For whatever reason our dishwasher will fill with water to the point of leaking out. This only occurs when the machine is "off". The water is clean water.:confused: Any ideas. I checked the Troubleshhoting Manual that Harold posted but thisis not covered there.

I ran it through the final empty cycle to pull the water out. Had to go do some shopping. When I returned, I took the screen out of the bottom and saw that it had started filling up again so I turned off the water suuply to the dishwasher to either rule out or point the finger at the water supply circuit.
The water that has ran in this time doesn't seem to be as clear as tap water. I wonder if for whatever reason, the sink water is getting into the dishwasher. We have lived here25+ years. This is our 2nd dishwasher and we have never had this probelm before. I have the drain line routed as high as the length will allow before routing it back down to the sink drain pine. I do not have a air break installed in the drain line. Thanks for your help.

It is a bit odoriforus and as stated earlier not as clear as tap water. For whatever reason, the "toe-heads" that built this house (it was only three years old when we bought it) turned the fittiing for the dishwasher to the side at the 3 o'clock postion instead of placing it at the 12 o'clock position. I have tried to figure a way to repositin it but theyhave used all glued fittings and the adapers are so close that it prohibits any cutting and replacing of the line unless I go inside the wall. Would it help or is it a good idea to put an air break in the drain line. I would have to put it under the cabinet top and fasten it to the side of the cabinet closest to the dishwasher. I have the necessary items to do this but would it be of any advantage?
Thanks.
Danny

Think I'll go ahead and install the air break. I'm also going to replace the drain line that goes from the kitchen to the sewer line. It's a fairly long run of pipe and the builder used poorly supported continuous pipe rather than joints so the memory of the continuous pipe retained a lot of the manufacturing/storage coil which created somewhat of a "trap" along the run of the pipe. So I think there is a good chance that this "trap" may have become a restriction by now. When I discovered what the builder had done, I took some galvanized strapping and supported/repositioned the pipe as best as I could but it still was/is not a good constant downhill slope.
Thanks,
Danny