Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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I've had chronic problems with my 4-year-old Kitchenaid dishwasher
leaving everything crusted with food particles.

I'm tempted to throw it away and get a Bosch.

When I open the door during a wash cycle, I notice that the heating
element is not immersed. Should it be?

I'm pretty sure mine is, or it would not be able to heat the water for the
sani cycle.

That's an interesting question that I wondered about too. I know I
saw at a fix it site online that they said it's normal for the water to
be close to, but not covering the heating element. That's how my GE
works, it's definitly not over the element. Yet, for the final rinse,
it will sit there silently for a couple mins, during which time I would
think it's heating. I guess there are 2 possibilites:

1 - It heats with the element out of the water, which I guess could
work, since it uses that same element in the air to dry

2 - It puts more water in for that cycle, but this seems less likely.

I think I'm going to stop mine next time and open it up to see!







KA machines are some of hte best for cleaning. There is
obviously a problem that should have been corrected a long time ago. If you
don't get good answers here, try www.applianceaid.com and
www.repairclinic.com Worst case scenario, call the local service tech.

Read about Bosch here in rec.food.equipment. They have many problems also.