[NickS123]

To close the loop – just want to confirm that I fitted a new capacitor today and the dishwasher now works perfectly. So well worth the £5 cost and much less than calling out an engineer.

Thanks again for your help.

Nick.

[NickS123]

It definitely has a capacitor and it is the one (5uf) you identified Dave.

The capacitor is also getting very hot and I forgot to mention before that there is also a “hot” smell like you get from a hot iron.

For the price of the “alternative part” its got to be worth a go at replacing the capacitor. Also looks pretty easy to replace it myself.
The genuine Neff part is a bit more (£26), and from the image may be a bit longer in size but from a visual inspection I think the alternative capacitor will fit.
Does it matter that the alternative capacitor appears to have three electrical connectors whereas the Neff original only has two?

Thanks to Dave and tubafan.

[NickS123]

Thanks Dave.

This may be getting beyond my level of expertise…..

Apart from getting very hot the motor doesn’t seem to be doing anything. The wire coil is not rotating. I did check that it does move freely with the power off.
Can you give any pointers as to what I should check?

Looks like a new motor costs something over £140 so plus fitting, as I’m not sure I can do it myself, this is perhaps not economically viable to repair.

Nick.

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