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Re: Miele G2182 Dishwasher circ pump repair
Well, an update for anyone that cares, which judging from the responses, not too many…. Nonetheless, if there is a G1000-2000 series owner out there who has a leaky circulation pump, well, this $65 repair worked. I ended up ordering from the following link: http://tinyurl.com/jxko9ch. The title says washing machine pump housing, but it was an identical part. Shipping from Germany took about 10 days.
I am not going to go into all the details here, but the part referenced above worked. Basically, it was either the O-ring, or the internal gasket (which sets below the impeller blade – the black disk inside the housing, pictured above) that was leaking. I took the whole pump and motor apart (as seen above) and replaced the new pump housing. The “extra part” discussed above I determined must be a somewhat superfluous part that is used to deflect water from the pump shaft/bearings in case of leak. Anyway, I put the whole thing back together in about 30 min, and it took another 30 minutes to reinstall in the dishwasher. Ran a full cycle without the bottom and side panel on to check for leaks, no problem. Reinstalled panels, installed dishwasher back in, ran a full load. No leak.
In all, about 3 hours of my time (plus another ~5 online checking for where the “EFF” that part went). $65, instead of $650 or buy a new dishwasher and throw this one away. Simply ridiculous that I, with zero dishwasher repair experience, was able to fix this so cheaply and relatively easily, while Miele and the repair company wanted to replace the whole pump assembly/motor for so much more $$.
Words of advice: label everything as you take it off the pump before taking out; take a picture before taking out; have a couple old storage containers to put the screws in and label each one with where they come from; take pictures of the pump a few times as you disassemble (didn’t do this one); you may not need to disassemble the actual motor – I did, becasue I didn’t think I could unscrew the reverse-thread impeller head from the motor shaft without grabbing/stopping the motor, but in the end I think it was coming loose already from me spinning it after removing the housing cap. Overall, removing/reinstalling the pump was pretty straightforward, and it is pretty obvious where everything goes and what connects with what, and how everything goes in. Nonetheless, having labels and marks for orientation made it a lot easier and less stressful.
There is probably more. If someone is stuck and has a question, you can email me at drmoose00 at gmail. I don’t check that one all the time.
