Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel i'm here to save you time
and money and today is the Bosch dishwasher how to keep it in tip-top
condition right let's get cracking, and this is
what we'll be covering today, removing and cleaning the spray arms, removing and
cleaning the filter, checking the impeller for any debris,
checking the drainage hose and U-bend for any blockages,
cleaning the door, and then finally running a dishwasher clean to make sure
that your dishwasher is hygienically fresh, and you're going
to need your partner's toothbrush just to help with some of the cleaning,
[Wife 'Lurgs have you been using my toothbrush for cleaning the dishwasher this time?']
Um no. Remove the bottom tray from the dishwasher first and just put that
safely to one side, what we're going to be doing is removing
and cleaning both the spray arms you've got one
up here and you've got one at the bottom now the bottom one
is easy to remove you literally just lift it out
there we go then just take some hot soapy water and your partner's
toothbrush and just clean out any debris from those
holes you might have bits of food in there or any bits of
gunk and mould this one is actually in pretty good condition
but just make sure those holes are nice and clear
then to put it back in just pop it down and just spin it freely
and it's that simple, and then to remove the upper one
you just turn this screw slightly anti-clockwise
about 45 degrees and then it just pops off
again like the other one take your partner's toothbrush and make sure any
holes are nice and clear also there might be some
blockages in the middle where the water goes through so just check all
that again this one's pretty good this can go
straight back on so just slide it up into the
groove there and what you're doing is you're just turning it clockwise
about 45 degrees to lock it in so just push it upwards
lock it in spin it round and that's the two spray arms cleaned.
Now to clean the filter you need to switch off the dishwasher at the mains
and it's best to unplug it as well just to stop any power surges
and the filter that we want to remove is here
and there's a link above now about how to install a brand new washing machine,
now what you're doing with this filter is you're just turning it anti-clockwise
a few turns and then once that releases the catch
you can then just lift it out, the whole mechanism just comes out
just turn it until you feel it loosen
and then lift and as you can see it's lifted away
now we are really careful with our dishwasher what we put in it
but look at that, that is disgusting that needs a really good clean and you
can see why water wouldn't be draining away properly
or your dishes won't be coming out super clean, before i clean all that
let's just check the waste water pump so what you'll need is you'll need
a sponge because you need to get rid of any excess water in here
and just squeeze that into a bucket
this gives you access to the wastewater pump propeller which we're going to
check make sure there's no debris in there and that it spins freely
whilst i'm doing that there's a link above now about what to do if your
washing machine is not draining water, now i'll just speed this footage up what
you're basically doing is just keep putting that sponge in until all the
water is out of there,
now what you can do is take a blunt instrument it's easiest with a metal
spoon make sure it's a decent quality spoon and not a
rubbish one because otherwise it will bend and then you will be doing your
'Uri Gellar' impression, now what you're doing is you're just
putting it behind this clip here and you're just
levering out this clip once it pops out you can then get your fingers on it and
just pull it upwards so just pull it up it should just slide towards you
now you can see down the bottom is the propeller
you just want to make sure there's no debris in here and that this spins
freely so i'm just going to get my finger on it
and just turn it make sure that it spins freely
and this one is really good so there's no problems here,
if you've got any debris or dirt or long hair in there
make sure you get that all nice and clear well i'm happy with that so we can
just put the clip back in what you're doing is you're just sliding
it downwards once it slides all the way down just push that,
inwards and then you'll just hear the clip go in
and it should just pop in
and that's in nicely there right let's go, and clean the filter now
and there's a link above now about what to do if your fabric softener is not
dispensing in your washing machine okay this filter is absolutely
disgusting you don't want to be washing this
in your washing up bowl because all of that is going to be going down the sink
and blocking your sink and then i'll be making another video about how to
unblock your sink! So the best thing to do is take your
wife's toothbrush or your partner's toothbrush
and just get as much debris and dirt off as you can and just scrape it into the
bin now we're really careful with what we
put in our dishwasher all the plates and cutlery we make sure
that all the food is off but it's still got a good bit of dirt on
this filter so let's just get all this off
once you've got as much of it off as you can can then put it in the washing up
bowl fill that up with hot soapy water and
again use your wife or partner's toothbrush
and just give it a good clean just going to use some washing up liquid,
whilst i'm giving these two objects a good clean there's a link above now on
various how-to guides on all sorts of makes and models of washing machines
there's some really useful information in that playlist,
now i'll cut this footage short but basically you're just giving this a
really good clean with your toothbrush making sure it's spick and span there's
no dirt on it
that's looking good now just push it back on
it just clips in very easily
it's already on now we can put this back into the dishwasher,
now this is a fairly simple fit it just slides in
and just push it down don't force it it should just go in very naturally
and these arrows here should line up that's when you know that it's screwed
in properly so just turn it clockwise until those
two arrows line up and you'll feel it start to tighten
it's getting tighter and tighten and look at that we are locked in
absolutely fantastic, now we're going to check the drainage
hose and the U-bend so you need to pull your dishwasher out just be careful not
to pull it too far because obviously you've got the
cold water feed hose and the drainage hose and if we go to the back of the
dishwasher you'll see where the drainage hose
goes into the drainage U-bend pipe work now you will need a bucket for this just
in case there's some water so take the drainage hose out get rid of
any excess water into your bucket and then you're just checking for any gunk
and debris in here this one's actually pretty good but if it was
full of gunk you can clean that with a toothbrush and the easiest way to check
the drainage U-bend pipework is just take your mobile phone stick it on the
video setting with the camera light on and just video down in there and you can
see with this one we've got lots of clear water
so there's no blockages in there if there was a blockage you can undo this
U-bend pipework here and just clear it out and then screw
that back on, make sure you put the drainage hose back in before you push
the dishwasher back into place be careful when you're pushing it back
into place you don't want to damage any of the pipe work,
whilst you've got the dishwasher pulled out you can check the filter in the
supply hose i haven't actually covered it in this
video because it's very unusual for that to get blocked up
and it's there just to capture bits of dirt and grit from the water supply,
and now we want to keep the dishwasher hygienically fresh so i've got some
dishwasher cleaner here by Finish, other brands are available it's just got
a small tab sticker on the top you just peel
that off
and then what you do is you just literally lay that down where a plate
would go
roll that back in close the dishwasher door and just put it on the normal
hottest cycle so this can take about two hours
so just hit the Start button and then that will go through a normal
cycle and it will use that dishwasher cleaner and just make sure
it's hygienically fresh, as you can see on the front of this
dishwasher there's a light up for the rinse aid
and there's a link above now about how to top that up,
and this is two hours later so let's open the door take out the
empty dishwasher container and put that in the recycling
and now the sniff test and the sight test,
I'll tell you what this smells absolutely fresh as a daisy and it is
sparkling clean inside absolutely fantastic, if you're not going to be
using your dishwasher for quite a long time it's best to leave the door ajar
just to give it a bit of ventilation what you can also do is just take a hot
soapy cloth and just clean the door rubber seals on either side because
these can get dirty and covered in bits of food so it's a
good idea to keep these nice and clean once you've done that then you can just
clean around the outer door here again this will get bits of food and
dirt on it just make sure that's all nice and clean
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