Bosch Dishwasher SGS 5342GB/17

It is stopping at different times through the cycle (eg with the clock
showing 42 mins , 27 mins ) and making a sucking noise . when opened
there is no water in the cabinet, although i've had the side off and
checked there is water flowing through the bit that gets gunged up ,
the and watched water flowing in at the start of the cycle, and there
has been some cleaning /rinsing going on until it stops.
when i press the reset button combination at the front the timer goes
to zero but the noise doesn't stop - that only stops when i open the
cabinet door.

its as if there is a solenoid that intermittently isnt opening and
stopping the flow of water round the system , or the PCB/ EPROM has
failed.

the machine is about 10 years old. Is it worth getting it fixed ?

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:11:34 -0700, paul wrote:

Bosch Dishwasher SGS 5342GB/17

It is stopping at different times through the cycle (eg with the clock
showing 42 mins , 27 mins ) and making a sucking noise . when opened
there is no water in the cabinet, although i've had the side off and
checked there is water flowing through the bit that gets gunged up , the
and watched water flowing in at the start of the cycle, and there has
been some cleaning /rinsing going on until it stops. when i press the
reset button combination at the front the timer goes to zero but the
noise doesn't stop - that only stops when i open the cabinet door.

its as if there is a solenoid that intermittently isnt opening and
stopping the flow of water round the system , or the PCB/ EPROM has
failed.

the machine is about 10 years old. Is it worth getting it fixed ?

How about a stuck float? Not dropping when the water is all gone, so the
pump carries on running?



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On 26/08/2011 10:11, paul wrote:
Bosch Dishwasher SGS 5342GB/17

It is stopping at different times through the cycle (eg with the clock
showing 42 mins , 27 mins ) and making a sucking noise . when opened
there is no water in the cabinet, although i've had the side off and
checked there is water flowing through the bit that gets gunged up ,
the and watched water flowing in at the start of the cycle, and there
has been some cleaning /rinsing going on until it stops.
when i press the reset button combination at the front the timer goes
to zero but the noise doesn't stop - that only stops when i open the
cabinet door.

When you open the cabinet door - is water dribbling out of the jets or
could the noise be the drain pump? If it's the drain pump, then you've
probably got a leak and the external water detector is stopping the
machine and pumping all the water out. In which case there's another
thread from a week or so ago.

its as if there is a solenoid that intermittently isnt opening and
stopping the flow of water round the system , or the PCB/ EPROM has
failed.

the machine is about 10 years old. Is it worth getting it fixed ?

If you can work out what's wrong and do it yourself, then possibly, but
if you have to call someone out then quite possibly not.

Ours stopped working recently, but it displayed an error code telling me
that it was the heater circuit. I took a look and found that the heater
had gone open circuit. I could have bought a replacement online for less
than 30 quid. As it happened, my dad had one off a different machine in
his garage, identical except for the length of stainless tubing that it
is welded to - so I sawed a length off the old tube and bought 3" of
silcon hose and some jubilee clips from the local "performance" car shop
and voila a replacment for next to nothing!

SteveW