Thread Number: 70258
/ Tag: Modern Dishwashers
Maytag Jetclean Plus Dishwasher issue resolved!! |
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Post# 931650   4/10/2017 at 15:54 (2,566 days old) by maytaga806 (Howell, Michigan)   |   | |
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Finally I figured out what the problem was with this thing! It used to surge while recirculating the water in the cycle, on any cycle and we thought it was because it was under filling, so the past few weeks Ive had to add a gallon of water to the tub every time it filled. The surging sound went away when I added water.
So before wasting a dime on a new water inlet valve, I tried one thing, and that was testing the level of the dishwasher to make sure its perfectly level to the floor. And it wasn't, I raised it quite a bit, and it works perfectly now. It was that simple, I didn't believe it. So far the only issues we've had with this dishwasher are problems we caused by us, lol! Bottom line is that it works perfectly. Also the white film inside is almost gone, I do need to run another cycle with citric acid but its almost 100% gone. It cleans much better than my old Hotpoint ever did, and gets much hotter! Thank you everyone that gave me advice on what to do, definitely would have gone and wasted money on a part had I not gotten help. So thank you! I LOVE this dishwasher! |
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Post# 931653 , Reply# 1   4/10/2017 at 16:07 (2,566 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 931657 , Reply# 2   4/10/2017 at 16:41 (2,566 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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Funny. With most installations of DW I've seen, it was level enough to just raise the DW until it pressed flush with the countertop. But, we don't rely on timed fills here, so that might be a reason why... |
Post# 931664 , Reply# 3   4/10/2017 at 17:31 (2,566 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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Post# 931680 , Reply# 4   4/10/2017 at 18:49 (2,566 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 931691 , Reply# 5   4/10/2017 at 19:30 (2,566 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 931750 , Reply# 6   4/11/2017 at 00:49 (2,565 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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LOL!! I'm so glad you figured it out and I was of NO help because I'm not mechanically inclined at all. I won't dare install a dishwasher myself. The inside looks so GOOD I can't believe it. These do get HOT and use a lot of water if you want it. That's what I love about them. The jetclean with steam cycle on mine literally sounds like a hurricane inside compared to the other cycles. Reminds me so much of the older dishwashers in that aspect.
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Post# 931769 , Reply# 7   4/11/2017 at 05:20 (2,565 days old) by maytaga806 (Howell, Michigan)   |   | |
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Nope, its surging again. Dammit. The surging isn't nearly as bad, and is barley noticeable at all, but I wonder if that surging is causing an uneven water flow inside, so I will be checking that. But the sound is not nearly as bad and it almost UN-noticeable. I don't know if that's normal, I have no clue if I should really be concerned.
So then it may possibly be the water valve, ugh. |
Post# 931810 , Reply# 9   4/11/2017 at 11:23 (2,565 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 931826 , Reply# 10   4/11/2017 at 12:33 (2,565 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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I was having problems with my Kitchenaid foaming and surging using Cascade platinum. I wrote to P&G and they suggested turning down the rinse-aid dispenser. I turned it from two to one and the problem was eased.
It appears that the Whirlpool clones, dispense rinse aid I the main wash as well as the final rinse. That extra amount in the main wash paired with the surfactants in the pod was causing the foaming issue.
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Post# 931829 , Reply# 11   4/11/2017 at 13:00 (2,565 days old) by maytaga806 (Howell, Michigan)   |   | |
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I use Cascade complete powder, I only put it into the main cup and I fill it up entirely. It surges a little bit, but it doesn't surge very much. And there arent too many suds, but there are definitely suds in the water when it does surge.
It surges the entire cycle. Sometimes it's very melow sounding, sometimes a bit more rapid sounding. I put a camera into the dishwasher today, ran it, everything inside is working perfectly, but you can still hear it surge. It cleans everything just fine and is at the correct water level as far as Im concerned. Will it burn the motor out if It surges a little bit? When there's just straight up water with absolutely no sudsing of any kind in the tub, it wont surge at all. But at the same time when it does surge, there is some suds in the tub but not an excessive amount of suds. Im actually running it through a cleaning cycle as we speak and the thing sounds like a hurricane! So is it okay to keep running it the way it is if it surges a little bit, but opereates perfectly inside? |
Post# 931841 , Reply# 12   4/11/2017 at 15:24 (2,565 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 931842 , Reply# 13   4/11/2017 at 15:27 (2,565 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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Post# 931843 , Reply# 14   4/11/2017 at 15:31 (2,565 days old) by maytaga806 (Howell, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 931847 , Reply# 15   4/11/2017 at 16:44 (2,565 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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Maybe its another simple thing... Check if the faucet for the DW is 100% open. Maybe run the DW empty and check if there is any purging. Possibly different cycles or options. With these kind of unspecific conditions it's hard to exactly be sure what the culprit is... |
Post# 931854 , Reply# 16   4/11/2017 at 17:55 (2,565 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 931874 , Reply# 17   4/11/2017 at 19:36 (2,565 days old) by maytaga806 (Howell, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 960182 , Reply# 19   10/2/2017 at 08:28 (2,391 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 960205 , Reply# 20   10/2/2017 at 10:31 (2,391 days old) by pumpkina (California)   |   | |
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I perused Youtube for videos on what surging is like, but I couldn't find any. Does anyone have a link so that I can recognize surging? |
Post# 960223 , Reply# 21   10/2/2017 at 12:31 (2,391 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Surging sound.....
it's when you wrap your lips around the straw from a drink at McDonalds, as you-are suck-ing to pull up your drink, when you reach the bottom, the slurping sound made is the surging..... another term would be CAVITATION, as the pump is trying to pull in water, and it ran dry and lost prime... |
Post# 960231 , Reply# 22   10/2/2017 at 13:23 (2,391 days old) by pumpkina (California)   |   | |
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thanks |
Post# 960291 , Reply# 23   10/2/2017 at 20:10 (2,391 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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Post# 960329 , Reply# 24   10/3/2017 at 00:20 (2,390 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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