Inner parts of dishwasher - filter?

[anniewoo]

Soda crystals had no effect on grease when i removed filter thingy to wash. Really manky. Any suggestions please?

you took the filter out, and it was greasy? That's unusual. The d/w tablets will usually clean ordinary plates and pans.

Have very greasy pans been going in there? Pour out any fat into a baked-bean tin or similar, and wipe round with kitchen roll to remove large deposits.

Next time you wash, open the door mid-cylcle to verify that the water is very hot, and the tablet has been washed out of its compartment so it can dissolve.

What make of tablets do you use?

Take it out and wash it with washing up liquid .

Yes it was really greasy- that's if the thing i took oit was the filter. At the bottom of the inside of the machine is a rectangular shape u can remove- in it is the circular thingy (sorry not very technical) which i think is the filter.this was really really greasy as was another circular thong that sat indide it . Removed them and eashed in copious amounts of soda crystals.not much usr so then soaked in a dish easher tablet. Use Finish , Sun or Fairy always

Thing not thong oops thank you by the way for help. Piglet John u know so much about machines / appliances etc. Wow!

I use the spatula from m chef to scrape plates into the bin. My filter never gets very greasy.

Yes give it a good scrub with fairy liquid - rinse it well then put back THEN run a cycle using that dishwasher cleany stuff that I can't think of the name at moment. Also as above posters said try not to put stuff in unless its grease/fat has been scraped off

Thanks for all the tips

You can buy finish dishwasher cleaner. Put the bottle upside down in the cutlery basket and run a hot cycle

have you verified that it gets very hot during the washing cycle?