Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to share this information. The “Check water” light came on our Bosch Exxcel dishwasher and although the water entered the dishwasher, it just sat in the bottom and did not circulate through to the washer arms. We followed your instructions and, after taking the side off, found the water inlet completely blocked with gunk, just as you described. After cleaning with bleach and reattaching, the check water light has gone out and dishwasher is now working perfectly. We feel very proud of ourselves now but would never have had the confidence to even try it without your help and guidance. You’ve saved us at best an expensive call out or at worst a new dishwasher. Thank you again so much. We’re so grateful! 😊
You marvellous man making a public video to help solve this problem. You have wonderful communication and teaching skills as well as the technical. You have just made me feel I can tackle having a go at repairing my dishwasher.
Excellent video! I wonder how many people pay someone to come out to fix their dishwasher, or decide it’s broken, throw it away and buy another one!! This is simple, straightforward & practical. One happy guy!
Many thanks for the excellent video; I have just fixed my dishwasher using your video! Both of the clear plastic manifolds inside the RHS were full of some fatty / scaly deposit. I removed both the manifolds and flushed them out with drain cleaner & hot water. Lots of soaking and tapping them on the bottom of the sink and the gunk slid out. Thanks again for taking the time to film and upload!
Brilliant. I can only echo others’ comments. You put your finger on the problem and gave the only advice that I could find on how to fix it. Great communication skills, too. Star.
Thank you soooo much!!! You saved our dishwasher and our pockets ;) Very easy to follow the steps, it was the chamber system full with some gross stuff. Cleaned with washing soda and vinegar, all pretty and working now! :)))
Thank you so much for this video.I removed everything as suggested and found a broken chopstick blocking the impeller.Machine now working perfectly again.Saved a fortune and better half very impressed.
Thanks you very much for going to all the effort to share your experience with the world. Brilliant video, solved my problem and saved me the cost of a new dishwasher!!
Thank you very much sir, my dishwasher is back up and runnings again I had similar build up inside. Mine is a little newer and to remove the plastic you have to unscrew the fittings supplying the water into the dishwasher but so happy that’s fixed now 🙌🙌
Well what can I say you just saved me £330 I had a piece of glass on impeller and would not drain... fixed that but still would not run.. was getting ready to order a new one then watched your video again took the side off it was full off water drained it... now running like new... top man
Thank you so much for this video. I have a different model but it gave me the confidence to have a go myself. I cleaned out the filters and got it working again easily. You saved me a lot of money and inconvenience with a bit of knowledge and demo. Thank you!
This, THIS is Gold! Thankyou so much - we had the second problem (were familiar with the first one already). Thankyou - Loved how you take the time to explain the function also. Nice work.
Brilliant instructions. I had the second problem, the valve was stuck due to limescale deposits. I cleaned it up with some lemon juice and a lot of shaking and it all seemed like it is going to work until I turned it on and the machine went pop with bang. I think I managed to get some water in the electronics components and it shortcircuited. Hope others are more careful than me!
Thank you sir, for this. It was not even the model, but once I had the idea, I knew what things were. I think you could have a world cruise on the amount of money you have saved the public. I can only assume the thumbs down comments are from washing machine engineers.
You're a superstar, saved me £300 probably this weekend, was going to have to buy a new dishwasher reluctantly... until I found your extremely helpful video... many thanks, you should be on commission! :-)
Thanks for posting this, mine was constantly trying to drain and would do so with the door open. The fix was the plastic unit on the side as you described in the video. Cleaning it out thoroughly, fixed it. Thanks again!
you have just saved me a fortune!.. I had this exact problem on the same model and today followed your video and it worked !!.. only difference being, I put descaler in tubes overnight then blasted the tubes with a garden hose..now back working fully! thank you!
Thanks for this. Had to find out how to get top and side panel off in another you tube vid. But this vid helped me fix the check water warning light issue... The plastic thing on the side was all clogged up with foul smelling gunk. Cleaned it out, reassembled & it's now working fine. Many thanks again.
Melissa Thank you - found small chicken bone in impella (not sure how to spell that!) also have more recent model so no star drive needed. Used ladel to remove as much water as poss then used cloth to soak up last bits of water - helped keep clear vision. Running it now, hopeful it will be fine as pretty sure it is not supposed to work with chicken bone... do not need to get hubby with bad back to fix it for me now - very pleased!!
You are a legend lol. Best video ever! I had a flooded kitchen this morning so followed video no 1 to clear out impeller and found pieces of peanuts and also a clove. Ha ! thought that was problem solved but water warning light was still on so dismantled the side of dishwasher the float chamber was black so took it all apart like you showed us ( my husband nearly had heart attack when he walked in and caught me surrounded by a dismantled machine ! ) I bleached it, hot water hosed it under pressure, got drenched . Reassembled it ..ha water warning light still on so now need to go to video 3 !! ..but I have had fun, learnt a lot and would never have tried it without your video. ..onwards and upwards ..but bless you, thank you lovely man for posting the videos and teaching me something new and I maybe I have nearly fixed it lol !
Marretta Corliss that’s funny! Sounds like you’re having fun with it 👍 Remember to take a look at the case to ensure it’s not full of water 💦 If it is then the case float will rise and prevent filling giving you a check water light. The case float is s red needle like float next to the chamber in video 3. This acts on the switch to stop more water going into the system. If you had a little food then it’s likely water may have entered the case. 👍
Great Video, It helped me solve the drainage issue in my Bosch silence dishwasher in just few minutes! A small piece of broken glass was stopping the impeller! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
THIS VIDEO saved me a few hundred quid and potentially my marriage after the dishwasher failed mid lockdown :-) my problem wasn’t addressed specifically in this but it the video led me to the issue. I addition to the steps in the vid, I cleared out the plastic float thing that you can see directly above his hand at 5:19, there was crud in the chamber with the float, which was making the float too buoyant and causing it to drain prematurely
Thank you so much for sharing. Check water light was on and as explained the water inlet was gunked up. Cleaned as suggested and now working perfectly.
Thank you for making this video it was easy to follow and fixed the problem at a time when we could ill afford a new dishwasher or the call out charge of the repair company.
Worked like a charm! My Bosch lacked the screw (just a flip trap door) where I discovered pistachios shells and a tooth pick - cleaned it out and good as new! Thanks for posting!
Thank you for making this video I had this problem just before Christmas so not enough time to get a replacement for man out to fix. Our unit was dry so looked at the water bladder, cleaned it with descaler so found a long skewer really helpful as you can get in on the air vent and use it to dislodge the black deposit and work the float valve free. Put it back together and its working again so great you have saved me either £100 for a repair or £300 for a new machine, and more importantly the dishwasher can now do the Christmas dishes
Very helpful thanks. On my model the plastic molding was retained by 2 plastic screw fixings one large and one small inside the dishwasher that feed water in/out of the dishwasher.
Perfect - thanks clear easy to understand instructions really helped me out. Our issue was the water intake, I found I needed needle nosed pliers to undo the jubilee clip.
hi, thank so much for making this video. The way you explained the main possible causes of input and output was simplistic and effective. i managed to fix our problem in 15 mins, mainly due to the information you provided, cheers
Thank you so much for this Video. The dishwasher that you worked on was the same as mine. I had looked up other advice that made no sense. You were spot on. Mine had 2 lemon seeds blocking the impeller. A big cheers to you.
Thanks so much. I panicked when the check water light came on last night 😂 This seems to have done the trick. There's a dishwater cleaner doing it's thing right now and all seems to be working again.
I have a similar model which was a bit fiddlier to get apart, but the gist was the same so thanks. Saved me a call out. Great vid and info! Thank you. 👍🏻
Thank you so much for this video, we had the second problem and I managed to use a couple of cable ties (tying second one in a loop to use as a handle) to poke at the sludge to dislodge from the top and bottom side area. I think removing a ton of sludge from the door seal last week brought on this issue. All seems to be working now. I'd advise anyone doing this (we had a different model) to take photos or video of how things look for when you come to put back together again.
Thanks for your video, very helpful, I had the check water light on, but it never filled, so followed the latter part of your video to remove and clean all the gunk from the plastic tank as you showed. A combination of hot water, bleach, banging, and blowing down different pipes eventually enabled us to get all the muck that was surrounding the red valve out. BUT this didn’t solve my problem !!! When I turned the dishwasher on again (with the side off), I could see the waste outlet starting to fill, but despite the impeller going continuously the cycle never progressed. More googling and I found the problem. Towards the front of the dishwasher is a red lift lever for the float valve in the bottom of the washer - this lifts when the bottom of the machine is full of water and it then tries to pump it out. My problem was the other larger pressure chamber had gunk in it, causing the valve to stick open, and so it continually tried to pump water out the bottom that wasn’t there. This was evident when I manually pushed the red lever down, the cycle continued OK. I removed the larger pressure chamber, took the top off it, cleaned out the muck from the larger red float, and reassembled and all is well. Good video, be useful if you could have covered the scenario of muck in the large pressure chamber as well.
Geoffrey Coan thanks for the feedback. Post a video if you can. That switch and bowl is quite fragile so probably another likely culprit. I’m glad you sorted it :)
I decided to check the drain filter first and removed it, although the machine was not flooded. There was quite a lot of grit and fluffy bits and I cleaned out the filter and holder with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush. This seems to have done the trick and the machine is now well into its cycle and the "check water" light has stayed off. I'm surprised that a relatively small amount of matter on the filter can cause the machine to stop, but now you have shown me what to do it's an easy fix. Thank you very much.
This was extremely useful - our dishwasher had the second problem with the water pipes on the side blocked with gunk and fat - a tip that removing the blocked fat in the removable plastic pipes needed us to pour in bleach and leave it for several days until the fat eventually broke down so we could rinse it away and refit it
We did all of this to no avail (but now have spangly filters!) so anyway, all that stuff eliminated and I now know what to check just as general maintenance. We then discovered another forum where someone talked about the 'Bosch Sludge' that builds up at the bottom of the waste pipe and eventually causes the 'check water' fault. Following their suggestion, we slowly tipped it onto its sides; first fully to the left, and then fully to the right. Have a mop at the ready! It worked. Switched it back on and it was back to the 'washing light'. It almost immediately spewed a load of gunk out of the outlet (so I will empty the U-bend later) and is merrily washing stuff. BOOM!
Yes! Thank you! For me it was the last thing with the gunk in that plastic thingy. Didn't have any bleach but my peroxide cleaner for my brewing sorted it right out. Thanks for a great video!
very clear guide - just spent all morning wrestling with my dishwasher - tip it forwards, backwards, left & right - just ended up with water on the floor and the ruddy "Check water" light still showing - last time this happened I paid Bosch a small fortune to send an engineer, who found a TINY bit of fluff on the water flow sensor reed switch - which made very little sense to me (retired electronics tech) - need a rest now before trying your fix! wish me luck...
sad to say the Bosch SPS40C12GB has a different layout - checked pump impeller = all clear + pumped out a good half bucket of water... also plastic "side tank" is much larger - covers nearly all of left side of machine - it looks to be full to the brim and water circulating (presumably through heater) - also tried tipping machine - no joy - may have to call out "the man" :-(
Thank you for your advice it’s fixed my dishwasher .there was water underneath .I had sorted the blockage then could not understand why it wasn’t washing .👍👍
Thanks for the awesome video. Just an FYI a third possibility is the drain pipe is twisted. That's what happened to me. But still learned something great from this video, and will know what to do in future
thank you so much or this I had both problems water wouldn't drain and it check water my Bosch Classixx had a slightly different design on the water entry but I used some drain unblocker for about 20 mins to free the float. Thanks once again
Thanks so much. Had to go the distance and watched all of the “Check Water” trilogy, great videos, fixed dishwasher after cleaning both internal valves. Thanks again. Mine was a slightly different model but the internals were basically the same. Thanks again.
Many thanks for posting. And, I found an easier fix for mine. It didn't have any water on the inside so I assumed it was the water in as you said. I didn't want to get into taking it apart right now so I googled a bit and found a guy saying 'tilt it'. I tilted mine about 40 degrees to the left a couple of times, some water came out of the bottom, and it works now. I will take the side off and check the pipes and tanks at some point though. Big 'thank you' for this vid!
Hello, The Trigger switch which powers the Fill/Drain logic has a float. When there is water in the base, the float will rise, causing the water to stop filling and will give you the check water light.
MrDblStop pleasure, I’m glad you got it sorted, I’ve done 2 more videos which help with clogging of the float valve. Hopefully you won’t need it but if you have any further problems, take a look
Many thanks Scarebusdriver - a bit of broken knife handle in the propeller. On my older model without the LED display the cover simply lifts out not screw driver required. Happy days and no washing up.
Justin Everett great mews! I’ve heard some models have just a flap to lift, seems a much better design to me. I’m glad you fixed it given Christmas is only round the corner!
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Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to share this information. The “Check water” light came on our Bosch Exxcel dishwasher and although the water entered the dishwasher, it just sat in the bottom and did not circulate through to the washer arms. We followed your instructions and, after taking the side off, found the water inlet completely blocked with gunk, just as you described. After cleaning with bleach and reattaching, the check water light has gone out and dishwasher is now working perfectly. We feel very proud of ourselves now but would never have had the confidence to even try it without your help and guidance. You’ve saved us at best an expensive call out or at worst a new dishwasher. Thank you again so much. We’re so grateful! 😊
Larlynd Baratheon great news I’m glad you got it sorted👍 you realise how much you need it when it’s not working 😂
You marvellous man making a public video to help solve this problem. You have wonderful communication and teaching skills as well as the technical. You have just made me feel I can tackle having a go at repairing my dishwasher.
Stripylady. Thank you, lovely feedback. You should give anything a go the first time!
Excellent video! I wonder how many people pay someone to come out to fix their dishwasher, or decide it’s broken, throw it away and buy another one!! This is simple, straightforward & practical. One happy guy!
David Thatcher always with giving it a go! I’m glad you got it fixed 👍
Quite a detailed but easy to understand explanation. Each possible problem is dealt with by providing a reason and a solution.
Very thankful.
Thank you for watching
Great job on this video mate. Cleaned all the parts behind the left hand panel and now working as normal. Brilliant
Allan Matthews I’m glad it helped. Thanks for watching
Many thanks for the excellent video; I have just fixed my dishwasher using your video! Both of the clear plastic manifolds inside the RHS were full of some fatty / scaly deposit. I removed both the manifolds and flushed them out with drain cleaner & hot water. Lots of soaking and tapping them on the bottom of the sink and the gunk slid out. Thanks again for taking the time to film and upload!
It is 2024, and your video is still saving the day. I can't thank you enough for this. Worked like a charm, and it's as good as new 🙏🙏
Pleased to hear it
Brilliant. I can only echo others’ comments. You put your finger on the problem and gave the only advice that I could find on how to fix it. Great communication skills, too. Star.
Thank you for the feedback, I’m pleased the video helped 👍
Fantastic! I'm not a handyman but I did it with your instructions. Thank you. I'm feeling quite chuffed. :)
Great, I’m pleased you got it sorted
Thank you soooo much!!! You saved our dishwasher and our pockets ;) Very easy to follow the steps, it was the chamber system full with some gross stuff. Cleaned with washing soda and vinegar, all pretty and working now! :)))
I F your welcome, I’m glad you got it sorted 👍
Legend just saved me a call out! Thank you for this video great stuff!
I’m pleased it’s sorted 👍
Thanks. Dishwasher working after watching your vid. Legend.
Thank you so much for this video.I removed everything as suggested and found a broken chopstick blocking the impeller.Machine now working perfectly again.Saved a fortune and better half very impressed.
Bob Cheetham gotta be worth some brownie points!
Thank you! Getting to the propellor was the key! I found a shard of glass and a bit of plastic blocking it!
Excellent! im pleased it helped
Thanks you very much for going to all the effort to share your experience with the world. Brilliant video, solved my problem and saved me the cost of a new dishwasher!!
Super. Found a couple of lemon pips which were causing the fault. Many thanks
Pesky pups, I’m glad you found the culprit
Thank you very much sir, my dishwasher is back up and runnings again I had similar build up inside. Mine is a little newer and to remove the plastic you have to unscrew the fittings supplying the water into the dishwasher but so happy that’s fixed now 🙌🙌
Great. I’m pleased it helped
Well what can I say you just saved me £330 I had a piece of glass on impeller and would not drain... fixed that but still would not run.. was getting ready to order a new one then watched your video again took the side off it was full off water drained it... now running like new... top man
CARAVAN AND MOTORHOME ADVENTURES I’m so pleased you got it sorted. Thanks for commenting
Thank you so much for this video. I have a different model but it gave me the confidence to have a go myself. I cleaned out the filters and got it working again easily. You saved me a lot of money and inconvenience with a bit of knowledge and demo. Thank you!
I know, thank goodness! He has such a good teaching manner that I felt OK enough to try! 😁
Thanks to your great tutorial our dishwasher is working again! We are so gratefull having 14 people staying at our house. You are a hero!
Wilde Hilde awesome, I’m glad you got it sorted 👍
This, THIS is Gold! Thankyou so much - we had the second problem (were familiar with the first one already). Thankyou - Loved how you take the time to explain the function also. Nice work.
Brilliant instructions. I had the second problem, the valve was stuck due to limescale deposits. I cleaned it up with some lemon juice and a lot of shaking and it all seemed like it is going to work until I turned it on and the machine went pop with bang. I think I managed to get some water in the electronics components and it shortcircuited. Hope others are more careful than me!
Thank you sir, for this. It was not even the model, but once I had the idea, I knew what things were. I think you could have a world cruise on the amount of money you have saved the public. I can only assume the thumbs down comments are from washing machine engineers.
Brilliant. Thanks to you I solved the problem.
Great thanks for watching
Great fix, mine was the balance tank, may thanks, saved a fortune
We need to save what we can nowadays eh! I’m pleased the fix worked for you
You're a superstar, saved me £300 probably this weekend, was going to have to buy a new dishwasher reluctantly... until I found your extremely helpful video... many thanks, you should be on commission! :-)
johnlds1965 I’m really pleased you got it sorted especially with the Easter weekend looming! Well done
Brilliant - huge thanks for posting this. Followed the steps to clean out the water systems and, hey presto, sorted.
Thanks for posting this, mine was constantly trying to drain and would do so with the door open. The fix was the plastic unit on the side as you described in the video. Cleaning it out thoroughly, fixed it.
Thanks again!
Spot on! There was a tiny piece of broken glass in the bottom. Once removed, all working perfectly again. Thank you!
Really helpful video and resolved the issue. Thanks so much for taking the time.
My pleasure
Yes brilliant really clear when I waffling about things we don’t wanna know about just how to fix and clean a dishwasher top stuff mate !
Quite possibly the most useful video I've ever watched on TH-cam.
Matt Obee great I hope you got it sorted 👍
you have just saved me a fortune!.. I had this exact problem on the same model and today followed your video and it worked !!.. only difference being, I put descaler in tubes overnight then blasted the tubes with a garden hose..now back working fully! thank you!
PompeyMatt17 you’re welcome, I’m glad you got it sorted 👍
Thanks for this. Had to find out how to get top and side panel off in another you tube vid. But this vid helped me fix the check water warning light issue... The plastic thing on the side was all clogged up with foul smelling gunk. Cleaned it out, reassembled & it's now working fine. Many thanks again.
Melissa
Thank you - found small chicken bone in impella (not sure how to spell that!) also have more recent model so no star drive needed. Used ladel to remove as much water as poss then used cloth to soak up last bits of water - helped keep clear vision. Running it now, hopeful it will be fine as pretty sure it is not supposed to work with chicken bone... do not need to get hubby with bad back to fix it for me now - very pleased!!
melissa benyon great news I’m glad you got it sorted 👍
Thanks, your video helped me resolve the issue with my d/w. Very nicely explained. thanks again for your efforts
You are a legend lol. Best video ever! I had a flooded kitchen this morning so followed video no 1 to clear out impeller and found pieces of peanuts and also a clove. Ha ! thought that was problem solved but water warning light was still on so dismantled the side of dishwasher the float chamber was black so took it all apart like you showed us ( my husband nearly had heart attack when he walked in and caught me surrounded by a dismantled machine ! ) I bleached it, hot water hosed it under pressure, got drenched . Reassembled it ..ha water warning light still on so now need to go to video 3 !! ..but I have had fun, learnt a lot and would never have tried it without your video. ..onwards and upwards ..but bless you, thank you lovely man for posting the videos and teaching me something new and I maybe I have nearly fixed it lol !
Marretta Corliss that’s funny! Sounds like you’re having fun with it 👍
Remember to take a look at the case to ensure it’s not full of water 💦
If it is then the case float will rise and prevent filling giving you a check water light.
The case float is s red needle like float next to the chamber in video 3. This acts on the switch to stop more water going into the system. If you had a little food then it’s likely water may have entered the case. 👍
Great Video, It helped me solve the drainage issue in my Bosch silence dishwasher in just few minutes!
A small piece of broken glass was stopping the impeller!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Raanan Levi great 👍 I’m glad you got it sorted
I'm experiencing those problems now and will try and fix it. This clip is very helpful. Thanks a lot for sharing.
THIS VIDEO saved me a few hundred quid and potentially my marriage after the dishwasher failed mid lockdown :-)
my problem wasn’t addressed specifically in this but it the video led me to the issue. I addition to the steps in the vid, I cleared out the plastic float thing that you can see directly above his hand at 5:19, there was crud in the chamber with the float, which was making the float too buoyant and causing it to drain prematurely
Graham Taylor great news. Keep safe
Dishwasher fixed. Brilliant video - thank you
Glad it helped 👍
Still helpful 5 years later. Cheers for sharing, buddy!
Brilliant video. Simple and straight forward. Well done!
Wow
Thank you sooooo much for this video, it probably saved me lots of money and it took few minutes to fix. Thank you again.
Thank you so much for sharing. Check water light was on and as explained the water inlet was gunked up. Cleaned as suggested and now working perfectly.
I’m pleased it helped 👍
Thank you for making this video it was easy to follow and fixed the problem at a time when we could ill afford a new dishwasher or the call out charge of the repair company.
Dan Eadon brill, no one likes to pay for call outs if we can do it ourselves...it’s just knowing how!
Worked like a charm! My Bosch lacked the screw (just a flip trap door) where I discovered pistachios shells and a tooth pick - cleaned it out and good as new! Thanks for posting!
Leap Year that’s good news, you can experience de-gunking the flush tubes for another time!
Excellent advice. Solved my check water light oroblem. Gunge in exactly same places as shown here and in sequel video. Thanks v v much!
You’re welcome. I’m glad it helped
Thank you thank you thank you. We had the clogged pipe and if it wasn’t for you and your great video, i wouldn’t have been able to solve the problem.
Starr Knight I’m really pleased you got it sorted. Thank you for taking the time to comment
Thank you for making this video
I had this problem just before Christmas so not enough time to get a replacement for man out to fix. Our unit was dry so looked at the water bladder, cleaned it with descaler so found a long skewer really helpful as you can get in on the air vent and use it to dislodge the black deposit and work the float valve free. Put it back together and its working again so great you have saved me either £100 for a repair or £300 for a new machine, and more importantly the dishwasher can now do the Christmas dishes
dodeedo1000 Merry Christmas!
Very helpful thanks. On my model the plastic molding was retained by 2 plastic screw fixings one large and one small inside the dishwasher that feed water in/out of the dishwasher.
Perfect - thanks clear easy to understand instructions really helped me out. Our issue was the water intake, I found I needed needle nosed pliers to undo the jubilee clip.
James Perry thanks for your feedback. Needle nose pliers an essential item for any toolbox! ☝️
King thank you so much.. A popcorn was stuck in impeller took it out now it’s working perfect
hi, thank so much for making this video. The way you explained the main possible causes of input and output was simplistic and effective. i managed to fix our problem in 15 mins, mainly due to the information you provided, cheers
projeanant that’s great news. Thanks for your feedback and I’m glad you got it sorted 👍
Thank you so much for this Video. The dishwasher that you worked on was the same as mine. I had looked up other advice that made no sense. You were spot on. Mine had 2 lemon seeds blocking the impeller. A big cheers to you.
Thanks for feedback back, I’m pleased you got it sorted.
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Thanks so much. I panicked when the check water light came on last night 😂 This seems to have done the trick. There's a dishwater cleaner doing it's thing right now and all seems to be working again.
I have a similar model which was a bit fiddlier to get apart, but the gist was the same so thanks. Saved me a call out. Great vid and info! Thank you. 👍🏻
Thank you so much for this video, we had the second problem and I managed to use a couple of cable ties (tying second one in a loop to use as a handle) to poke at the sludge to dislodge from the top and bottom side area. I think removing a ton of sludge from the door seal last week brought on this issue. All seems to be working now. I'd advise anyone doing this (we had a different model) to take photos or video of how things look for when you come to put back together again.
Brilliant instructions. Helped us put and saved a call out fee.
Debbie Lowes I’m glad you got it sorted, if you have any other issues I’ve done 2 other videos if it helps
Thanks for your video, very helpful, I had the check water light on, but it never filled, so followed the latter part of your video to remove and clean all the gunk from the plastic tank as you showed. A combination of hot water, bleach, banging, and blowing down different pipes eventually enabled us to get all the muck that was surrounding the red valve out. BUT this didn’t solve my problem !!!
When I turned the dishwasher on again (with the side off), I could see the waste outlet starting to fill, but despite the impeller going continuously the cycle never progressed. More googling and I found the problem. Towards the front of the dishwasher is a red lift lever for the float valve in the bottom of the washer - this lifts when the bottom of the machine is full of water and it then tries to pump it out. My problem was the other larger pressure chamber had gunk in it, causing the valve to stick open, and so it continually tried to pump water out the bottom that wasn’t there. This was evident when I manually pushed the red lever down, the cycle continued OK. I removed the larger pressure chamber, took the top off it, cleaned out the muck from the larger red float, and reassembled and all is well. Good video, be useful if you could have covered the scenario of muck in the large pressure chamber as well.
Geoffrey Coan thanks for the feedback. Post a video if you can. That switch and bowl is quite fragile so probably another likely culprit.
I’m glad you sorted it :)
Thank you for this. Found the peanut in 5 mins! I dread to think what I may have spent on a call out if I hadn't watched your brilliant video!
But please remember we need repairing engineers.
I decided to check the drain filter first and removed it, although the machine was not flooded. There was quite a lot of grit and fluffy bits and I cleaned out the filter and holder with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush. This seems to have done the trick and the machine is now well into its cycle and the "check water" light has stayed off. I'm surprised that a relatively small amount of matter on the filter can cause the machine to stop, but now you have shown me what to do it's an easy fix. Thank you very much.
Adrian Vanheems Great, I’m pleased it was straight forward for you 👍
Thanks Scarebusdriver you saved me a call out fee from the plumber ..... it was a easy fix many thumbs up
Glenn Buck, that's great, it's often an easy fix but only if you know how! It's always worth a go ourselves before we call our the 'Pro's'!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video. I have followed your advice and clean this red small air vent on the top. Dishwasher is working again.
Roman Stanek my pleasure my pleasure my pleasure’!
Glad you got it sorted
This was extremely useful - our dishwasher had the second problem with the water pipes on the side blocked with gunk and fat - a tip that removing the blocked fat in the removable plastic pipes needed us to pour in bleach and leave it for several days until the fat eventually broke down so we could rinse it away and refit it
Thanks for the feedback, im pleased it helped
We did all of this to no avail (but now have spangly filters!) so anyway, all that stuff eliminated and I now know what to check just as general maintenance.
We then discovered another forum where someone talked about the 'Bosch Sludge' that builds up at the bottom of the waste pipe and eventually causes the 'check water' fault. Following their suggestion, we slowly tipped it onto its sides; first fully to the left, and then fully to the right. Have a mop at the ready!
It worked. Switched it back on and it was back to the 'washing light'. It almost immediately spewed a load of gunk out of the outlet (so I will empty the U-bend later) and is merrily washing stuff. BOOM!
This was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make the video.
dijox no trouble, I'm
Always looking at other people's posts to help me out of a jam!
I would like to repeat the comments that Stripylady put.. your video enabled me to fix the issue - so helpful and clear. Thank you very much!
Yvonne Elworthy Knapp thank you for your comments. I’m really pleased it helped :)
Super practical and easy to follow - my dishwasher was different, but concepts similar - thanks
Spot on. Got my DW sorted in no time, cheers for making this :)
Patchman 21 great 👍
Thanks for a great tip, just managed to clear my plastic water contraption out & get it reassembled : )
jonathan clipston great 👍 glad you got it sorted
FANTASTIC 1st class tutorial.
Thanks, spot on with the blocked filter! Much appreciated.
Qwerty1235945 great! It looks like a common issue
Brilliant stuff, slightly different layout but the float valve was clogged up with eeermm something alien looking! All cleaned and working now.
Thank you for this, you’ve just resurrected my dishwasher! 🙌🏻
Thank you. Found impeller had some waste in it. Job done
Thank you very much for the video! It solved my last problem in 2018!
SUBLIMENTAL Brill, I’m glad you got it sorted, any o issues take sook at the other videos of just drop me s line 👍
Yes! Thank you! For me it was the last thing with the gunk in that plastic thingy. Didn't have any bleach but my peroxide cleaner for my brewing sorted it right out. Thanks for a great video!
Matthew Parker
I'm glad it helped Matt. It's a nightmare when the things we depend on fail us. 🙄
TH-cam to the rescue! Thanks again
very clear guide - just spent all morning wrestling with my dishwasher - tip it forwards, backwards, left & right - just ended up with water on the floor and the ruddy "Check water" light still showing - last time this happened I paid Bosch a small fortune to send an engineer, who found a TINY bit of fluff on the water flow sensor reed switch - which made very little sense to me (retired electronics tech) - need a rest now before trying your fix! wish me luck...
lol I did the same thing when a cashew nut got stuck in the impeller!
Best of luck
sad to say the Bosch SPS40C12GB has a different layout - checked pump impeller = all clear + pumped out a good half bucket of water... also plastic "side tank" is much larger - covers nearly all of left side of machine - it looks to be full to the brim and water circulating (presumably through heater) - also tried tipping machine - no joy - may have to call out "the man" :-(
Richard Nourse nooooooooooooo!
Great informative video. Thank you so much for your help ☺️
Johnnie Cole I’m so pleased you got it sorted. Should you experience any additional issues please post .
Thank you! I found a lemon seed in there and it seems to be working again!
thank you champ, worked a treat just as described, perfect
A king amongst men - problem solved thanks to you!
Thank you for your advice it’s fixed my dishwasher .there was water underneath .I had sorted the blockage then could not understand why it wasn’t washing .👍👍
Glad it helped
Thanks so much. Just tried this to fix landlady's, though unblocked it's still pretty grim but working so getting bleach to stick through tomorrow!
Gemma Scott great news, give it a good flush out
I’ve done 2 more videos if you have any more difficulties
Thank you so much! Dishwasher fixed. 😁
Thanks for the awesome video. Just an FYI a third possibility is the drain pipe is twisted. That's what happened to me. But still learned something great from this video, and will know what to do in future
Dr. Kaii terrific, thanks for the heads up, hopefully others will benefit from your posting
Much appreciated
Feel free to pin the comment if you think it's useful then!
Thank you that worked. Easy fix.
Great video, helped a lot 👍👍👍
I hope you got it sorted
That certainly did help. Thank you for recording this.
Nicholas Johnson great I hope u got it sorted
thank you so much or this I had both problems water wouldn't drain and it check water my Bosch Classixx had a slightly different design on the water entry but I used some drain unblocker for about 20 mins to free the float. Thanks once again
Andy Pritchard great news. I’m glad you got it sorted 👍
Really nice mate. Thank you.
Thanks for these videos, for me it was the lower red float chamber filling with water due to that matrix being clogged up.
Thank you so much, the perfect video, well done, problem solved!.
Tom 61 brill! More money for beers!
Thanks so much. Had to go the distance and watched all of the “Check Water” trilogy, great videos, fixed dishwasher after cleaning both internal valves. Thanks again. Mine was a slightly different model but the internals were basically the same. Thanks again.
Ben Lambert that’s great 👍 a bit more life it it yet!
Many thanks for posting. And, I found an easier fix for mine. It didn't have any water on the inside so I assumed it was the water in as you said. I didn't want to get into taking it apart right now so I googled a bit and found a guy saying 'tilt it'. I tilted mine about 40 degrees to the left a couple of times, some water came out of the bottom, and it works now. I will take the side off and check the pipes and tanks at some point though. Big 'thank you' for this vid!
Hello,
The Trigger switch which powers the Fill/Drain logic has a float. When there is water in the base, the float will rise, causing the water to stop filling and will give you the check water light.
Thanks. This happened to me. Did it thanks to your comment!
MrDblStop pleasure, I’m glad you got it sorted, I’ve done 2 more videos which help with clogging of the float valve.
Hopefully you won’t need it but if you have any further problems, take a look
@@melman142 Glad that was useful.
Just did this 20 minutes fixed big thumbs up
George Megarry great news George, it seemed this is a common problem
Thank you for this great video! It seems to have fixed the problem! 👌🏼
Joanne Alvey great, I’m glad the video helped
It really did, it’s just finished a cycle and seems totally fine now! Thanks again!
Many thanks Scarebusdriver - a bit of broken knife handle in the propeller. On my older model without the LED display the cover simply lifts out not screw driver required. Happy days and no washing up.
Justin Everett great mews! I’ve heard some models have just a flap to lift, seems a much better design to me.
I’m glad you fixed it given Christmas is only round the corner!
Wow! This worked a treat- thank you 👏👏👏👏
I’m pleased it worked 👍