I have a similar dishwasher which is model DW80R7060US and it’s not getting hot. I can’t find a heating element to see if that’s the problem. In your video you said there’s no heater. How does it heat up and get steamy when it’s done? I don’t know what to check.
Yeah so regular old school dishwashers had a big heating element just raised up circling the whole bottom of the dishwasher below the bottom rack and that did the heating and drying, but it would also melt plastics in the bottom rack, so the new ones all have the shitty room temperature air drying, but you still need a water heater to keep the water super hot so from what I understand (I have not investigated it myself) there should be a tiny water heating element in the very center under the screen in the drain/filter area. I would see if that burnt out or if it has any sort of fuse or something. If you figure it out it would be good to report back in case mine breaks next!
@ Thank you, I’ll look into that. I found out how to do a test cycle which after 5 minutes gave me a code “Ot” which means the test was successful. This makes things even more confusing. 😔
I have a DW80M9960US with two of the same problems. The leaking seal allowed the motor to become corroded exactly as in your DW80R9950US. it leaks from the same corner also. I also took the front door panel off so I could observe the leak. Water comes out the right side to the right of the bottom seal just as you have shown. It only happens at certain times in the cycle. I didn't put a camera inside but as soon as water squirted out, I pulled open the door. It only happens when the waterwall is in its most forward position. It does appear that the rightmost nozzle is forcing water right into the corner because the water comes out as if under pressure and shoots over the right rim of stainless tub. To test this, I carved a 1/4" diameter wooden dowel and inserted it to block the rightmost nozzle. Then no water leaks at all. I suspect that there must be a reason this only happens on the right side. I am still investigating. If I find out why I will let you know.
Interesting, yeah I was worried that these might be standard problems. It could be just that the pump wears out and has less pressure so the stream sags more and misses the water wall deflector when it's all the way to the front? Yeah definitely curious if you pinpoint the exact issues, but if you don't find a better solution then definitely try putting something under the little foot on that right side of the nozzle arm like the nut I used and see if that fixes it. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I think I am beginning to understand why it only leaks in the right corner. I epoxied a 4-40 nut to the underside of the waterwall right in the center, then inserted a 4-40 screw so I could adjust the height of the waterwall. As I raised the height of the front, the rear went down but it made contact with the stainless steel bottom first on the left side. This happens because the left side is heavier because of a snap in plastic part measuring about 1.5" x 4.5". The fulcrum is the drive rail which then lifts the right side up leaving a gap. The second reason is related to pressure. On the left side there are five nozzles but the right side has only three nozzles. Both sides have three 0.175" diameter nozzles but the left side has two additional 0.194" diameter nozzles. However the distributor sends twice as much water to the left side vs the right. I calculated the nozzle area on the left side is about 10% smaller than the right so pressure and volume on the left side will be higher than on the right. I cannot post pictures of what I am doing here, but I started a thread on a web site called appliantology.org. The thread is in the DIY section. The title is of the thread is "Working on a Samsung DW80M9960US Dishwasher".
Thank you. Based in what I have learned I think I have a solution what will completely stop any water appearing as in your video. I used a piece of curved plastic from a 2 liter soda bottle to make a blade. I used two nylon screws to attach the blade to the under side of the waterwall on the inside surface of the rightmost tab. It is cut to match the slope of the tub bottom. It works much as a window wiper blade to block on any flow from going under the waterwall. I will post pictures of it on applianctology site later.
@@coricorgi2801 Nice. Mine is still leak free after just adding the nut to raise up the nozzle arm like I showed in the video so maybe yours is further degraded than mine if it needs all that? We'll see how long mine lasts until the next problem. It was bought the end of 2019 so it's not super new at this point but it seems like it goes for about a year between having some new issue pop up.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I have been attempting the same exact repair and have been struggling towards the end. I’m trying to reinstall the circular piece with the rubber gasket with the four screws and every time I screw it down it seems the rubber gasket does not sit flush. Do you have any advice for this portion?
Yeah that whole piece seems to just sort of float in there and then there's a plastic clip underneath that holds it down as well as the tube that comes out of the top and goes up to the top of the unit for the rotating sprayers I think help hold it down somewhat too, but the main thing is the white plastic clip underneath, see 9:48. Thanks for watching!
I have a similar dishwasher which is model DW80R7060US and it’s not getting hot. I can’t find a heating element to see if that’s the problem. In your video you said there’s no heater. How does it heat up and get steamy when it’s done? I don’t know what to check.
Yeah so regular old school dishwashers had a big heating element just raised up circling the whole bottom of the dishwasher below the bottom rack and that did the heating and drying, but it would also melt plastics in the bottom rack, so the new ones all have the shitty room temperature air drying, but you still need a water heater to keep the water super hot so from what I understand (I have not investigated it myself) there should be a tiny water heating element in the very center under the screen in the drain/filter area. I would see if that burnt out or if it has any sort of fuse or something. If you figure it out it would be good to report back in case mine breaks next!
@ Thank you, I’ll look into that. I found out how to do a test cycle which after 5 minutes gave me a code “Ot” which means the test was successful. This makes things even more confusing. 😔
I have a DW80M9960US with two of the same problems. The leaking seal allowed the motor to become corroded exactly as in your DW80R9950US. it leaks from the same corner also. I also took the front door panel off so I could observe the leak. Water comes out the right side to the right of the bottom seal just as you have shown. It only happens at certain times in the cycle. I didn't put a camera inside but as soon as water squirted out, I pulled open the door. It only happens when the waterwall is in its most forward position. It does appear that the rightmost nozzle is forcing water right into the corner because the water comes out as if under pressure and shoots over the right rim of stainless tub. To test this, I carved a 1/4" diameter wooden dowel and inserted it to block the rightmost nozzle. Then no water leaks at all.
I suspect that there must be a reason this only happens on the right side. I am still investigating. If I find out why I will let you know.
Interesting, yeah I was worried that these might be standard problems. It could be just that the pump wears out and has less pressure so the stream sags more and misses the water wall deflector when it's all the way to the front? Yeah definitely curious if you pinpoint the exact issues, but if you don't find a better solution then definitely try putting something under the little foot on that right side of the nozzle arm like the nut I used and see if that fixes it. Good luck and thanks for watching!
I think I am beginning to understand why it only leaks in the right corner. I epoxied a 4-40 nut to the underside of the waterwall right in the center, then inserted a 4-40 screw so I could adjust the height of the waterwall. As I raised the height of the front, the rear went down but it made contact with the stainless steel bottom first on the left side. This happens because the left side is heavier because of a snap in plastic part measuring about 1.5" x 4.5". The fulcrum is the drive rail which then lifts the right side up leaving a gap.
The second reason is related to pressure. On the left side there are five nozzles but the right side has only three nozzles. Both sides have three 0.175" diameter nozzles but the left side has two additional 0.194" diameter nozzles. However the distributor sends twice as much water to the left side vs the right. I calculated the nozzle area on the left side is about 10% smaller than the right so pressure and volume on the left side will be higher than on the right.
I cannot post pictures of what I am doing here, but I started a thread on a web site called appliantology.org. The thread is in the DIY section. The title is of the thread is "Working on a Samsung DW80M9960US Dishwasher".
@@coricorgi2801 Wow very thorough sleuthing, thanks for sharing.
Thank you. Based in what I have learned I think I have a solution what will completely stop any water appearing as in your video. I used a piece of curved plastic from a 2 liter soda bottle to make a blade. I used two nylon screws to attach the blade to the under side of the waterwall on the inside surface of the rightmost tab. It is cut to match the slope of the tub bottom. It works much as a window wiper blade to block on any flow from going under the waterwall. I will post pictures of it on applianctology site later.
@@coricorgi2801 Nice. Mine is still leak free after just adding the nut to raise up the nozzle arm like I showed in the video so maybe yours is further degraded than mine if it needs all that? We'll see how long mine lasts until the next problem. It was bought the end of 2019 so it's not super new at this point but it seems like it goes for about a year between having some new issue pop up.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I have been attempting the same exact repair and have been struggling towards the end. I’m trying to reinstall the circular piece with the rubber gasket with the four screws and every time I screw it down it seems the rubber gasket does not sit flush. Do you have any advice for this portion?
Yeah that whole piece seems to just sort of float in there and then there's a plastic clip underneath that holds it down as well as the tube that comes out of the top and goes up to the top of the unit for the rotating sprayers I think help hold it down somewhat too, but the main thing is the white plastic clip underneath, see 9:48. Thanks for watching!