I have a whirlpool quiet partner II dishwasher. There is a gritty residue on the dishes in the top rack and on some of the silverware. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Make sure the center loading is not obstructing the water jet to the top shelf. Top shelf is only for glasses and saucers , use Jet-Dry .Pre rinse and clean bottom pan strainer from dirt debris.

Your water pressure is not high enough in the dishwasher to wash the dishes on the top rack. The most common reason is that the pump in your dishwasher cannot pump fast enough to keep the water pressure up. That is because the shaft that drives the pump impeller also drives the macerator cutter that grinds up bits of food fine enough for it to pass through the screen and out to the drain. Over time, small bits of bone, broken glass, eggshell, and other items that are too strong to be cut up by the cutter end up sitting in the area where it has to spin, and they prevent it from spinning fast enough to pump enough water to the top rack with any pressure. It is simple enough to repair. You need to take out the racks, remove the bottom arm and clean out the little macerator. Once that is done, it should work great again.

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the sprayer is clogged with ****. I had the exact same problem. my mother-in-law gave me of some 80 year old man that has fixed appliances all his life. Ten minuets after he got to the house it was fixed. cost $70.00. He just took a couple things apart dumped out the **** inside the parts and put it back together. Hope this helps.

Our whirlpool gold quiet partner iii dishwasher is not working well . It is not gettting dishes cleaned soap left on dishes on top primarily

To solve white, gritty deposits on the upper rack, take the upper arm out. You cannot pry it open but using whatever skinny object you have to poke in the holes, banging the arm gently, lots of chunky white deposits can be shaken out. Rinse arm, replace and we're back in business. For us, this will probably be repeated every three years, but it beats replacing the arm which costs $45--another option to solve this problem.

check the holes to see if blocked with foodstuff like sweetcorn etc

Either:

1. not enough water gets into the dishwasher. check water valve, water level float and water pressure.
2. the pump is clogged - there is water, the motor will run but no water is circulated. Check pump filters, check chopper and impeller.

Good luck,
Vlad
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If we are talking about the quiet partner 3 the silverware container can actual hang more effectively on the lower dish rack itself as opposed to on the door. The flap also does just snap on. Hold the back side of the metal with your thumb while pusing with even pressure on the plastic flap. I still reccomend though hanging the whole assembly on the outside of the lower rack.

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