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Posted by news.rcn.com on August 20, 2006, 10:16 am
GE Profile dishwasher. Doesn't drain except on hottest cycle. Then drains
80% of times I run it. Also, rarely cleans what is on the upper level;
rather it usually leaves a residue on glasses in upper level. (once had the
arms blocked with olive pips, pieces of fibre etc on a dishwasher on that
upper level: IMPOSSIBLY difficult to get out!). Sometimes gets glasses
clean on hottest cycle if I dare leave them in.

Otherwise has to drain manually, - meaning pushing the run cycle and then
stopping it after five seconds. A few times doing this makes it drain
completely.

Now it seems the expansion of the plastic on running the cycle so often has
made the innermost spike which feeds water to the upper level come out!

Any way of getting it back in again? How does that lower spinner come out?
(when I get it out, I will clean out that lousily designed hidden lower
basket where the cutter-impeller which substitutes for a filter resides:
Reasonably sure copper drain pipe isn't blocked)



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Posted by JR North on August 20, 2006, 10:32 am
Had this problem with a washing machine not draining right. Turned out,
the level of the drain pipe outlet relevant to the washer was critical.
Shoved it further down the drain, and the washer operated properly.
Evaluate your placement of items on the lower level; perhaps they are
interfering with a water jet directed to the upper arm in the middle
from below.

JR

news.rcn.com wrote:
> GE Profile dishwasher. Doesn't drain except on hottest cycle. Then drains
> 80% of times I run it. Also, rarely cleans what is on the upper level;
> rather it usually leaves a residue on glasses in upper level. (once had the
> arms blocked with olive pips, pieces of fibre etc on a dishwasher on that
> upper level: IMPOSSIBLY difficult to get out!). Sometimes gets glasses
> clean on hottest cycle if I dare leave them in.
>
> Otherwise has to drain manually, - meaning pushing the run cycle and then
> stopping it after five seconds. A few times doing this makes it drain
> completely.
>
> Now it seems the expansion of the plastic on running the cycle so often has
> made the innermost spike which feeds water to the upper level come out!
>
> Any way of getting it back in again? How does that lower spinner come out?
> (when I get it out, I will clean out that lousily designed hidden lower
> basket where the cutter-impeller which substitutes for a filter resides:
> Reasonably sure copper drain pipe isn't blocked)
>
>


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Posted by news.rcn.com on August 20, 2006, 11:29 am

> Had this problem with a washing machine not draining right. Turned out,
> the level of the drain pipe outlet relevant to the washer was critical.
> Shoved it further down the drain, and the washer operated properly.
> Evaluate your placement of items on the lower level; perhaps they are
> interfering with a water jet directed to the upper arm in the middle from
> below.
No, I am pretty sure this isn't the reason: The washer worked for three to
four years prior to starting acting in this way and it is intemittent.

In addition I am reasonably sure that nothing in the lower level is
consistently interfering with the water spout to the upper level (except of
course that the upper telescopic part of the feeder 'pipe' has now come off:

Which curiously doesnt make the unit perform much worse than when it was
there!

>
> JR
>
> news.rcn.com wrote:
>> GE Profile dishwasher. Doesn't drain except on hottest cycle. Then drains
>> 80% of times I run it. Also, rarely cleans what is on the upper level;
>> rather it usually leaves a residue on glasses in upper level. (once had
>> the arms blocked with olive pips, pieces of fibre etc on a dishwasher on
>> that upper level: IMPOSSIBLY difficult to get out!). Sometimes gets
>> glasses clean on hottest cycle if I dare leave them in.
>>
>> Otherwise has to drain manually, - meaning pushing the run cycle and
>> then stopping it after five seconds. A few times doing this makes it
>> drain completely.
>>
>> Now it seems the expansion of the plastic on running the cycle so often
>> has made the innermost spike which feeds water to the upper level come
>> out!
>>
>> Any way of getting it back in again? How does that lower spinner come
>> out? (when I get it out, I will clean out that lousily designed hidden
>> lower basket where the cutter-impeller which substitutes for a filter
>> resides: Reasonably sure copper drain pipe isn't blocked)
>
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth



Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 20, 2006, 11:50 am

"news.rcn.com" <news.rnc.com> wrote in message
> GE Profile dishwasher. Doesn't drain except on hottest cycle. Then drains
> 80% of times I run it. Also, rarely cleans what is on the upper level;
> rather it usually leaves a residue on glasses in upper level. (once had
> the arms blocked with olive pips, pieces of fibre etc on a dishwasher on
> that upper level: IMPOSSIBLY difficult to get out!). Sometimes gets
> glasses clean on hottest cycle if I dare leave them in.
>
> Otherwise has to drain manually, - meaning pushing the run cycle and then
> stopping it after five seconds. A few times doing this makes it drain
> completely.

I have to wonder if it is ever going to perform up to par, considering the
problems. Is it worth the fix? I'd be out pricing new ones to compare with
the cost of replacing parts on this one.

The residue is probably from improper cleaning. If the unit does not drain
properly, it is not getting rid of the dirty water from the first cycle
before going into the next one. If it turns out to be the drain valve and
or pump, you will probably spend half as much for parts as a new DW.
Check out www.applianceaid.com for some ideas. and www.repairclinic.com



Posted by news.rcn.com on August 20, 2006, 10:31 pm

>
> "news.rcn.com" <news.rnc.com> wrote in message
>> GE Profile dishwasher. Doesn't drain except on hottest cycle. Then drains
>> 80% of times I run it. Also, rarely cleans what is on the upper level;
>> rather it usually leaves a residue on glasses in upper level. (once had
>> the arms blocked with olive pips, pieces of fibre etc on a dishwasher on
>> that upper level: IMPOSSIBLY difficult to get out!). Sometimes gets
>> glasses clean on hottest cycle if I dare leave them in.
>>
>> Otherwise has to drain manually, - meaning pushing the run cycle and
>> then stopping it after five seconds. A few times doing this makes it
>> drain completely.
>
> I have to wonder if it is ever going to perform up to par, considering the
> problems. Is it worth the fix? I'd be out pricing new ones to compare
> with the cost of replacing parts on this one.
>
> The residue is probably from improper cleaning. If the unit does not
> drain properly, it is not getting rid of the dirty water from the first
> cycle before going into the next one.
Yes, I had figured out that one but put the posting here in case anyone knew
what might cause it to clean properly occasionally: I thought that it might
show that there isnt all that much wrong with this unit?
If it turns out to be the drain valve and
> or pump, you will probably spend half as much for parts as a new DW.
> Check out www.applianceaid.com for some ideas. and www.repairclinic.com


Pump definitely not worthwhile: Drain valve is something of a question mark
to me and there is nothing anywhere on those pages for it on a GSD5930?
Which is only about five years old Are there any directions anywhere for
checking it?



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