Cleaning a Viking dishwasher's horizontal filter

Any chance you put it on self-clean? I had a similar experience many years ago. I seem to remember a scorched pizza because the self-clean door lock wouldn't release. Don't remember what caused it though. (That's a shame about the cake!)

Suggest that you pour a cup of CLR in dishwasher and let stand over night. SHOULD desolve the build up.

Hi,
The only filters are a screen which will not filter the sand out...
I would consider installing a "whole house" filter that would catch that as it comes into your house.
Unfortunately it is too late for your dishwasher which will be hard to clean the sand out of...

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make sure the drain line is clear including air gap also filters and spray arms! Get Lemi-Shine and follow the directions on the product on how to clean and maintain your dishwasher with it.

I took the motor out of the range hood. There is a set screw holding the squirrel cage fan in place which I unscrewed enough to slide the fan part off. I then boiled the part in a deep pan with lots of dish soap. I then brushed away the remaining debris. Avoid using dishwasher detergent which is effective but seems to erode the aluminum.

It does remove. I had a serious amount of lime build up that was making it difficult.

Maybe . . . remove the lower rack and invert it. Look for cracked or missing plastic coating, exposed, rusted & possibly "swollen" inner steel rod/wire. If found, remove the upper rack and look for more of the same. What you think is "soap scum" is probably rust and other iron compounds leached by the dish soap out of the rusted steel onto the dishes and the dishwasher interior. The following worked for me . . .

To clean the interior (with both racks removed), set to "No Heat" dry, then "Pot & Pan" wash and allow to fill. Open door, dump in a bottle of "Lime A-Way", close & latch door and allow to complete cycle. This should remove most rust and iron-sulphate deposits from interior. If not, scrub them with Lime A-Way and a ScotchBrite pad, then cycle again.

Racks must be replaced (Viking are very expensive, Asko, Bosch, or other lower racks may fit: check your neighbors' racks for fit), upper rack must be Viking unless you can exact-match the Asko or Bosch equivalent.

Possible fix: remove the loose plastic coating and flaking rust with a knife, ruff plastic coating with ScotchBrite, clean with rubbing alcohol, then treat metal/rust with "rust converter" (hardware or home imp store), wash with soapy water, rinse, then clean with rubbing alcohol, dry fully, coat with "high temp" (orange or yellow) silicone sealant (auto part store), covering exposed metal and a half inch or so over the plastic coating. Let set for a day or two.

A trip through the dishwasher for all your stained stainless, glasses and non-metallic coated or non-metallic decorated dishes with Lime A-Way as above (on new or "rebuilt" racks) should get the metallic scum and rust off them.

Yes there is the Water Div valve, it diverts the water between the wash arms.

there's a filter at the bottom of the inside of the washer. remove the rack and spray arm and you can get to the filter and clean it out. once cleaned you will notice a difference after each cycle.

To clean this is little bit tricky.You have to open 2 screws on the oval screen filter which located close to the back wall inside the dishwasher.When you take the filter off you be able to reach inside this compartment by hand and clean it. If after this dishwasher still makes some noise than you call technician.

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