Miele G 803 Problem solving guide, The dishes are not, clean, Tea, coffee, or lipstick, stained

Problem solving guide

Problem	Possible cause	Remedy
The dishes are not	The program selected	Select a more intensive
clean.	was not strong enough.	program; see the “Pro-
		gram chart” for guide-
		lines.
	The spray arm jets are	Clean the spray arms,
	clogged.	see “Cleaning the spray
		arms”.
	The combination filter in-	Clean and/or reseat the
	side the dishwasher is not	filter, see “Cleaning the
	clean or not inserted cor-	dishwasher filters”.
	rectly.
	The spray arms are	Rearrange dishes so that
	blocked.	spray arms rotate freely.
	The drain pump or	See “Cleaning the drain
	non-return valve may be	pump and non-return
	blocked.	valve”.
	Too little water may be	See “Checking the water
	entering the dishwasher.	level” and increase the
		water intake time if neces-
		sary.
Tea, coffee, or lipstick	The selected wash tem-	Select a program with a
stains have not been	perature was too low.	higher wash temperature.
completely removed.	Old or non-chlorinated	Use fresh detergent con-
	detergent was used.	taining chlorine.
Plastic items are	Natural dyes from carrots,	Use an adequate amount
stained.	tomatoes or ketchup may	of detergent containing
	stain plastics. The amount	chlorine. See “Adding de-
	or type of detergent used	tergent”.
	was not strong enough to
	deal with these dyes.
There are smears on	The rinse aid dosage set-	Reduce the dosage. See
glasses and cutlery, or a	ting is too high.	“Adding rinse aid”.
bluish sheen on the sur-
face of glasses. The film
can be wiped off by
hand.

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