We've got a Maytag Jetclean dishwasher, which is maybe 5 years old. For
some reason the soap dispenser has stopped opening, until too late in the
dish washer process. (When it has finished we will open it up to unload it
and find that the soap dispenser has opened but the soap has just run down
the door of the dishwasher, rather than having actually been used to clean
the dishes.)

So, the question is, what's causing this and what can I do to fix it?

Rod

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:20:23 GMT, "Rod" wrote:

We've got a Maytag Jetclean dishwasher, which is maybe 5 years old. For
some reason the soap dispenser has stopped opening, until too late in the
dish washer process. (When it has finished we will open it up to unload it
and find that the soap dispenser has opened but the soap has just run down
the door of the dishwasher, rather than having actually been used to clean
the dishes.)

So, the question is, what's causing this and what can I do to fix it?

I guess that either the timer or the dispenser door wax motor is bad
and needs replacing. See these:

http://www.repairclinic.com/0088_9_1.asp#Level1_11

http://www.applianceaid.com/soap-door.html#open

--
Luke
__________________________________________________ _________________
"This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of theocracy."
-- Christopher Shays (R-CT), March, 2005

Thank you, Luke, I'll give these a try.

Rod


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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:20:23 GMT, "Rod" wrote:

We've got a Maytag Jetclean dishwasher, which is maybe 5 years old. For
some reason the soap dispenser has stopped opening, until too late in the
dish washer process. (When it has finished we will open it up to unload
it
and find that the soap dispenser has opened but the soap has just run down
the door of the dishwasher, rather than having actually been used to clean
the dishes.)

So, the question is, what's causing this and what can I do to fix it?

I guess that either the timer or the dispenser door wax motor is bad
and needs replacing. See these:

http://www.repairclinic.com/0088_9_1.asp#Level1_11

http://www.applianceaid.com/soap-door.html#open

--
Luke
__________________________________________________ _________________
"This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of theocracy."
-- Christopher Shays (R-CT), March, 2005