The short answer for the F models
On the AEG-Electrolux F dishwasher models, water that will not leave the machine leads somewhere the brand-generic article does not put first — the sink plumbing itself is blocked. The brand-generic ordering opens instead with this: debris in the filter and the sump. It moves down behind the lead here, because this family is a short run on a common stem, so its behaviour is consistent in a way the brand as a whole is not.
What you observe on these models
- It started right after work was done at the sink — A new disposal, a new trap or a moved hose is the most common trigger there is.
- Water comes back into the machine after it has drained — That is siphoning or a backflow, not a failure to pump.
- A pool of water in the bottom at the end of every cycle — Enough to cover the sump and the filter, and it does not go down on its own.
- NEAR MISS — water is on the floor rather than in the machine — That is a leak, and the leak page is the one to read.
Causes, most likely first on the F family
- The sink plumbing itself is blocked — The machine shares its drain with the sink. Ranked first on the F models.
- Debris in the filter and the sump — Labels, seeds, bones and broken glass collect exactly where the water leaves. Second.
- The waste connection behind the joinery — A built-in machine drains through a hose clipped up behind the cabinet into a spigot on the sink trap. Third.
- The drain pump has failed — Every other item here is cheaper, faster and more often the answer, and a silent pump is the only real evidence for this one. Last, and that is the point of the order.
- Body: The spine for the F family records 6 model codes built on a common stem — a short run rather than a long one, which is why a single ordering covers all of them. Where this departs from the brand-generic ordering: the cause that moves up on these models is this one — the sink plumbing itself is blocked — and the brand-generic lead moves down behind it.
Check in this order on the F models, and why
- Open the cupboard next to the machine and find the drain spigot — First: The whole drain path on a built-in machine is hidden, so it has to be looked at deliberately rather than glanced at.
- Fill the sink and watch how fast it empties — Second: If the sink is slow, the machine was never going to drain, and you have just saved yourself the whole rest of the list.
- Pull the machine out far enough to see the drain hose run — Third: Look for a crush behind the cabinet, a missing high loop and a hose pushed too far into the standpipe.
Before you open anything
Safety
Isolate the machine at the breaker and close the supply valve before touching a hose or a panel: a capacitor holds its charge past the switch, and the sump still holds water when the cycle has finished. Gloves on — that water is caustic — and never tape or wedge the door catch to watch a cycle.
Models covered by the F family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| F45078I-M | aeg-electrolux:dishwasher:f |
| F65478VI-S | aeg-electrolux:dishwasher:f |
| F89078VI-M | aeg-electrolux:dishwasher:f |
| F89078VI-S | aeg-electrolux:dishwasher:f |
| F89088VI-M | aeg-electrolux:dishwasher:f |
| F89088VI-S | aeg-electrolux:dishwasher:f |
When to call a technician
Call when the filter and sump are clean, the sink drains freely, the hose runs without a crush and has a high loop, and the machine still finishes with water in it — that puts the fault at the valve or the pump, both under the sump. Call rather than continue if a glass has broken in the machine and you can see fragments in the sump, because clearing those blind is how people get cut. On the F models the line sits where the check stops being one you can make from outside the cabinet. Top the consumables up and run one more cycle before you book.
Other symptoms covered for the F family
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