my cda 494 dishwasher is 5 yrs old and it does nto wash the crockery as clean as before. i have used the finish cleaner checked the salt and rinse aid . the water also seems to heat up but yet they dont seem to be completely dry,since last week. can u please help me to sort out this problem thank u.it is an intergrated dishwsher. i use fairy tablet.i always rinse my crockery before puting them in the dishwasher.

anu, September 2009

Well, first I would check the filters and the wash arm, most wash arms just pull off. Check all the holes make sure they are clear. Get some SODA CRYSTALS from your supermarket, they are about 50 to 80p a bag, put half in an empty dishy just sprinkle on the bottom of the machine, put it on the highest temp and let it wash.
The soda is like a water softener and de-grease agent, it will clean all the internal bits, filters and pipes, spray arms etc and it is cheap and as good as CALGON. If this works do this operation once a month, as it called a maintenance wash, you could do the same thing with your washing machine as well, but with a washer make sure it does not do a cold top up before it empties, if it starts, stop it select drain and spin
Hope this helps.

IanB, September 2009