The answer in three sentences
A leaking AEG-Electrolux F dishwasher deserves immediate attention, because a plumbed-in machine leaks into a space nobody can see. Water escapes at the door, on the fill side under mains pressure, on the drain side under pump pressure, or from the tub itself. Each shows up somewhere different and at a different moment, and that is what separates them. The table below names six models under this family key. They are near enough alike that the fault presents the same way on each; the divergence is in part numbers rather than in how you find it.
Where and when the water shows
- Water running down the inside of the door onto the floor — The seal or the dispenser, and it appears during the wash rather than at rest.
- Water behind or under the cabinet, even when idle — The fill side, still under mains pressure, and the urgent kind.
- Water on the floor only while it is draining — The drain hose or its connection, and it stops when the pump does.
- It halts mid-programme and will not restart — The anti-flood device has operated, so water has already reached the base tray.
- NEAR MISS — water left inside the tub at the end — That is drainage rather than a leak; the drainage page for this family covers it.
Where it is escaping, most likely first on the F line
- The door seal, or a door that no longer closes square — It is the only part of the water boundary opened and shut by hand every day, so a seal that has taken a set or collected debris in a corner lets water past exactly where it runs onto the floor. All six models under the F key are built the same way here, so an ordering that fits one of them fits the rest.
- The fill hose, its fitting or the inlet valve — This is the only part under mains pressure whether the machine runs or not, so a failure here puts out far more water than anything else and does it at night as readily as mid-programme.
- The drain hose or the waste connection — The hose is clamped rather than sealed at the waste, so a relaxed clip or a split at a bend leaks only while the pump runs — a timing signature nothing else gives.
- The tub, the sump seal or the pump housing — A leak from the tub or sump collects in the base tray rather than running out at once, and it is exactly what the anti-flood device exists to catch.
The order to work through on these models
- Run a finger all the way round the seal and check the door closes evenly — Visible, and it is the most common source of the leak people actually see.
- Pull the machine forward and confirm the fitting and valve body are dry — Checked first whenever water appears with the machine switched off.
- Watch the hose and its waste connection through a drain stage — The timing identifies it before the drip is even found.
Models in 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 |
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. Switch off at the breaker and close the isolating valve before kneeling in a wet area or pulling the machine out, and dry the floor first. Leave the anti-flood float exactly as fitted: it is the only thing standing between a weeping joint and a flooded kitchen. Water in the base tray can be hot and may contain detergent, so use gloves and a cloth.
The line between an owner check and a service call
Call a technician as soon as the water proves to be on the fill side or in the base tray rather than at the door, and close the isolating valve meanwhile. Call at once if water is reaching an adjoining cabinet, a floor void or a room below. The appliance repair is rarely the expensive part of a dishwasher leak; the damage to what sits under and beside it almost always is.
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