Hello Guys and Girls and today my Siemens Bosch dishwasher has decided to
break with error code 'E23', and just to show you exactly what happens I'm going
to switch it on and press the Start button, and this is what happens code
E23 so what I'm going to take you through is cleaning the propellers,
cleaning the filte,r check and clean the fan impeller and the waste water pump and
check the drainage U bend for blockage. Right so let's get started so let's pull
the trays out first and on my dishwasher there are two propellers you've got one
underneath the top basket and one underneath which sprays up. Let's pull
the top tray out a little bit further and just anti-clockwise and it just
pulls out then just run it under the tap and just check those holes are running
freely which this one is so that is okay. So let's get that back on that's one
thing eliminated I mean I didn't think it would be that and push it up and just
clockwise just clips in, make sure that it's spinning freely. Alright now we need
to remove the top tray so what you do is squeeze that handle inwards and this
handle inwards with both hands obviously I can't do that so I'm filming and then
just pull it out and the bottom one obviously just rolls out and you lift it up.
So this is inside my dishwasher, so what we're going to do now is clean the
filter now this just again turns anti-clockwise and just lifts out, so
what we're doing is just checking for any gunk in there any bits of food all sorts.
So again just put it in the sink
and run it under the tap. Already this is looking good there's not much in here
I mean we're pretty careful with the dishwasher but just give it a quick
clean under the tap and this all looks good no blockages. Right so let's remove
the other propeller this literally just lifts up, again we're just going to run
this under the tap and make sure that the water comes out of those holes on
each propeller so again that is looking pretty good no blockages in there. So
it's not that now we're going to clean the waste water pump, [Burps] excuse me.
Right now first of all we just need to get rid of the excess water so just get
an old sponge and just push it down in there and then squeeze that out into the
sink or a bucket do this probably 2 or 3 times just make sure that it's
completely dry or as dry as you can get it. Let's just speed this up so I dipped
and dabbed about 3 times and now we're going to check and clean the fan
impeller on the waste water pump so this white little clip just need to push it
inwards until it clicks out once it clicks out it should just lift up. There
we go just check on this for any debris yeah just a tiny bit of something on
there so just give that a wash, chuck that in the bin. Now this is interesting
because looks like a bundle of hair there and an old raisin or something
or something blocking the the water way there so what I found was a pair of
tweezers and don't tell my missus because I got things out of her makeup
bag! If she watches this I'm in big trouble!
Okay so just pull out the first anything you can see really so I've got a bundle
of hair there. And this looks like an old raisin or
something I'm sure these are the eyelash remover things so yeah. Please I hope she doesn't
watch this! Right so just basically get as much gunk and goo out of there as
you can and then just get an old toothbrush this is an old toothbrush by
the way this is not anybodys toothbrush. So what you want to do here is make sure
that blade actually rotates nice and freely which it does you can
use your finger on this and this is actually rotating nicely so it's not
blocked so I don't think there's a problem with the motor either. What you need
to do now is carefully put back the eyelash removers into the makeup bag and
nobody notices Shhhhh oh please I hope she doesn't watch this! All right now put the
protective cover back in and what you do is you just push this down and there's a
little tiny groove on the back so you just have to push it down quite hard so
I've just got the end of a spoon here just keep pushing ah okay there we go
and that's clicked into place now put the clean propeller back on and then
we'll put the cleaned filter back in.
Just turn it clockwise it just clicks. And now what we can do is just pull the
dishwasher out and check the drainage U bend for a blockage. Might as well
while we've got it all out so you're just looking for any gunk and buildup in
the drainage system so this is the drainage pipe out of the back of the
dishwasher. Excuse the state of the kitchen there underneath the dishwasher. Make
sure you have a bucket and a sponge because there will be water so this is
the drainage so empty any bits of it into there and again this is looking
pretty good have a quick look down the end no obvious blockages in there.
Make sure you leave that resting in the bucket and now we're just gonna check
the U bend because this is the prime target for any blockages any gunk is
just gonna sit in there and that's why it's designed so that anything sits in
there doesn't block up the drain elsewhere and actually looking down
there looks pretty good just put a little plastic tray underneath, that comes from
the Chinese takeaway obviously after I'd eaten my Chinese. Now just undo
these they are just hand tight so they should be fairly easy to undo, in fact I
only needed to do this one here on the right hand side because I'm just going
to take the whole pipe off of the wall, it's just a couple of screws at the top
there we go and again the water is looking pretty good.
So I unscrewed the clip at the top so the whole pipe is going to come out now.
Let's just pull that away and then we're just going to pour this excess water
into the sink. Again that doesn't look like there's a blockage in there so looking
pretty good. All looks pretty good to me it's not blocked up so this can go back
on. Right let's get this pipe back on, just offer it up and then gently hand tighten
it. Don't use pliers or anything just use
your hand just hand tighten it don't over tighten it because there are any
plastic threads. Make sure the waste pump hose is back in, don't forget to do that
obviously otherwise you have a lot of water all over your floor.
And that's where the cold water comes in I think there's a little sensor in there
for the pressure but while you've got the dishwasher out just give it a whack
sideways up and down because apparently there is some kind of level sensor in
these and if it thinks it's not level it will shut off so it's just worth giving
it a bit of a bash. Well let's get the top tray back on please I do not want to
wash up. That's just me praying that I hope it works so let's press that Start
button. Come on come on...
Time to call a dishwasher engineer I'm afraid did all I could and now it's also time to wash up.
Anyway that's the end hope that helped somebody out there.
Cheers Guys and Girls.