Kenwood KDW45X15 aaarrrgghh

[Bronzegoat]

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone might have some advice on steps to try and repair my kenwood dishwasher.

Problem: I start a programme and the machine drains, it then starts to fill up with water for about 30 seconds but stops after that.

no error message but just nothing happening. When I open the door there is some standing water at bottom.

I’ve check the pump for debris and changes the inlet valve but neither have helped.

any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

steve

[electrofix]

check the main pump

you need to find out if the main pump is energised after it fills

Dave

[andyjawa]

The question is: how much water do you get in the machine in 30 secs? Does by the sound of the machine filling does it appear to match how much water actually is in the machine. If you go and look up part 3702356pm on Partmaster site you will see the fill chamber and its little printed circuit board which should have 2 thin black wires that is the flow meter also called a reed switch and counts how much water in a given time passes through the machine for filling via an internal plastic impellor. If it is filling up slow a common problem can be ( apart from low pressure blockage in any valve filter/ kinked inlet hose ) …..if you look at the picture you will see a red “c” shape thing embeded within the plastic moulding and it is a that point that it can get limed-up which restricts the water, the flow meter senses that little water has entered so stops even before the pressure switch ( H2o single level switch ) can even be triggered to turn the wash motor on and by doing so also the heater. Summary: your machine might not be getting enough water so it shuts down. If so try removing the whole plastic unit which is a faff and put the nozzle that goes to the C area to your mouth and blow if it is restricted I use kilrock descaler ( preferably without spilling it all over the joint and yourself!! ) and leave it for 20 minutes to do its thing- if you see froth and so bubbles it is limed up. ` course could be totally wrong but a pointer none the less.

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