how can i fix my zanussi electrolux dx6453?

No cold water getting in to washer to wash dishes water is flowing to
Washer what can be wrong

Frank Heavey
September 2013

hi, did exactly what julian & rob s, said !! and job done thanks guys

Andy A
February 2012

I have just had a similar experience .. no heating of the water ...

Rather than bothering to take everything apart and checking the heater I went for the main circuit board first .. easy to get to .. open the door and remove the 5 or 6 screws from the inside of the door that hold the plastic top front panel on the door.

The panel then lifts out and the circuit board accessed as described above.

I too found a burnt track (a different one to the above?) .. bridged by soldering on a wire and hey presto one working dishwasher .. a 15 minute job.

Hope that helps someone ..

Julian
January 2010

Just fixed mine - hurrah!
Symptoms were gradually becoming more unreliable in heating water, i.e. cold and wet after wash.
Took advice from this site - I'm repeating the main solution I received but adding more detail to get to the problem areas.
Removed right hand side (from front), after unplugging of course.
(Need to remove lid - two screws at back and slides back and lifts, Remove front bottom panel - Drop door to bottom and crawl underneath and remove two inset screws, Remove side - obvious screws, 4 or 5 off)
Checked heater unit continuity (behind pump in base). Unplug two wire plug to heater and checked continuity on terminals in connector of heater - mine was approx 25 ohms). I'm guessing if open-circuit then heater is faulty.
As this looked ok I then removed both front panels - lots of screws from the inside of the door - You might only need to remove the top front panel but I removed both to give easier access to the controller panel - longer free cable lengths meant more easier access.
In the top panel (the switch panel), unclipped (4 clips) the main controller box (on right-hand side). The controller is hinged, pry open slightly while unclipping a further 4 clips. Carefully open controller - it has a delicate fexi-cable connecting two boards. Unplug 6 off connectors to free it from front panel. These are awkward as they are captive but the plastic holding each connector can be gently pried clear to remove each, (make a diagram of where they go before removal!)
I removed both boards by prying them out from more plastic retaining lugs but you only really need to remove the "connector board". I removed both boards to avoid excessive strain on the flexi. Turning over the "connector board" showed the track which goes to the thickest Orange wire from the controller - which I think feeds the heater, this was discoloured. This connection was from beneath the large black relay. I re-soldered this terminal connection and added a thicker wire along the thinnest part of the track. After re-assembly the dishwasher now appears to work reliably. I am not a genuine repairer just a fairly reasonable DIY'er who hates to throw things out due to minor faults.
Hope this is of use.

Rob S
September 2008

main pcb or element faulty??.no easy way of testing without multimeter

ck
January 2008