Do it yourself dishwasher maintenance

Do it yourself tips on how to clean the sump of a dishwasher.

White film, grit, and grime are problems I've been having with our Kenmore Ultra dishwasher the last couple of days. After doing some online research, I found the likely causes were hard water, too much detergent, and screen or filter problems. It looked to me like the problems were more like filtering problems because I had what looked like dirty water bypassing somewhere in the dishwasher being applied to the dishes. So I decided I would clean the sump in the bottom of the dishwasher to see if that would cure the problem.

Video covers removal of the parts in the dishwasher necessary to access the sump in the bottom of the dishwasher. From my research online, I learned that this type of maintenance should work on Whirlpool and Kitchenaid dishwashers also.