Pin hole in stainless steel

[streetlighter]

Hi all
Went to a hotpoint d/w no fill
I hate these you get a leak and however long you watch them you cant find it.
today a break through.
Same place as a recent one i nearly solved ( by salt filler cap ) was a tiny pin hole in the base. Last time I thought it was the sump seal, but still leaked.
Only found it when I switched the d/w of while it was full of water, there was water seeping round the sump seal.
But this was dripping down from this pin hole,
Any way strayed a bit there.
The problem is what is the best way to seal a pin hole leak in the base of a dishwasher.
Would use chemical metal (great stuff) but is this ok to use on a dishwasher ❓
Is this a common fault ❓ . You could just see the pin hole from inside the d/w when you new where to look.
I will be looking more carefully now before I strip out these again.

paul

[Penguin45]

I sorted a similar problem a while back by opening out the hole and using a nut, bolt (stainless of course) and small rubber washer.

Worked a treat.

Regards,
Penguin.

[admin]

Re: Pin hole in stainless steel

Or of course you could just use a stainless steel self tapper with a rubber washer on its own with a drop of good quality thread lock and its then accessible just from inide the appliance.

bryan

[kwatt]

This thread reminds me of an old Candy call, they expected us to change a dishwasher tank for £20 odds, yeah right.

But I’d go with Penguin’s suggestion as it seems a more secure solution, that said, I’d probably do what Bryan suggested on the spot just to complete the call. 😉

K.

[Penguin45]

You’re a bitter man occasionally K!

Penguin,
(Outside several pints of bitter).

[sparkey]

Re: Pin hole in stainless steel

Streetlighter wrote

The problem is what is the best way to seal a pin hole leak in the base of a dishwasher

BSH Appliance Care do a low temperature for this repair, involves no stripping out solder from inside tank. No part number available for this item, talk to their tech. department.

[Martin]

Re: Pin hole in stainless steel

I remember many months back someone (probably it was you Sparkey?) touched on this subject before mentioning BSH Appliance Care’s Solder ❓ I could’nt extract any info from them directly at the time so any further on this would be appreciated.

Silver Solder will do the trick I believe, but you need a high wattage soldering iron for that! With larger holes an ideal ‘trick’ is to enlarge the hole with a 6mm drill and use the old Hoover white rubber ‘Tub Bung’ Part No 09010828 (Obsolete now which doesn’t help much 😉 ) though I still have a good van stock of them.

Epoxy Resin glue doesn’t work for long ‘cos the detergent eats it up eventually!

Martin

[admin]

Re: Pin hole in stainless steel

it’s back to keeping the hole as small as possible for as long as possible,personally if it starts to leak again in a few years then yep enlarge the hole and nut and bolt it.theres not many of us who keep different size s/s nuts and bolts but im sure you would find a s/s screw spare on the dishwasher to half inch. 🙄

bryan

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