My Dishwasher Finally Works! And How I Fixed My Blomberg Dishwasher's Drainage Issue E01

Warning, this post contains gross pictures, because the inside of a dishwasher that was filled and then never run doesn't look good, especially once the dishwasher tab starts melting everywhere.

When I came back from Vienna last Wednesday evening, I was very frustrated to see that my Blomberg brand dishwasher wasn't working. It kept on making a draining noise, even when it wasn't on, and whenever I tried to turn it on, it gave me an E01 error message.

So my first thought was to call a dishwasher repair person, but being in quarantine I am not able to do that, so I turned to the internet for help. However, the internet basically told me that E01 had to do something with the drainage, which was a great help (sarcasm intended) because I could hear it constantly attempt to drain even though there was nothing in it, even when it was off.

Places told me to empty the drain and clean it out, so I took out the little container that was inside the drain, hoping it would be a simple fix, but there was barely anything in it to clean out, and it didn't stop the issue once back in.

Apologies for the grossness, dripping from dirty dishes

So then I thought that maybe there was a problem in my U-bend under the sink, because the water goes down from my sink a little bit slowly. I unscrewed the drain under my sink to try to remove a clog from there, but there was literally nothing in the U-bend blocking it, so what I thought might be a simple fix wasn't. (And unfortunately since then I haven't been able to tighten it perfectly, so its still dripping a little water under my sink when the water drains. So I have a container to try to catch things, and will try to fix that soon.)

I posted in a local online group asking if anyone had the number of a repair person who could walk me through the steps to fix it, and this woman gave me the number of her husband, Moe.

Sorry for the grossness of that melted dishwasher tab

Moe first told me to take out the filter, and I took out the plastic piece and sent him a picture of that, but he told me that I need to remove the filter that that plastic piece was in. I thought it was impossible to remove without unscrewing the screws on the bottom of my dishwasher, but he told me to try unscrewing the filter itself, and I turned it and it came out!

This is what it looked like with the drain removed. No key to remove, just plenty of grossness

He then told me to reach inside and remove this plastic piece that should be like a key inside, but there was nothing like that inside. I showed him a picture of what I saw, and told me to try shutting the dishwasher door, and running it without the filter inside. The E01 error code wouldn't go away so I couldn't start it. He told me to unplug the dishwasher for a few minutes and plug it back in, to see if the error code would go away. No such luck.

He then told me to try pouring water into the bottom of the dishwasher drain. I filled the dishwasher with water, closed the door, and the water all drained out. I did this a few times (and rinsed out the gook that was in the dishwasher from when I filled it and it wasn't able to run) and the drain was pretty much empty. Then he told me to try to run it, but still the error code was there, even after unplugging it and waiting.

Then he told me to pull out the dishwasher from its place and tilt it forward. He said there must be water somewhere in the machine that isn't draining, and to help it drain. First he said to tilt it forward 5-10 degrees but that didn't help. Then I put it to 45% approximately. And nothing happened. But after a few minutes, the draining sound stopped finally, even when I straightened it! But the error code was still there.

Finally, I unplugged it, and after a few minutes plugged it back in. The error code was now gone! I put the filter back in, and just ran my first load.

I am crying tears of joy to have this dishwasher working again. Dishes are the bane of my existence and needing to hand wash all these dishes during this hard time was really trying my patience and zapping me of all my energy.

I offered to pay Moe for the help he gave me, but he wouldn't take any money. What a doll. I know I'll be hiring him when I need help in the future and am out of quarantine.

I'm posting this here for a few reasons. Also because I'm excited that it finally worked, also because I figure that with everything going on more and more of us will need to be fixing our own things in the future, and lastly, because maybe Google will index this and in the future when someone Googles how to fix an E01 error code with a Blomberg dishwater, people will find this post and be able to figure out how to take care of their issue.

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Have you ever fixed your own dishwasher? What was the issue, and how did you fix it?