Whirlpool Dishwasher Overflowing

I’ve done some troubleshooting, but need some advice. Here’s a repeatable scenario:

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*]Start "Rinse Only" cycle
*]Dishwasher starts filling (after "sensing")
*]If open door (before cycle rinse cycle begins), diswasher keeps filling while door is open
*]Eventually rinsing begins, but filling continues
*]Water overflows
*]Press Cancel and water will stop filling (and cycle ends)
*]Water is drained via pump[/LIST]I’ve tested the float switch for continuity and it appears to be working normally. BTW, if I trigger the switch while filling, the water does not stop filling. I’d suspect the valve, but it actually seems to be working normal with cycle start/cancel. Perhaps a circuit board issue??

Thoughts anyone?

Here are your parts
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/modelsearch.aspx?model=GU1500

You seem to be missing a few digits at the end of your model number.

I agree with you that it does sound like the water valve is being turned on and then sticking open…
De-activating the float switch should shut the water valve off even if the control board is supplying power to it, same goes for the door switches. so I doubt that the board is your problem.

What you could do to double check this, is to measure the voltage across the water valve when running (120 volts). Then de-activate the float switch, if the voltage drops to 0 but water keeps running then the valve is toast for sure.

Many thanks! I’ll do the voltage test this evening and report back.

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I’m still not sure of the model number, but the part number on my valve switch is 319781 (from the label).

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Correction: Part number is 8268590.

Here’s the link to the part:
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/Appliance-Parts/whirlpool-valve--water-inlet-item-number-ap3178610.aspx?pn_=8268590