[glenguse]

The Rinse Aid on our dishwasher was recently filled with liquid dish detergent accidentally. We now have massive quantities of soap suds.

How can we drain the Rinse Aid to remove the liquid dish detergent?

[denman]

It takes very little dish soap to produce huge amounts of suds so getting it all out of the dispenser and machine itself is a pain.

The fastest is to remove the dispenser from the unit and flush it out several times with water. Put the last flush into a glass or jar and shake it vigorously to be sure all the suds are gone.

Option 2 is to get a turkey baster and empty the dispenser that way.
Then fill it with water, replace the cap, move the door up and down to slosh the water around in the dispenser and then empty it again. You will have to do this numerous times till shaking the water from the dispenser produces 0 suds.

You will also have to run rinse cycles a number of times.
Following is a link for suds removal.
http://www.applianceaid.com/faq-dish.html#sudz

[glenguse]

I assume that you have to remove the attachments holding the inside panel to the dishwasher door in order to drain the Rinse Aid on the KitchenAid dishwasher. Where can you get tool for removing the inside panel? It looks like an allen wrench with 6 slots.

I had tried to use a turkey baster to remove the soap from the Rinse Aid, but could not get into the reservoir externally due to the adjustment screen.

Are there any special instructions for removing the inside panel that would be helpful?

Thank you for your guidance!

Originally Posted by denman

It takes very little dish soap to produce huge amounts of suds so getting it all out of the dispenser and machine itself is a pain.

The fastest is to remove the dispenser from the unit and flush it out several times with water. Put the last flush into a glass or jar and shake it vigorously to be sure all the suds are gone.

Option 2 is to get a turkey baster and empty the dispenser that way.
Then fill it with water, replace the cap, move the door up and down to slosh the water around in the dispenser and then empty it again. You will have to do this numerous times till shaking the water from the dispenser produces 0 suds.

You will also have to run rinse cycles a number of times.
Following is a link for suds removal.
http://www.applianceaid.com/faq-dish.html#sudz

[denman]

Here is a parts breakdown
Replacement parts for WHIRLPOOL KUDL02IRBS0 Undercounter Dishwasher | AppliancePartsPros.com

Here is a manual although for a different unit it may come in handy
https://secured.whirlpool.com/Servic...$FILE/KD01.pdf

The screws are Torx so you will need a torx driver set, available at hardware stores.