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Anonymous Posted on Nov 16, 2010

LG dishwasher leaking out the bottom of the door. It's that gasket that runs along the inside bottom of the door. How do you keep it in place? It keeps pushing in and then floods my kitchen.

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My dishwasher was doing the same thing, but it was because of a clogged vent. The minerals in the water built up to a point that it was totally blocked and since it couldnt vent, the water ran down the inside of the door and leaked out the bottom. I just popped the vent cover off of the inside of the door and cleaned it out and it stopped leaking.

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I have a LG model number LDS504OST and as above I was able to fix my leak by twisting the door vent and releasing it from the vent valve and cleaning the soap/lime residue out of the vent so it could once again close completely. I had diagnosed the issue to this area by putting tape over the vent and running the dishwasher and that stopped the leak. You don't want to leave the vent taped closed long as this vent opens when in the drying cycle and vents air out of the washer.

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