Kenmore dishwasher - door gasket and dishes covered with food particles after each cycle?

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Kenmore dishwasher - door gasket and dishes covered with food particles after each cycle?

Answer 1

I've had my share of dishwasher problems.

Are you filling the machine really full? Sometimes you want to be envirionmentally conscious so you put too many dishes in and block the water from circulating freely.

Some dishwasher filters get clogged too easily. The food particles are supposed to be sucked up, pulverized, and then pumped out through the drain hose. Is there a screen at the bottom of the dishwasher keeping the particles in the wash? If so, then do a "rinse only" at the beginning, then clean the filter, then do a wash cycle.

Are the top and bottom "arms" spinning the way they're supposed to? Some dishwashers have three of them -- one at the bottom, one under the top shelf, one at the very top, to spray water upward and downward.. Sometimes they get hung up on something and won't spin.

Do you use a rinse agent? They break the surface tension of the water and keep things from re-depositing on the dishes.

After the dishwasher fills up, open the door and make sure there's a couple of inches of water in the bottom. If not, the float that signals the water level might not be working. See if it's stuck. It probably looks like a witch's hat or a cone, and it's near the floor of the dishwasher.

Is your water hot enough? If your heating element works, the temp is fine. If you don't have a heating element, run the hot water faucet in the sink till the water is hot, and then start the cycle.

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An add-on: Oh yeah... I just read the answer by Wired (below) and it's a really good idea.

Answer 2

It could be a bunch of things. If you have an anti siphon device make sure it is not plugged up. Clean out your spray arms of any bits or broken glass.

But I would need to know the type, make, and model to help much more.

If not a draining problem it is most likely a bad filter. Instead of washing the bits down the drain they are being blown back in to the tub.

Older ones that have a visable rounded filter assemble that sits up high, Kenmore had a problem with those in that a check valve would lose the pin out of it. Then it didn't flush out the food.

Or it could just be a weak pump but likely you can hear if it sounds like it is washing well.

And on others those filters can crack and open up under pressure and then the filters aren't working well.

Good Luck

Answer 3

some one is eating inside the dish washer, STOP IT.

Answer 4

MailorderMaven has a lot of good advice.  Try it.  Another source of the food particles is the garbage disposal.  Is there an air gap installed on the dishwasher drain hose between the dishwasher and the garbage disposal?  This air gap is supposed to stop ground up waste from the disposal from going the wrong way and into the dishwasher instead of down the drain.  Also make sure the drain isn't plugged where the dishwasher attaches to the garbage disposal or drain line under the sink.  If there is no air gap installed, make sure the drain line loops high under the sink before it runs to the drain.

Answer 5

i have the ameproblem,at times, i tried rinising the dishes before outting them in the dish washer, i tried diffreent liqiuds and powders, i tried the washer cleaner. enen let the hot water run before attaching the hose. no luck, so far