Detectives,
Last night I ran a perfectly normal load in my Miele DW. Used one Electrasol 2-in-1 tab on a (previously "rinse and hold") load and used the "Economy" cycle. I was at the other end of the kitchen folding laundry as the machine was completing it's cycle. I had gotten used to the rythmic rapid "whoosh whoosh" as the water struck the inside of a Rubbermaid plastic pitcher in the bottom rack. The machine drained, and filled for final rinse. The spray action started,and after a few minutes, I heard the "clunk" that indicated that the rinse aid dispenser had shot its load into the hot, wet interior (..where was I going with this tale??!). Almost immediately, I noticed the "whoosh whoosh" got slower and slower, and the pump was making that aspirating sound that it makes when it's sucking air at the final dregs of rinsing. It really sounded weird, and I thought "this ain't no two-speed dishwasher!" So I opened the door, and was met with suds up past the bottom of the lower rack! The suds didn't quickly dissipate when I opened the door; it was as if someone had squirted Dawn in there! I closed the door, and let it do it's thing for a few more seconds to see if the suds would "magically" clear, or if Miele had some sort of clever sub-routine built in that would drain and refill the machine, like it's washers do in an oversudsing condition. Well,to no-one's surprise, this didn't happen, so I opened the door and added the better part of a box of table salt, which killed the suds almost immediately upon restart. The regular rythmic "whoosh-whoosh" proceeded. The hour was late, and I was exhausted, so I left the situation for in the morning, when I knew I'd just re-wash the dishes on "short" cycle to remove the dried-on salt, which I did.
The short cycle, run without any detergent, removed the salt and all was again well. My question is, if the machine didn't oversuds during the wash part of the cycle, why did it oversuds during the final rinse cycle right after the rinse agent dispenser shot its wad? The machine is using Cascade rinse aid, setting of 3. It's never done this before. Did the rinse aid dispenser just foul up and shoot like 4 or 5 loads of agent in there, causing the sudsing?
It would be mildly disappointing to think that I had a bad rinse aid dispenser in a not-yet two year old TOL dishwasher.
Last night I ran a perfectly normal load in my Miele DW. Used one Electrasol 2-in-1 tab on a (previously "rinse and hold") load and used the "Economy" cycle. I was at the other end of the kitchen folding laundry as the machine was completing it's cycle. I had gotten used to the rythmic rapid "whoosh whoosh" as the water struck the inside of a Rubbermaid plastic pitcher in the bottom rack. The machine drained, and filled for final rinse. The spray action started,and after a few minutes, I heard the "clunk" that indicated that the rinse aid dispenser had shot its load into the hot, wet interior (..where was I going with this tale??!). Almost immediately, I noticed the "whoosh whoosh" got slower and slower, and the pump was making that aspirating sound that it makes when it's sucking air at the final dregs of rinsing. It really sounded weird, and I thought "this ain't no two-speed dishwasher!" So I opened the door, and was met with suds up past the bottom of the lower rack! The suds didn't quickly dissipate when I opened the door; it was as if someone had squirted Dawn in there! I closed the door, and let it do it's thing for a few more seconds to see if the suds would "magically" clear, or if Miele had some sort of clever sub-routine built in that would drain and refill the machine, like it's washers do in an oversudsing condition. Well,to no-one's surprise, this didn't happen, so I opened the door and added the better part of a box of table salt, which killed the suds almost immediately upon restart. The regular rythmic "whoosh-whoosh" proceeded. The hour was late, and I was exhausted, so I left the situation for in the morning, when I knew I'd just re-wash the dishes on "short" cycle to remove the dried-on salt, which I did.
The short cycle, run without any detergent, removed the salt and all was again well. My question is, if the machine didn't oversuds during the wash part of the cycle, why did it oversuds during the final rinse cycle right after the rinse agent dispenser shot its wad? The machine is using Cascade rinse aid, setting of 3. It's never done this before. Did the rinse aid dispenser just foul up and shoot like 4 or 5 loads of agent in there, causing the sudsing?
It would be mildly disappointing to think that I had a bad rinse aid dispenser in a not-yet two year old TOL dishwasher.
