I’m starting to get VERY frustrated trying to repair our Maytag dishwasher. Here’s the rundown…
Model: Maytag Dishwasher MDB-6650AWS
Condition: No water coming into unit at beginning of cycle
Actions so far: Replaced the water inlet valve with a brand-new unit
Someone suggested I run a hose off the old water inlet valve and run it into a bucket as the machine is cycling to see if the valve was drawing water. No water.
I replaced the valve with a brand-new one and again ran it into a bucket. Same result: No water.
At the beginning of the cycle, the machine makes the same sounds as it always does, except that no water goes into the unit. I let it run for quite a long time into its cycle this time (about 20 minutes), till the soap tray opened. When I opened the unit, it was dry.
A Clue (?): As the machine was cycling in the beginning, I toggled the overflow float valve (or whatever it’s called) up and down, on and off, and this seemed to have no effect on the water inlet cycle; it just kept on buzzing along as though water was coming into the machine at the beginning of the cycle.
This cannot be that difficult. I have worked on cars for forty years, very successfully.
Would somebody be so kind as to tell me what to check, or send me a link on how to correctly diagnose this problem and get it fixed once and for all. I feel my lifeline shortening by the second. Thank you.