[Sener]

Yes, I did it so. I disassembled the piece starting with the heat exchanger block. I cleaned up every piece including the pipe running to sump pump. It was pretty gummy as you said. I put things back and yes, it did the job. So, whoever reads this, the tip Dave gave works OK.

But, my journey with this fix is not over. I created another problem myself. Because, I wasn’t careful enough.
Water fills in the heat exchanger safe and sound now, the machine works like a clock. But, without noticing I made a tiny crack at the edge of the heat exchanger by a sharp metal piece on the machine 🙁
The heat exchanger is a molded hard plastic but, the back side of the this block sealed with a sheet of folio, 1mm perhaps.
Remember, treat this sheet carefully.

Anyway, I then disassembled things again. I applied heat to that tiny dent with an iron at max. temperature. It doesn’t melt away the sheet but gluing pieces together nicely. However, my trust to that fix is not that high or I am too cautious. I don’t want my floor flooded someday.

I then assembled things back. I gave it a run one more time. It did the job luckily, it holds the water 🙂
I was about to celebrate that second fix. But, after a second test, for some reason my original problem came back. I tried many times again and again but the water never filled in 🙁

I just wanted to give the machine a second life. I think, I should stop here and buy a new dishwasher.

Thanks a lot Dave.

[Sener]

Thanks a lot Dave and happy new year!

In fact that the set “480748” was also in my radar. But I didn’t know for sure it might be the issue although I noticed earlier there were a lot of build up (lime) on this part. I will give this a chance and replace it with a brand new one.

Best Regards,
Sener

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