Dishwasher drains into sink

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posted by ericamerca on Dec 31, 2007

Hello I have an older dishwasher that drains into a spout in the sink but then the overflow runs into our garbage disposal. Just recently it started to drain into the sink. The sink overflow is supposed to drain into the sink but, leaks all over the counters and floors. Is there a simple solution? Before I start removing hoses that may be cloged with food I thought I would ask. Your assistance is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eric

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Posted by bbrooke on Jun 06, 2008

I've got a one year old dishwasher that has just started doing something similar. There is drain air gap on the sink that is connected to the dishwasher. Water started spilling out if it this morning as the dishwasher was going through the rinse cycle, spilling water all over the counters and onto the floor. I've taken off the stainless housing and popped the top of the plastic drain air gap off to clean it out (as recommended in my dishwasher manual), but there wasn't anything to clean out. So for now I have just turned the stainless housing over the drain air gap so that it is facing the sink so the water will *hopefully* just drain there rather than all over the counters and floor. Any suggestions as to what to do next?

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posted on Jan 01, 2008

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im going to try to help but cant quite understand what your talking about is this a portable or built in washer just reply it will e mail me

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