Water Inlet Valve

Turn off electrical power and water supply. 1. Remove floor access plate, 2.disconnect wire clip blocking right mounting screw being sure to depress release clip in the body of the clip, 3. remove 2 mounting screws using 5/16 open-end wrench, 4.Using needle nose pliers, move spring clip on water discharge hose away from valve body, 5. remove discharge hose, 6. pull valve assembly from under dishwasher, 7. disconnect second electrical contact from the side of the inlet valve,.8. remove water inlet hose from the valve and discard valve. Reverse this procedure for installation of new water inlet valve.

Removed dishwasher kick panel after removing 2 screws. Removed 2 screws holding top of dishwasher in place (at top front of dishwasher in counter or top sides of dishwasher). Pulled dishwasher forward slightly to get better access. Using small wrench, removed 2 sheet metal screws holding inlet assembly to dishwasher. Disconnected electric connector to part. Disconnected water supply with wrench. Disconnected water outlet connection using pliers to move retaining band out of way and then pulled off connecting tube. In removed assembly, used wrench to remove 90 degree inlet adapter. Installed new Teflon tape on inlet adapter and installed in new part. Reversed disassembly procedure to complete installation of new part.

Your probability analysis was on the money. (75% of the time it is the water inlet valve). The fix was pretty easy - pull the machine from under the counter, find the valve, replace same, push it back under the counter, wash some dishes. I have some aptitude and some common sense, but this was really pretty easy and quick. Advice to the less qualified: make sure you have all the right tools and take your time...... Call your brother in law as a last resort.

Saw the leak. Looked up the part. Part came 3 days later. Fixed in time from Christmas

UNSCREWED THE BOTTOM FRONT SKIRT OFF BY USING A NUT DRIVER. FOUND THE WATER INLET VALVE DRIPPING. PULLED THE SELONOID CONNECTION APART...A BIT HARD SO WIGGLE IT LOOSE. SHUT THE WATER VALVE OFF TO THE DISHWASHER. USED A NUT DRIVER TO UN-SCREW THE TWO SCREWS HOLDING THE ENTIRE WATER INLET VALVE / ASSEMBLY BRACKET. TRICKY TO GET THE RIGHT SCREW OUT. IT'S BEHIND ANOTHER SMALL ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. BEST TO PULL THAT ONE APART AS WELL OR DO WHAT I DID, USE A NUT DRIVER HOLDER WITH A SMALL SOCKET AND DO NOT PUT THE SOCKET ALL THE WAY ONTO THE DRIVER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE SOCKET TO GO OVER THE HEX SCREW HEAD ON AN ANGLE SO YOU CAN LOOSEN THIS SCREW. THE ASSEMBLY WILL THEN DROP DOWN. USE A LONG (10" LONG) NEEDLE NOSE PLIER TO SQUEEZE THE RUBBER HOSE ATTACHEMENT CLIP APART THEN PUSH IT BACK OFF THE TIP OF THE HOSE NOZZLE ADAPTER. NOW GRAB THE HOSE AND VALVE ASSEMBLY AND GIVE IT A GOOD HARD PULL SEPERATE THE RUBBER HOSE OFF THE ASSEMBLY...VOILA YOU HAVE THE LEAKY VALVE OFF. RECONNECT THE NEW UNIT IN THE SAME WAY AS YOU TOOK OUT THE OLD. TIP...MARK THE OLD WITH A MARKER SO YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE OLD ONE BACK...THEY LOOK THE SAME. THIS IS DONE WITHOUT PULLING THE MACHINE OUT FROM UNDER THE COUNTER TOP. NOT HARD TO DO, JUST TIGHT SPACE TO WORK WITH.

Remove bottom panel, remove 2 screws that hold valve that makes the parts to be removed easer to get at take off 2wires ,disconnect 3/8 water suply and with a small pair of channel lock pliers remove water outlet clamp. Install new water valve in reverse