My Hobart glass washer has an E5 and will not drain what do I need to do

only a suggestion is it heating up what i remember it want move on until it heats up to it's working temperature, good luck

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underneath trans. you will find a drain plug remove, drain oil,replace plug ck the sight glass @ this time if not clear would recommend replacing glass remove top cover where the front cover screw theaded into remove that is your fill hole. add new oil till you hit level line in sight glass,reassemble

E0 STANDS FOR NO WATER @SUMP PROBE DURING 3 CONC. CYCLES. MY FIRST GUESS WOULD BE THERE IS SOMETHING STUCK IN YOUR DRAIN VALVE ALLOWING ALL THE WATER TO GET PUMPED OUT INSTEAD OF WASHING AND STAYING IN THE TANK. DONT FORGET TO VOTE

e5means water did notdrain below top water probe, there are 2 probes in theright corner of the mach. make sure they are clean you can use a copper tubing cleaning brush to clean probesmake sure to clean the back of them, then try 3 cycles, if after 3cyc. the e5 doesnt come back you have fixed your d/w dont forget to vote

Try running the drain hose into a bucket next to the machine. If it drains Ok, look for the restriction in your plumbing. If it won't drain into the bucket, look for a closed drain valve, open fill valve, bad middle or top probe, check power at drain connector ( it's DC volts from the bridge rectifier in the top drawer on the relay board.. Basically, water is at top probe at beginning of rinse, or it didn't drain down after the wash. Drain hoses can kink from hot water if not routed well.

tried to take off the drain hose, but could not get it off the back, only by the disposal. I turned if off and on about 6 times and ran the delime cycle with lots of limeaway. It got the E5 error on the delime cycle, but it worked the next time I tried to run it.
The manual does say to turn it off and on as it drains out the water. Takes a while as it has to heat up the water each time.

E5 is a drain error - machine is not draining - check drain hoses - pull out machine if needed - check air gap. hope this helps. jimmy.

I need to check my codes to be positive. And I'll check them this weekend. But, I believe E5 is from excess water in the unit, and so it won't go into rinse and add more water.

First and most common -- the drain hose, at the back of the unit is kinked. The unit gets pushed back against the wall and kinks the line.

Second, your probes are dirty. The ones in the back right corner detect water level. Clean them with a green scrungee even if they look clean.

Good luck - Mike

Its a hobart correct?The data plate is on the bottom right front or on the door when opened on the left.If you dont see it then its been removed.Regardless does the display show a wash then rinse cycle?If so and it doesnt drain you either have a clogged drain hose or the drain valve is bad or stuck.If you use this just to wash glasses your model is probably a lxigc.If glasses are broken in the dishwasher which they probably are the glass has gotten into the drain body and is obstructing the valve from opening and closing.I work for hobart and services dishwashers alot.let me know.