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Old 04-04-2014, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by fb32162 View Post
we have the original ge dishwasher (4yrs old) that has stopped draining. The sink drains fine and we have run the disposal but that hasn't fixed the problem. We can't find a filter in the dishwasher to clean and the manual doesn't mentioned one. Any suggestions as to how to fix the darn thing?
dishwashers don't drain like a kitchen sink. Rather than draining by gravity, dishwashers have a pump that pushes the water into the kitchen drain thru the garbage disposal (if you have a disposal). I would guess your pump is out of order.