Hi, I'm Josh from eSpares.
If you're finding that your dishwasher is taking a long time to fill with water or you
find it's flooding, there's a good chance you have a fault with the inlet valve.
If the inlet valve becomes blocked, it will restrict the flow of water coming into your
dishwasher which is why it takes a long time to fill.
Or if the inlet valve has developed a leak, it will cause the dishwasher to flood.
In this video, I'm going to show you how to change the inlet valve on a dishwasher.
I'm going to be using a Gorenje GV62110, which is integrated, although the process is going
to be largely the same for most types of dishwasher.
Safety first: make sure you've unplugged your dishwasher from the mains and also make sure
that you've disconnected it from the water supply.
Tools you'll need: a cross head screwdriver, a pair of water pump pliers (you can also
use maul grips)
The inlet valve is down on the bottom at the back of the dishwasher, so to access it we
first need to turn the dishwasher around and down here we have the inlet valve.
As you can see the water supply pump is still attached, so I'm just going to unscrew that.
To get access to the inlet valve we need to remove this base plate first.
Now, I've also removed the screws from the bottom back plate and I've done this to enable
me to pull the sides of the dishwasher out slightly, so that the top back plate will
come loose and I can remove it.
Now, it's very important to bear in mind that the metal around the edges of the plate is
very, very sharp and you can cut yourself on it so do be careful.
So I'm just going to pull that plate out, like so and here underneath we have the inlet
valve which I'm also going to pull loose.
On the back of the valve we've got a couple of electrical connectors which need to be
pulled off and there's also a pipe which is connected using a clip that's been placed
there by the manufacturer.
This particular type of clip isn't actually designed to be repaired so I'm going to remove
this clip and replace it with a standard jubilee clip.
Okay, so now I've fitted the jubilee clip in place, I can put in my replacement inlet
valve.
So I'm just going to work the pipe over the end of the valve, like so and then re-attach
the electrical connectors back onto the terminals, before placing the valve back in place.
Now I need to tighten up the jubilee clip, before finally replacing the back plate on
the back.
And there we go!
One new inlet valve fitted for a Gorenje integrated dishwasher.
You can find the valve and various other spare parts for dishwashers on the eSpares website.