Miele G 886 Problem solving guide, The dishes are not clean, Tea or lipstick stains, wiped off

Problem solving guide

Problem	Possible cause	Remedy
The dishes are not clean	The filter combination in	Clean and/or refit the filter
	the base of the wash cab-	combination correctly,
	inet is clogged or not cor-	Clean the spray arms,
	rectly seated.	see “Cleaning and care”.
	This may cause the spray
	arms jets to be blocked.
	The drain pump or	Clean the drain pump
	non-return valve may be	and the non-return valve,
	blocked.	see “Cleaning and care”.
Tea or lipstick stains	The wash temperature of	Select a program with a
have not been com-	the selected program was	higher wash temperature.
pletely removed	too low.
	The bleaching effect of	Use detergent containing
	the detergent used is too	chlorine.
	low.
White residue is visible	Not enough rinse aid was	Increase the dosage,
on cutlery and dishes,	used.	see “Before using for the
clouding occurs on		first time”.
glassware; film can be	The salt reservoir is	Add reactivation salt,
wiped off	empty.	see “Before using for the
		first time”.
	The salt reservoir cap	Refit it making sure it
	was not correctly	screws back on correctly.
	screwed on.
	The water softener is set	Program a higher setting,
	too low.	see “Before using for the
		first time”.
	Phosphate free detergent	Try detergent containing
	was used.	phosphate.

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