[AKaeTrue]

Hello,
My 3 month new GE dishwasher is leaving a white haze and brown grit all over my dishes and the inside of the dishwasher. It has a hard food disposal, bottom, middle, and top water sprayers, hot hot wash and rinse. I use Cascade clean rinse w/ shine shield (what little that does). I tried to remove the plastic Shields that cover what I'm thinking is the drain - and a white screen like thing in the back, but they won't come off so that I can see if it needs to be cleaned. This is really nerve racking considering I bought this expensive dishwasher because my old cheepy brand one was doing the same thing (but it started at 10 years old - it was even Green - best dishwasher I ever had).

[speedball1]

Do you have a water softener and are you on a pump or city water? How often do you flush out your water heater? Waiting on you, Tom

[stew_1962]

I'm with Tom, look at the water supply.

Fill up a large glass (even better, a large jar or pitcher) from a nearby tap - the hot water tap.

Look at it, what's floating around in it? Wait a while, what's in the bottom of the glass?

[AKaeTrue]

Hi, I actually found the culprit. Broken glass blocking the drain.
-Kae

[stew_1962]

Hehehehe... sometimes we dig way too deep, ;)

Thanks for the update - having read the forum, sometimes you just wonder what finally solved the problem.

[applguy]

I think worth mentioning... you were talking about a hard food disposer... Let me assure you, there is no such thing in a dishwasher. You should always scrape all solid food from dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Most sales people talk about these things, but in reality, they haven't the foggiest idea of what they are talking about. They are merely regurgitating what the factory sales reps have told them to say. I can assure you that I have retreived many small soft food items from the sumps of dishwashers that should have been pulverized, but weren't. Rinsing your dishes first is generally not a good idea, but certainly you should refrain from allowing solid food matter from entering the system. You may regret it in the future. Everyone eventually learns this lesson, but hopefully I can save you the money. Also, it may be a good habit if, in the future, you could note the model and serial numbers off the appliance/equipment data plate you're dealing with. It can shave quite a bit of time both for you and the ones offering assistance. Cheers!