We were pretty happy with the appliances that came with our house. The stainless-steel finishes add a nice touch to our kitchen. We get a lot of comments about them from our guests.
Fortunately for they don’t get a whiff of our Bosch dishwasher. While its got a spiffy stainless-steel look and is one of the quietest dishwashers I’ve ever heard, it has a B.O. problem.
Due to an apparent design flaw in the Bosch models, water collects in the bottom of the dishwasher – where it festers to the point of being knock-you-over stinky. Even one day after running it! There doesn’t seem to be any real solution to the problem other than spiking the remaining water with some bacteria-killing concoction or replacing the unit altogether.
A Google Search on “stinky Bosch” shows thousands of hits on the problem (like this one, for instance). Be wary of Bosch dishwashers!
There is a thread where they talk about adding a high loop to fix the problem. Have you checked to see if yours has the loop?
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/appl/msg030018541011.html
(The picture in the thread is not really a high loop – you want it to go up as high as possible.)
Also is the water visible? Does it appear right after a wash or over time?
Ron
Yep, I’ve checked for the loop. Its there, and appears to be high enough. I’ve got the install guide, though, and will look through it again to see if anything is out of place.
Is the water visible? If so, does it appear right after a wash or over time?
That link I gave you has a schematic of the pump area and it shows a non-return valve right at the exit to the pump. I could see this slowly leaking and the water trapped in the hose being allowed to return back through the pump into the dishwasher.
The water remains in the bottom of the tub. It is always there. Its a new washer, so its hard to believe something might be broken already. Also, I checked the drain hose and its hanging over a foot above the disposal intake.
I have to think its simply how this dishwasher is designed. There doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to fix it.
Perhaps they left out the non-return valve during assembly ( or installed it backwards – probably made in China like most everything else these days) or they got a defective batch of valves? If you disconnect the hose at the disposal and pour water into the hose while holding it up does the water stay or drain down?
How much water are we talking about? Closer to 1/8 inch or closer to 1 inch?
Is the drain higher than the floor of the dishwasher? (Sort of like NYC builds their storm drains?) Might be possible to fill the bottom with a layer fiberglass.
Wonder how the pump knows tro stop pumping? Is there a float switch somewhere that’s misadjusted?