Can A Small Hole In A Plastic Diswasher Tub Be Repaired?
TigerinATL 
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Dishwasher Bleed Hose has a few holes in it. Seal or replace?
Posted by TigerinATL on 3/xiii/17 at 10:28 am
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My dishwasher started leaking recently and I was able to trace the problem to a few pocket-sized holes in the ribbed plastic bleed hose. Information technology looks kind of like this.
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My question is tin I simply seal the holes in the hose rather than replacing the hose? If so what should I use? It looked like the pigsty was virtually 1/iv inch break in the ribbing.
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CaptainsWafer 
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Salve yourself from any futurity problems and replace the hose.
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Chad504boy
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Compare cost of hose to cost of possible water impairment in home
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Tigeralum2008 
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Dude, they're like $ten on amazon...replace that shite
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junkfunky
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Tough decision, human being. You could mayhap be out of $three you lot didn't need to spend.
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Supercede information technology. Repair shops around town have them but at 4X the price. Information technology is a simple part you can dig up online.
PS. Don't put rat/mouse poison down. It does kill them only it dehydrates them in the process and they seek out sources of wet. They go subsequently drain hoses and gnaw holes in them.
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TigerinATL
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Dude, they're like $10 on amazon...replace that shite
That's not the math at play here. I youtubed the replacement procedure and information technology involves disassembling the dishwasher to a level that I'thou non comfortable with. I've got no problem paying a guy to fix information technology, but I was only wondering if some silicone sealant would get the chore done.
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Cosmo 
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Pretty certain they are simple to replace
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BayouNation 
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Your hose is deteriorating - replace information technology.
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LSUvegasbombed
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man i merely figured out a leak in mind. Must have leaked for ii months or so before i discovered it. I open up upward the doors to under the sink and besides the water, i come across mouse\rat droppings all over the identify. I never notice information technology because i go on grocery bags down there.
I fixed the trouble, cleaned up the mess, and take two traps downwardly there. THey have been there since discovering this and nothing.
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GreasyCracklin
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I stayed upwardly until 2 cleaning up water in my business firm. Drain hose from brand new washer popped off. Faulty spring clamp. Alter your hose because cleaning up water is a bitch.
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LSUvegasbombed
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mine was really the hose to the sprayer thing. So it occasionally leaked
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simply I was only wondering if some silicone sealant would get the job washed.
It would get the chore washed for a while even if done perfectly. It is cheaper to do things correct once than to do information technology over and over once again. Replace the damn thing or you will dorsum here asking why silicone sealant failed?
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Tigeralum2008
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That'southward not the math at play here. I youtubed the replacement process and it involves disassembling the dishwasher to a level that I'm not comfortable with. I've got no trouble paying a guy to fix it, but I was but wondering if some silicone sealant would go the job done.
Is it an older Dishwasher? My bleed line connects at the bottom of the DW and has a couple guides earlier running up into the disposal. All y'all have to exercise is pull the DW out and reach under.
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TheAlmightySmash
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Seal or replace
supersede. if not y'all're gonna wake up to a flooded kitchen sooner or later.
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TigerinATL
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Cheers for all the replies. 
Replace it is.
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AHM21 
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Save yourself the headache and spend a few extra dollars on a nicer hose.
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terd ferguson 
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replace, it's very cheap office
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