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Whirlpool dishwasher keeps pumping / draining

I just moved into a new apartment. I first ran a cleaning cycle with specialized cleaner, it finished this cycle normally. Then I ran a cycle with a load of dishes. It kept pumping, and the timer remained stuck on 15 minutes. I’ve cleaned the filters, these…

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I just moved into a new apartment. I first ran a cleaning cycle with specialized cleaner, it finished this cycle normally. Then I ran a cycle with a load of dishes. It kept pumping, and the timer remained stuck on 15 minutes. I’ve cleaned the filters, these had a sort of slimy film in them. I’ve poked around the drain hole as well. That’s all the technical know how I unleashed on this thing. Video attached where there’s a little water spout visible? At some point I turned it off, and there was a layer of water remaining. It kept draining with the door open. At some point there was a layer of water almost to the top of the drain hole, then it drained all the way down to the level you see in the video. I have no clue about any of this and my brain is completely fried from exhaustion and stress, please explain it to me like I’m five. Thank you very much.

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u/Ok-Objective6931

Flood sensor in the bottom tray is moist with excitement

u/User_NomiOP

Right, okay. No clue about anything and I can’t think for the life of me right now. Flood sensor’s underneath this, not visible in the video, right? It’d take taking out the dishwasher to fix this?

u/Ok-Objective6931

Dude you got sober first man, appliance repair isn’t for the weak nor the feint of heart

u/ethicalhumanbeing

I agree with this. Mine had the same problem, the styrofoam floater bent with the heat and got stuck in the flood position.