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title: "Dishwasher drain and pump repair"
description: "Electrolux dishwasher drain and pump repair: standing water in the bottom, or a cycle that ends with the load still wet and dirty."
url: "https://electroluxmiami.support/services/dishwasher-drain-and-pump-repair/"
date_modified: "2026-09-11"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Electrolux dishwasher drain and pump repair

### One test separates maintenance from repair

Run a cycle with the filter assembly removed. If the water goes away, the filter and the glass trap were the whole story and this was maintenance. If it still stands, the problem is past the filter — the pump, the impeller, the hose or an air gap — and that is a repair. This maker names the glass trap specifically in its own i40 article, which tells you how often it is the answer.

What this involves

i40 is the maker's own code and it points at the filter first

Water standing with the filter out is what makes this a repair

One platform behind both models, so the parts are predictable

Clear the filter and the glass trap by hand

No tools, and this maker names the glass trap specifically. Rinse both under a hot tap and run a cycle empty before judging anything.

Check whether water stands with the filter removed

That single test separates maintenance from repair, and it takes one cycle.

Work the drain path outward

Sump, pump, hose, high loop or air gap, and the disposal connection last. A blocked disposal knockout is a genuine and frequent cause that has nothing to do with the appliance.

### Why does the filter fill so fast here?

Two reasons, neither of them the machine. Manufacturers now tell people not to pre-rinse, so more solid food reaches the sump, and this county's water leaves scale on the mesh for everything else to cling to.

### Is standing water always a problem?

No. A small amount in the sump is by design and keeps the seals wet. Water above the filter after a completed cycle is not.

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