Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel I'm here to save you time and money and today it's
the Siemens dishwasher how to remove the filter give it a good clean and also we'll check the
impeller, make sure there's no blockages in there, right let's get cracking, the first
thing you need to do is switch it off at the mains and unplug the dishwasher plug, and you're
probably going to need your partner's toothbrush for cleaning [Wife] 'Lurgs have you been using
my toothbrush for cleaning the dishwasher'. Um no! This is the Siemens dishwasher here
so the first thing you need to do is open the door and then remove the baskets you don't have
to remove the top basket but it does make it easier to get to the filter now the filter for
this dishwasher is in the bottom here now to remove the filter just turn it anti-clockwise
about 90 degrees and then lift it out now this one is actually in pretty good condition if you
put in your plates and cutlery with not much food on it's going to be in pretty good order
the filter element literally just pops off
and you can just give that a good wash now this is one from an earlier time when it was getting
really disgusting and this is what they can look like so it's very important to give them a good
clean every couple of weeks now don't clean this straight into the sink otherwise you'll
be unblocking your sink so get rid of any debris straight into the rubbish bin once you've got rid
of all of the dirt and debris as much as you can you can then place it in some hot soapy water take
your partner's toothbrush and just give everything a really good clean ready to go back in, but we're
not going to put it back in yet we're going to check the impeller first, whilst I'm giving it a
quick clean there's a link above now about how to keep your dishwasher hygienically fresh, now there
will be water down inside here so just take an old sponge soak up as much water as you can and just
squeeze that into a bucket or straight into the sink until you've got rid of all the excess water
and then to get to the impeller you just need to remove this clip now you can just use a blunt
instrument like a metal spoon don't use anything sharp, once you've prized it out of the small
clip there the catch you can get your fingers on it and literally just lift it up towards you
and there we go check for any debris just in this clip we've just got a small bit of debris there
just remove that we can see here down by the impeller we've got lots of debris and bits of
food, now I'm going to struggle to get this out with my sausage fingers so I'm basically going
to use my partner's tweezers which I think she uses for removing her eyelashes or eyebrows or
something, I'm just going to use those and just try and get as much debris out as I can any sort
of debris like this can block the impeller and stop your dishwasher draining properly,
prime examples for blocking the impeller are bits of broken china bits of broken glass when
you've been loading up the dishwasher or bits of sweet corn and hard bits of food,
so just carry on cleaning that getting rid of every single bit of debris you can take your
partner's toothbrush again just give this a really good clean if you can't get to some of the debris
try and get as much of that water out as possible so it's nice and dry and then just get your vacuum
cleaner down here with the nozzle and just try and hoover it out well not hoover because that's
a brand name, just try and vacuum it out then clean your partner's tweezers make sure you give
them a really good clean and then put them back in the makeup bag and hope she doesn't notice!
Then we can just put this clip back in it literally just slides into a groove
and then you're pushing it downwards and as you push it all the way down
then pull it outwards until that clip just pops into that groove there and there we go
that is now popped in now we can put the filter back in don't try and force it it
should just lay down gently then turn that clockwise 90 degrees and it is locked in
and don't forget to put your partner's toothbrush back and again hope they don't notice!
and then it's time for a lovely cup of tea! [Wife] 'Seriously Lurgs have you been using my tweezers'.
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