Dishwasher I have an AEG favorit 40660i and the water is not getting hot. I suspect it might be the element but do you have any info in changing the element?

Hi,
Check your heating element..
A bad heating element causes many problems in dishwashers...

Dishwasher Problems The Heating Element not Working
How to Replace the Dishwasher Heating Element
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Hi,
Check your heating element..
A bad heating element causes many problems in dishwashers...

Dishwasher Problems The Heating Element not Working
How to Replace the Dishwasher Heating Element
Dishwasher Maintenance

heatman101

Asker's Testimonial " explanation very clear. will give it a go and seehow simple it was. thanks Ronnie " - ronnieshomes

If the water isn't getting hot, then either the water inlet valve that opens the hot water is faulty or the heating element that heats the machine may be bad.

Hi,
Check your heating element..

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The bottom "Y" 3 point hose at the bottom connected to main motor is of poor quality and does have 3 wire clamps. The hose does perforate and small pin hole causes water at the bottom to trigger the anti flood system with warning lights flashing and pump motor on ...

Anti flood system triggered that puts the machiene in pump out mode. This machiene has a poor quality "Y" pipe at the bottom that is prone to pin holes in the pipe due to poor quality and extremely thin. The pin holes cause a small amount of water to activate the Anti flood micro switch on the polystireen float at the bottom of the washer.

1 st change the useless hubby !! Get a good hubby who can check the element (sound like it is open circuit) with an ohm meter. This will show a few ohm's is the element is fine and infinity if the element is open circuit.

This could be the electrical element (some use the old traditional element and some (later models) use inductive heater coupled in line with the hose feeding the top sprayer arm. A test with an Ohm meter should indicate if the element is open circuit.

The water is heated via a "inductive heater" and not the usual heating elements. This heating device is at the bottom back of the dishwasher and is a cyliderical +/- 15 cm long metal tube. It can easly be removed by the wire clamps at each end. It does have electrical push on connector that just plugs out. If the electrical connections are good I suggest you replace it with a new one (if you can get one).

usaully water temperature is the major reason why a dishwasher takes longer this could be due to the water tank.To verify this open hot water valve and let it run on your hand and count the seeconds it takes to get so hot your hand has to pull out. Between 10 to 20 sec normal, 20 to 30 means dishwasher has to heat it up and this takes longer but acceptable. 30 to 60 this would really impact the time of your cycles. Now regarding the sauce pans this surprises me this could be the dishwasher internal water heater which would let be belive that water level is too low or even absent you need to let it fill up and while it is operating stop it open the door and see if water covers the heater. I do recomend that you schedule a technical service expert to verify your unit