How can I fix my indesit d63 dishwasher?

A common problem with dishwashers - we still have the D63 - is the water level indicator tube gets blocked. This is a transparent tube that runs from the drainage bowl in the dishwasher (where the trash filter sits) to the right hand side of the machine (as you face it ie the side with rotary controller knob) loops up low down on the side of the machine and then goes to the air pressure switch clipped to the side at the bottom of the machine.
To get at this you have to take the side of the machine off then you can clearly see the transparent tube and the air pressure switch. You can remove the transparent tube from the switch and blow through it. It should be clear and bubble any water left in the drain bowl. If it is blocked then clear it - the blockage will be at the drain bowl end. You can also blow into the air pressure switch and you should hear it click. It goes without saying that you have unpluged or disconnected the machine.
If the switch clicks and the tube is clear then you can run the machine and it will fill correctly and run through its cycle properly without spilling soapy water all over the floor or stopping partway though a cycle and never reaching the end. The water will flow into the machine, it will pressurise the air in the tube as the water level rises until the pressure switch triggers telling it that it has the right level of water in the machine and that it can proceed with the next part of its cycle.

All in all this is not a good machine, apart from the occaisional mechanical problem which you could forgive it if it washed the dishes well. It does not. It generally takes what is on the dishes and distributes it onto all the dishes in the machine. This means that instead of everything being uniformly clean it is uniformly dirty.
I would not recommend this machine - that's putting it kindly!

Andrew Parsons
September 2017

Hi,
My dishwasher doesn't fill,
I've just turned mine on its side, opened the bottom panel, and the float switch and polystyrene overflow unit both fell out.
Nothing was screwed down, just loose..I can't find where to put them.
Do they go together. .?
If so...where and how?

neil
December 2015

water overheat then trips electric

stephen
February 2011

my d63 dishwasher keeps blowing the circuit breaker during a cycle?

cameron
November 2010

We have had trouble with our dishwasher and have found out what goes wrong. There is a short tower with holes in it in the dishwasher, this is the overfill overflow outlet and leads directly into the bottom tray where there is float switch that will disable the dishwasher. While this may save your kitchen floor from getting wet, there is nowhere for the water to go and it partially immerses the main pump motor that can cause it to fail. We have replaced ours twice.

What to do:
You can tip the machine onto its side which will empty the bottom tray. This should let the float switch down and the machine should work.
However water will continue to seep down the overflow and it will probably happen again.
To fix the problem turn the machine over on its side, take off the bottom tray and find the underside of the overflow. The big spring that holds the main pump motor is attached to it. You will find that there are two outlets from it, one of them has a long rubber tube attached to it. Loosen this tube from its path and connect the free end back to the other outlet of the overflow. This will make a closed loop and no water will be able to enter the base tray.
Apparently the newer models of the D63 do not have the overflow - it still has the pillar as it holds the spring for the pump moter butit doesn't have any holes in it. Er, draw your own conclusions!

Andrew Parsons
October 2007

We have had trouble with our dishwasher and have found out what goes wrong. There is a short tower with holes in it in the dishwasher, this is the overfill overflow outlet and leads directly into the bottom tray where there is float switch that will disable the dishwasher. While this may save your kitchen floor from getting wet, there is nowhere for the water to go and it partially immerses the main pump motor that can cause it to fail. We have replaced ours twice.

What to do:
You can tip the machine onto its side which will empty the bottom tray. This should let the float switch down and the machine should work.
However water will continue to seep down the overflow and it will probably happen again.
To fix the problem turn the machine over on its side, take off the bottom tray and find the underside of the overflow. The big spring that holds the main pump motor is attached to it. You will find that there are two outlets from it, one of them has a long rubber tube attached to it. Loosen this tube from its path and connect the free end back to the other outlet of the overflow. This will make a closed loop and no water will be able to enter the base tray.
Apparently the newer models of the D63 do not have the overflow - it still has the pillar as it holds the spring for the pump moter butit doesn't have any holes in it. Er, draw your own conclusions!

Andrew Parsons
October 2007