Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel i'm here to save you time
and money and today what to do if your dishwasher is not draining water
properly, now there's quite a few different
reasons why your dishwasher wouldn't be draining water and i'll take you through
the steps to hopefully try and fix it, right let's get cracking. Two very
important things before you start, a lovely cup of tea
and make sure you switch off the dishwasher at the mains and unplug the
plug. And for this video you're probably going
to need your partner's toothbrush for cleaning
[Wife calls] 'Lurgs have you been using my toothbrush for cleaning the dishwasher this time'?
NO. The dishwasher has just finished its cycle and actually the stuff inside does
look pretty clean but if you look in the bottom of the
dishwasher here you can see we've got lots of standing
water so it's not actually draining the water away properly
so we need to sort that out, first thing to do is remove the bottom
basket and we need to get rid of this excess
water so just take any old sponge and just squeeze that into a bucket or a
saucepan and talking of not draining water
there's a link above now about what to do if your washing machine is not
draining water. This might take a little while i'm just
going to cut this footage short once we've got rid of most of the excess
water we can then think about removing the
filter now on this particular dishwasher to remove the filter you just turn this
anti-clockwise about 90 degrees and then just lift it out
and you can see that that filter is pretty disgusting and we've got lots of
standing water where the pump is, so we'll clean all
that off in a minute in the sink but in the meantime we'll just take
the sponge and just get rid of all this excess water
until it's nice and clear let's just speed this footage up
get as much of this water out as you can if you've got any dirt and debris in
here make sure that you clean that out this
actually doesn't look too bad,
but what can happen is you can get bits of debris stuck
in the impeller or the propeller and that is behind that white clip there,
now for easier access just remove that lower spray arm it literally just pops out
and we're going to remove this plastic cover here so just take a blunt
instrument nothing sharp i've just got a very blunt
knife here, you can use a metal spoon and what you're doing is you're just
wedging it in the back there and you're just popping it out
of a little hole, oh there's Daisy she's come to help me, are you helping me
drain the dishwasher?
I'm getting a bit sidetracked here right let's get back to the dishwasher
now what you're doing you just literally popping this out and you can
see it pop out of a little groove once it's come out
far enough it becomes loose and then you can just get your fingers on it and just
pull it upwards, just keep prizing it with your metal
knife or spoon
there we go that's about far enough now I can get my sausage fingers on it
and just lift it away there we go and that is where the impeller or the
propeller is on the water pump, and that spins around and
pumps away the excess water now what you want to do is make sure
that this spins freely i can't get my fingers in there
i'm just going to take my blunt knife and make sure that it turns freely, and
this one is actually looking pretty good now a prime suspect for blocking that
will be bits of debris so you might have some
hairs or you might have some bits of food, sweetcorn or maybe you've
got some broken bits of china or glass, if that's blocked up that will stop the
water draining so make sure you get rid of
any excess debris inside of there if you can see a bit of debris but you can't
get hold of it then just dry it out as much as possible
and then just get your vacuum cleaner nozzle and just try and suck it out,
there's a link bug now about how to keep your washing machine hygienically fresh,
to put the plastic clip back in just push it downwards
and then just keep pushing as hard as you can and you should just hear it clip
into that little groove inside the dishwasher you might need to
put a bit of force on it with the blunt instrument the knife or
the spoon and then you'll just suddenly hear it
click in
i'm just going to give it a quick push with the knife
it should just pop back in there we go you can hear it and it should be nice
and sturdy, brilliant and that is now in place, now as
I mentioned a minute ago prime suspects are bits of broken china or bits of
broken glass and you can see here on this cup
this one has actually chipped now this might not have been in the dishwasher
but if you're loading up the dishwasher
then accidents can happen, you can get bits of debris down stuck in
the filter or the impeller, right let's clean the filter we don't
want to clean this directly in the sink otherwise we'll be blocking up the sink
then i'll be making another video on how to unblock your sink!
And that filter is very easy to remove it literally just unclips
so take your partner's toothbrush just get as much
dirt and grease off of here and just put that straight in the dustbin
then take the actual filter element again just give this a good clean
scrape it all off into the dustbin as much off as you can once you've got
as much off as you can then just take some hot soapy water with
some washing up liquid again with your partner's toothbrush and
just give it a really good scrub
there's a link above now about what to do if your curtains are sticking on the
runners it's a really good tip for that and your curtain runners will be super
smooth.
That's all nice and clean now absolutely fantastic
let's put it back on just push it on it just clips into place
all done,
that can now go back in the dishwasher so that arrow is
where it was before just push it down and then turn it clockwise 90 degrees
and that just locks into place, fabulous now we can plug the dishwasher
back in and switch it back on, make sure your hands aren't wet of
course! And what i'm going to do now is run a dishwashing cleaning program now
they recommend that you should do this every couple of months
so i've got some dishwasher cleaner here this is just Finish, obviously other
brands are available what you do with this is you just peel
back the sticker on the top
then you literally just lay that into the bottom tray
as if it's a plate push the basket back in
and then just select your normal hottest cycle
depends on how long that takes it's normally two to three hours
and that will keep it hygienically fresh and hopefully get rid of any dirt and
grease and grime inside the dishwasher, there's
a link above now about how to clean your uPVC window frames so
they stay clean now if you can get outside to see the drainage
it's definitely worth having a look when the dishwasher does the draining,
so this is a couple of hours later and i'll tell you what this dishwasher is
smelling absolutely fantastic,
so this is giving it a really really good deep clean
and hopefully that's cleared up any dirt and debris as well,
now if you've still got problems with it not draining the water
it could be that the U-bend drainage hose is blocked,
what you'll need to do is pull out your dishwasher but don't obviously pull it
too far because you've got the cold water mains feed
and the drainage hose, just enough so you've got access to the back,
and what you want to be doing is checking the drainage hose which is this
one here pull it out of the drainage hose U-bend,
get a bucket ready in case there's any
excess water this one's actually not too bad,
and you're just checking for blockages let's have a look inside this hose here
and this one's actually pretty good, so if we actually check the drainage
U-bend now the easiest way to check that is not try and have a look down inside,
just take your iPhone or your smartphone put the video on with the LED
light on and just film down the U-bend and actually with this one we can see
we've got lots of clear water so that is definitely not blocked,
if it was blocked and it looked all dirty and filthy you can actually
take that U-bend off and give that a really good clean and just
clear that all out, i won't be showing that in this video because obviously
every household has a slightly different setup, don't forget to put the drainage
hose back in otherwise you'll have water going all
over your floor then gently push the dishwasher back into place, be careful
not to kink or bend any hoses at the back
and what we're going to do now is we're just going to clean the spray arms,
that's the bottom spray arm and the top one, now the bottom one is really easy to
removeit literally just pulls out
again you can take your partner's toothbrush just make sure those holes
are nice and clear that's where the spray jets come out,
so you can pour some water in the middle there and just make sure that they're
running freely if you've got any blockages in there
just give it a really good clean,
this one's actually looking pretty good, there's a link above now about how to
install the Bosch Serie 4 washing machine. All running freely so that can go back
in just literally just push it on and push it down
let's just remove the upper spray arm which sits underneath the
upper basket, what you do here is you just turn it anti-clockwise about
40 degrees and it just lifts off the same as the other spray arm just
give it a good scrub and make sure they're all running freely
and all those holes are nice and clear, this one's actually
pretty good, obviously it's very important when
you're using a dishwasher try and get as much food off as you can into the bin
before you load up your dishwasher, now to put this back just push it up
and then turn that nut 45 degrees clockwise and it just locks it in place,
hopefully one of those steps in this video has helped you fix your dishwasher
and when your dishwasher has finished a cycle always leave the door slightly
ajar when you've emptied it just to give it a bit of ventilation
stop it smelling, time for another brew! And after all that
hard work it is definitely time for a lovely cup of tea.
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