Dishwasher problems....

[GhostofWinter]

Ok...I'm having problems with my dishwasher. I've had it about 6 or so years. Never had a problem with it. Tonight we loaded it up and started it. After it 'ran' through a cycle we went to empty it and put more dirty dishes in and everything was still dirty. I looked closer and noticed that the dishwasher detergent was all piled up in the bottom dry as a bone. I tried starting it again and checked to make sure it was filling and no dice. It wasn't filling and I wasn't hearing the valve open to fill it either. We used it just fine this morning so I'm not thinking it was frozen. (The drain and water lines are in the warm environment).
My question is this: does it sound like the valve? And if so is it worth calling someone to come look and replace it. Or would I be better off looking at a new one. The wife (LadyGhost) has looked and found one she likes for about $300. I'd hate to spend say $200ish on a repair for something that might not last a whole lot longer.

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[IndyGunworks]

Try uncoiled rice

 

[GhostofWinter]

Try uncoiled rice

Feel free to drive up and show me how.....

 

[IndyGunworks]

Feel free to drive up and show me how.....

Its a call back to a wet cell phone thread that went crazy a while back.


Mine did the same thing as yours a few weeks ago, but it was because I had turned the water off thinking it was the valve to the outside faucet and it wasn't.

 

[Six Shooter Steve]

You figure 60$ or better for a service call plus cost of repairs.....make the wife happy and just buy her something new

 

[Arm America]

Small screen filter where the supply line connects to the dishwasher is prone to lime deposits. My money is on it being stopped up.

 

[chezuki]

When my dishwasher acts up I usually buy her flowers or take her out to dinner.

 

[actaeon277]

Ok...I'm having problems with my dishwasher. I've had it about 6 or so years. Never had a problem with it. Tonight we loaded it up and started it. After it 'ran' through a cycle we went to empty it and put more dirty dishes in and everything was still dirty. I looked closer and noticed that the dishwasher detergent was all piled up in the bottom dry as a bone. I tried starting it again and checked to make sure it was filling and no dice. It wasn't filling and I wasn't hearing the valve open to fill it either. We used it just fine this morning so I'm not thinking it was frozen. (The drain and water lines are in the warm environment).
My question is this: does it sound like the valve? And if so is it worth calling someone to come look and replace it. Or would I be better off looking at a new one. The wife (LadyGhost) has looked and found one she likes for about $300. I'd hate to spend say $200ish on a repair for something that might not last a whole lot longer.

G

I don't know if this is the same problem, but I had a fuse on a circuit board go bad on mine. Looked it up, and it's a common problem on dishwashers.
Don't even get me started on Engineers and design problems.
Made sure everything was dry, changed fuse.
Ran dishwasher while supervising to make sure nothing happened. No problems. If it would have blown again, then I'd have been looking at boards.

 

[GhostofWinter]

Well. I open the cabinet door where the water and drain lines are and left it for a couple of hours. I decided to try it again And the damn thing worked. Either it was clogged and the clogged worked it's way out, the water froze up a bit, of I have gremlins. I'm leaning towards gremlins since my house is haunted already.....bottom line is the damn thing is working again.

 

[Hawkeye]

Good for you!