Posted: Fri May 19th, 2006 07:35 pm

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Monisa714 Lurking at the Threshold   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Flavorite Brew:  Status:  Offline

My son put an entire bottle of dishwashing liquid soap in the dishwasher. First, of course, I sopped up as much bubbles from the floor and inside the dishwasher as I could. I then poured cold water into the dishwasher and let the dishwasher run it's drain cycle for about 10 times. Since I didn't have any oil, I used sticks of butter. I put 2 sticks of butter in the dishwasher (it still had plenty of soap and bubbles in it), and allowed it to run it's usual cycle. The bubbles dissapeared completly. After that, I added vinegar and allowed the dishwasher to run another cycle. Problem solved, but not without headache. Thnx all for your posts and suggestions, I now know what to do if this happens again!

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Posted: Tue Jul 4th, 2006 03:06 pm

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big d Lurking at the Threshold   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Flavorite Brew:  Status:  Offline	Wow.   Thanks a million.  The cooking oil trick really worked.    I love the internet.  Got a problem.  Find a solution.  BRAVO.   Big D (I was going to try to bar of soap idea...but the little curly but hair thing pushed me in another direction)
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Posted: Mon Jul 24th, 2006 05:17 am

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not so handy man Lurking at the Threshold   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Flavorite Brew:  Status:  Offline	I put too much non-HE detergent in my front-load clothes washer (Maytag Neptune).   The excessive suds fools something in the machine and it won't complete the cycle.   I didn't want to put cooking oil in the machine, so I mixed vinegar and water and that killed all the suds.   It's running again now. hopefully that is the end of it.   I don't want another repair bill.
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Posted: Wed Aug 2nd, 2006 08:08 pm

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bignickh Lurking at the Threshold   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Flavorite Brew:  Status:  Offline	im 18 and new to dish washers, when i put dishwashing liquid on my hat(to clean it) and put that in dishwasher 20 mintues later soap suds went out of dish washer&all over kitchen, i cleaned all that up my mom cleaned up dishwasher but is dishwasher still gonna work??? please explain everything
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Posted: Thu Nov 9th, 2006 06:04 am

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Aussie Andy Lurking at the Threshold   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Flavorite Brew:  Status:  Offline

Hiya.  I have a similar problem to the washing up detergent in the dishwasher, only a little more complex perhaps.  ( I am hoping easier). So last night my wife cleans the kitchen and puts a glass in the dishwasher that we were keeping the detergent in for the pans.  Obviously we got the big bubble problem.  I cleaned up the mess and noticed that the bottom was empty, so let it continue to run.  Several hours later, I woke up and went into the kitchen to notice that the dishwasher pump was still running.  I can only turn it off at the wall switch and have tried both vinegar and vegetable oil.  The drain pump is working well, and I have flushed the dishwasher with about 40 litres of water (10 gal). Now Im flummoxed.  Anyone got any ideas?  There is not a drain valve visible in the dishwasher.  It is an Australian design Dishlex Global 300.   Andy

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Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2006 12:59 am

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wordteacher Lurking at the Threshold   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Flavorite Brew:  Status:  Offline	The oil did the trick. I glopped some in my dishwasher after my bf put regular dishwashing detergent in the dishwasher. It is clear and running properly now. Thanks.
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