Hi, I'm Josh from eSpares.
If you find that your dishwasher is stopping during a cycle and filling with dirty water,
there's probably a good chance that you've developed a fault with the drain pump.
So, in this video I'm going to show you how to change the drain pump on your dishwasher.
In this video I'm using a Gorenje GV62110, which is an integrated appliance but the process
should be pretty much the same for most types of dishwasher.
Safety first: make sure you've unplugged your dishwasher from the mains and also disconnect
the supply hose from both the water supply and from the dishwasher itself.
This is to stop the hose from becoming damaged while we move the dishwasher round.
Things you'll need for this: a cross head and a flat head screwdriver and your replacement
drain pump.
Now, to access the drain pump, we need to get to the base plate which is on the bottom,
underneath the dishwasher.
So to do this I'm going to lean the dishwasher back and lay it on its back.
Obviously if your dishwasher is quite heavy you might want an extra pair of hands to help
you lower it down to the floor.
Okay so now the dishwasher is on its back, I need to unscrew these four screws here and
once I've done that I can just pull the base plate off.
Now, these two legs will come off with the base plate but these two at the bottom will
stay attached to the dishwasher however, for your own particular appliance it might be
the case that you'll need to unscrew all the legs before removing the base plate.
Okay, so now I've removed the four screws, the base plate should be able to be lifted
off.
It's very important when you do take the base plate off not to press too hard on any of
the metal edges because they are very sharp and you can cut yourself very easily on them.
The other thing to bear in mind is that virtually all dishwashers have an anti-flood sensor
on the bottom of the base plate and this is both screwed on and attached with electrical
connections.
You'll need to remove that sensor in order to remove the base plate.
You can either unscrew the sensor or you can take a photo of the electrical connections
to remind yourself of what they are and remove those instead.
Okay, so now I've removed the base plate, we can see the drain pump here underneath.
If i take a look at the pump we're replacing it with, you can see that it's going to be
screwed in here and also here, round the back on the other side.
Do check as well with your replacement pump that it comes supplied with this rubber seal.
If it doesn't you'll probably need to take the seal off the old pump and transfer it
onto the new one.
Once I've unscrewed these two screws here, I'm going to disconnect the electrical connectors
from the terminals before finally twisting the pump off the lugs, at which point I can
replace it with the new one.
Okay, so now I've got the new pump back in, I just need to screw it in place and re-attach
the electrical connectors to the terminals.
So now that's done, I can put the base plate back in position and re-attach the anti-flood
sensor on the bottom.
So there we go!
One new drain pump fitted.
You can find the pump along with spares for Gorenje dishwashers and other manufacturers
on the eSpares website.
Thanks for watching.