indesit dfp27b1 dishwasher mid cycle fault

[qwer]

Hi My indesit dfp27 1b pauses mid cycle with salt and rinse aid led flashing red. lso it is stuck on a drain cycle yet no water remains in the machine .

[electrofix]

on most dishwashers if the unit leaks into the base where the motors are, there is a float which stops the programme and starts the pump which wont stop till the water is removed

you need to get into the base and if there is water there mop it out and try it again. if it repeats this then you would need to find the leak thats causing it

Dave

[qwer]

Thanks I will try. Btw It’s my mum’s machine the filter was full of food the fine filter was full of grease and the drain hole had pieces of plastic wrapping in it! Could that have caused leaking?

[electrofix]

poss might be cause
are the bars free of debris as if some of the holes are blocked the ones that are left have a lot more force

Dave

[qwer]

The bars? I cleared the filters and what I could see in the drain hole. Cheers

[electrofix]

the bars are the rotating bars that do the cleaning. these have holes in them where the water is jetted onto the plates

make sure the holes are clear

Dave

[qwer]

Will do. Won’t be opening up machine til next Sat is easy to access motors? I never thought blocked cleaning bars would cause a continuing drain cycle. I’ll let you know how I get on next Sat thanks for your help have a good weekend. Stuart

[qwer]

I cleaned out bars they were not too bad. However I did not know how to access sump area is it via the side panel? I also noticed when it’s on a mid cycle drain pause if I open the door this continues. If I remove filters as this is happening water is jetting into the drain hole is this normal? Thx

[electrofix]

what do you mean by the drain hole ?

Dave

[qwer]

You know where the filters are housed the water drains out there. stuart

[electrofix]

its the word jetting that confusing me. there may be a bit of water return but al long as the water goes till the pump draws air then its fine. when the pump stop i expect around 2 inches of water in the sump

Dave

[qwer]

Yeah wrong word used but water is in coming stops after a fews minutes but the machine remains paused and salt/rinse aid lights are flashing.

[electrofix]

how much water is in the machine when it stops
with the filter in can you see it ?

Dave

[qwer]

Not too much you can see it with filter out not sure out but I can have another look Tuesday

[qwer]

Water just over the bottom of the filter. I took a panel off no water in base the clear plastics had some water in them. The only program that runs correctly is the prewash. stuart

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