Installation Fisher Paykel Dishdrawer
Nikita Desjardins
Our FP dishwasher leaks. Not bad, but some. It has a fat gasket (3/4 to an inch thick) around the top of the drawer. The gasket is attached with some kind of adhesive and the adhesive is dried and hard. Where the two ends of the gasket meet, the adhesive is particularly dry and cracked.
Now what? Does anyone have a FP dishwasher and if you do, does it have a rubber gasket around the top of the drawer? The DW was installed by the previous owner in 2012. I looked on YouTube, but there is nothing there for an RV dishdrawer. The dw drawers for home use don't have gaskets.
We have a FP dish drawer that would have been installed in late 2006. The model # is DS 603. It has a thin black rubber flap that goes around the opening that the drawer fits into. Otherwise, no gasket. Do you have the owners manual that would provide a diagram and a parts list for the unit? Ours also has installation instructions that could be helpful. You may be able to download a copies from the FP website. I found the model number on the lower left corner of the housing that the drawer slides into.
Hi Judy,
Our dw is model DD24S17. It has the thin black rubber flap around the opening, just like yours. We have the owner's manual and there is no round, fat gasket around the top of the drawer shown in the manual or the installation guide. I believe the dw was jury-rigged with the gasket. I just don't know why. We removed the gasket and the drawer slides in/out really easy now. I am wondering if it will slide open when we are driving down the road. Won't know until we take it out again.
My husband cleaned the filter. It was covered solid with something that looked like paper residue. We're thinking someone left a napkin on a plate and ran it through the dw. I doubt that would cause a leak though.
We are thinking the gasket didn't have anything to do with the leak, but we can't test our theory until we are on the road with a water hookup. The mh is sitting on a storage lot now. Can't call a repairman until we get on the road with a hookup.
I really like having the dw and it does a nice job cleaning the dishes. It is quieter than my home dw.