Well I took a more detailed look at it last night. It's up on sawhorses and I hooked it up to water and power and decided to give it a test run after replacing the fill line clamp.

Immediately I noticed water 'spitting' out of the openings on the sides of the inlet. Probably no more than an ounce or a 2-3 tablespoons. But that ceased as soon as all the air was flushed out of the supply system. I let it run a complete cycle (empty without detergent) and there was not another drop.

There was quite a bit of what I thought was hard water buildup around the outside of the water inlet. I've concluded that these are dried up soap suds. I think we may have been using too much detergent and it was foaming and pushing it up and out of the water inlet. I don't know what else it could be and this seems reasonable. I'm going to re-install it this evening and see what happens...and only slightly open the supply valve after starting a cycle to slowly get the air out of the system.

I'll also be taking a closer look at how much detergent I use. I'd generally just filled up the dispenser but it appears that's too much. On that note, I have a couple more questions.

1. What detergents do you prefer? We currently use some variant of Cascade powder. Maybe one of the pre-measured blocks/bricks would be better. I think my parents and sister use the Electrasol bricks and are happy.

2. What are your opinions on Lemi Shine? Does it have any detrimental effects? I've been using it since it was recommended to me. We were getting terrible hard water buildup and this made our glassware crystal clear and it keeps the dishwasher clean as well. I generally add a tablespoon or so to the dispenser before filling with detergent.

Thanks again for any input.

Hi,
I bought a water-pressure valve ( not sure if that is what it is called in english) and I lowered the pressure going to the dishwasher and there is no more water spitting/gushing out of the edges of the water inlet.