I have a GE Quietpower 3 dishwasher about 5-6 years old. It is leaking from underneath the unit. We pulled it out and notice during the wash cycle especially there is quite a bit of water coming out of 2 areas...they are 2 separate round, black rubber cycinder things..about 1 1/2 inches long each and maybe about 1 inch round. They both have a wire going to them. Is anyone familiar with what this could be, and is this an easy fix? My husband is pretty handy, but we wouldn't have a clue what part to even order, or do we need to get a whole new dishwasher? Thanks for any help!

thanks for your reply! we looked underneath again. It kinda looks like the "nut tower heater". It is the only part I could find on the diagram that looks similar. But mine has a wire going to it and there are 2 of them. I can see when looking at it that there is a small separation from where this piece meets the underbody..like it maybe melted? Last week my dishwasher made a loud "pop" sound, had an excessive amount of steam coming from it and we smelled electrical burning. the dishwasher shut off. It blew a breaker which we switched back and now it runs, but leaks quite a bit out of these 2 places underneath. Had GE come out and he couldn't find nothing wrong...but he didn't pull it out and really look underneath. Now we had water leaking into out basement and that is what we figured out it was coming from. I took a picture of it, but this forum doesn't seem to allow me to post a picture...or is that possible? Maybe I am missing something. So, could the "nut tower heater" be the part? Would there be 2 of these on my dishwasher? thanks again! Oh, I think I just figured out how to upload a pic! hope it worked:)

thanks for your quick reply! I think we will try new nuts and washers first. We didn't see any hole in the actual tub...the water is only coming out around the top of the 2 black nuts. Do you think this is something GE would cover, even though out of warranty? They sent out a repairman for free when I told them what happened and I had smelled electrical burning..but like I said he didn't find anything wrong because he did not inspect underneath. Those parts are pretty cheap, so I will try that first...but if we have to scrap the whole thing I wonder if GE would warrant it as defective? Well, we have a good place to start...thanks so much for your expert advice!!