KUDSO1DJ Kitchenaid Superba dishwasher will not drain

[Guest alex e]

There is a lot of  grey water left in the basin after running a  cycle, so I threw in two tablespoons of Canola oil as there was sudsing as well. I suspect too much soap was used, or the drain filter is clogged.

I am not sure how to remove the filter, but did get the lower basket and spray arms out and ran a rinse cycle, which drained properly.

The on the very next rinse, same problem re-appeared.

I'm stumped.

[appl.tech.29501]

take the drain hose loose  at the sink and turn the machine to drain and see if you can pump the water into a bucket

 

[Guest alex e]

There is no "DRAIN" setting available at the panel. Should I run rinse again? I'm trying the rinse cycle again with the drain hose running to a bucket.

UPDATE:

The drain pump is definitely not turning on.

[appl.tech.29501]

if the machine is running and you hit cancel once it should turn the drain pump on. You need to check voltage at the drain pump.

[Guest alex e]

the pump running while cleaning is not an indication I suppose?

[Samurai Appliance Repair Man]

The pump should only run during the drain cycle; but I don't think you meant that the pump was running during the wash cycle.

If you hit cancel as appl.tech suggested and you feel the pump running, this is probably a good indication that it's running. I always like to get an actual voltage measurement to make sure I'm not dealing with junk voltage. For example 60vac, a common junk voltage reading, may make the pump hum, but not actually run.

Next you'll want to do a pump out test, some variation on the theme that appl.tech suggested. This is so we can get eyeballs on the discharge stream and make a qualitative assessment of the pump's condition-- a weak, anemic stream would indicate a problem with the pump or gookus in the drain hose.

[Guest alex e]

When referring to a drain hose do you mean that running to the drain from the basin or the hose underneath attached to the pump?

[appl.tech.29501]

The hose that runs from the pump on your dishwaser all the way to your sink or disposal.