging noise when filling
YES!…Bosch use a rigid black fill hose for their machines, when the machine stops filling it causes the hose to ‘kick’, normally hitting the back of the machine or the kitchen unit!…pull the machine out and run it….bet it doesn’t happen with the hose extended!
Re: bosch dw sgs56e02gb/35 banging noise when filling
This sounds very similar to what happened to mine.
The noise mine made was alarming – like really bad water hammer – I actually thought it was going to fracture a pipe it was so bad. I think what is actually causing it is the fill valve switching on and off very quickly.
Good news is that I think I can help. I actually got a repair guy out to fix mine and the problem was that one of the pipes had become almost totally blocked with fat over a period of about 8 years since we’d bought it. We’d only really used the eco setting (50 degrees) during this time.
The guy basically took the side panels off and removed a 12″ tube that was thick with fat with only a channel about the width of a pencil running through it. The machine was struggling to fill through this blocked pipe and the machine ‘logic’ is saying the pipe is blocked and thus turning off the water but the reservoir is saying ‘not full’ and turning it back on again. This goes on until there is enough water in the machine to start a cycle.
If you look inside once it’s ‘full’ you may see that there isn’t much water in there even then – this was the case with mine. The dishes weren’t getting properly cleaned because there wasn’t enough water sloshing around owning to the filling problems.
So, if you take the sides off you’ll probably see the blocked pipe. Take this off and give it a clean through and it should do the trick.
We were advised to use a hotter cycle more often and also to run it empty with one of those ‘cleansing’ things in it every couple of weeks to keep all the pipes clear.
It hasn’t happened to us again since but I suspect it builds up over a good few years like I said it was about 8 years for us.
My model is a Bosch SRS 5602GB/02 I think (that’s what’s on the plate on the door at least). It’s a slimline one.
Hope this helps. Let us know how you get on.
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