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    soxfan01 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    May 24, 2009, 05:47 PM
    Water staying in bottom of dishwasher
    When I use my dishwasher, after it is finished going through all of its cycles the water is staying in the bottom of the dishwasher. What is going on?
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    Milo Dolezal Posts: 7,192, Reputation: 523
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    May 24, 2009, 06:58 PM

    It can be one of the three things:

    1. You have small food leftovers covering fine screen openings that covers pump intake on the bottom of the DW. Remove the screen, clean it and reinstall it. ( Advice: pre-wash plates before you put them inside d/w ).
    2. DW is too far from the drain / sink / Garbage Disposer. As result, plumber ran too long hose between DW and highest point of the loop ( or Air Gap, if you have one.). Install inline check valve on 5/8" discharge hose to prevent discharged water from returning to your DW
    3. Pump is not functioning properly. Call appliance repairman to service your DW
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    May 25, 2009, 06:25 AM
    In addition to Milos excellent post,( I go with door number two) Your DW has a sump that never completely emptys. Regards, tom
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    May 25, 2009, 06:54 AM

    Observations from an amateur.

    1. You hope #1 is the problem... easy to fix.
    2. If #2 was the problem, wouldn't it have shown up from day one of the installation?
    3. Milo and SB had really good advice. I would never have thought of #2 but it makes a lot of sense.
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