# Advice--plugged drain on countertop dishwasher **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754 "2025-02-25T01:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/21 "2025-02-25T02:37:38Z")
If you decide to replace it, I think that would cost roughly $250 from Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/22 "2025-02-25T02:37:52Z")
It’s a little grody, but what happens if you blow on the drain tube in reverse (i.e., lung power)? Don’t give up yet. This guy fixed a SPT dishwasher with a slow drain just by removing a cherry stem from the drain impeller: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RAQgJriKVDo/maxresdefault.jpg "✨ PORTABLE DISHWASHER - NOT DRAINING - Easy Fix ✨") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAQgJriKVDo) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/23 "2025-02-25T02:50:19Z")
I’d better clean it with alcohol, first–it’s nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/24 "2025-02-25T02:54:33Z")
Huffed and puffed–blurry vision & dizziness is all. No change. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/25 "2025-02-25T02:55:47Z")
As in you couldn’t push any air through? No bubbling on the other side? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/26 "2025-02-25T02:56:05Z")
Hell no. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/27 "2025-02-25T02:56:47Z")
Also, there is no way I can move this thing without dropping it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/28 "2025-02-25T02:59:18Z")
Bought it in 2016. 9 years. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/29 "2025-02-25T03:02:57Z")
Okay. Seems unlikely that drain cleaner would work at this point. I’d suspect the drain valve is closed. Unfortunately, I don’t see any way to manually trigger a drain. I would try removing all water that you can, with a cup and/or turkey baster, and run a cycle with no dishes or soap. It may just reset once it goes through a cycle. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/30 "2025-02-25T03:06:08Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Huffed and puffed–blurry vision & dizziness is all. > No change. How about blowing out the drain hose with one of those cans of compressed air used for removing dust from a computer? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/31 "2025-02-25T03:20:14Z")
I been doing that, as stated above. No good. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/32 "2025-02-25T03:20:58Z")
I will try. I must first re-attach the connector. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/33 "2025-02-25T03:21:42Z")
Sorry. When you said “huffed and puffed”, I _assumed_ you meant you blew through the hose with your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/34 "2025-02-25T03:26:47Z")
I did both. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/35 "2025-02-25T03:27:12Z")
Might maybe–. I’m hopeful. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/36 "2025-02-25T03:37:42Z")
A small gleam of hope… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/37 "2025-02-25T04:05:38Z")
Hope is stronger… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/38 "2025-02-25T04:26:34Z")
Leaking soap out the cracks. But do not give up hope. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/39 "2025-02-25T04:30:34Z")
Cleaned soap out of dispensers. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754/40 "2025-02-25T05:14:07Z")
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