? Overfills. Doesn't seem to acknowledge water

Ive never worked on a Kenmore but it may just be the overflow outlet. All washing machines have an overflow which will dump water out from the top of the tub if it overfills but sometimes on high fill water level, clothes can splash around and cause a "wave" of water to splash out over the overflow outlet. Check to see if the leak only occurs when you have selected high level fill.

sounds like timer is bad, is this a push touch one? in meantime to wash can you push in the dial and move to wash, rinse etc, seems you'd need to keep your eye on it to wash, a pain tho, i know you'd hate to call for repair, always cost :(

The pressure sensor is going bad and soon you will get fault code 66.

It is possible that the water level sensor has failed and so does not detect to stop the inlet valve from filling.You can remove and check this level sensor normally it can be a damaged diaphragm and replace the same so that the program proceeds to the next stage to start the machinetips to see working of the machine;http://www.espares.co.uk/advice/washing-machines/a/7/1392/how-a-washing-machine-works.html

The float on the water level shut off valve is probally stuck and not telling the washer that its full and to turn off the water. once thats fixed it will probally cycle normally. Try it on half load and see if the water stops at the correct spot.

faulity water level switch {test & replace} stuck inlet valve test clean or replace . level switch is located in the control panel it will have an air tub connected to it. set vom meter on RX1 look for 0 on one infinity on others. inlet valve inside were hoses go in same setting should read 100 to1000 ohms on each

Hi,
The water level will never go above the lower part of the door bowl. Can you be a little more specific on your question?
Regards
Sussex Engineer

Grab the tube off the water level switch that comes from the bottom of the tub and blow it out so that the sand in the bottom won't be blocking the operation,pump out the water, secure the tube tightly to the pressure switch and retry.

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Possible but unlikely. If you unplug the machine does the water flow? If not, the problem is the water level switch. Generally, this is a diaphragm switch connected via a tube to the bottom of the tub. It usually is about 2 or three inches in diameter, has a water tube and a few wires connected. Go on a site with a blowup diagram and locate the switch. Disconnect the wires...after noting where they go and with the power off. Insulate them. Does this stop the water flow? Buy the switch.

select a hot wash of some kind and check if the water heats. if not, problem could be heater or associated stat