All you healthy people - if you cook with coconut oil, does it clog up your dishwasher?

[MillyMollyMully]

It does mine. I try to get rid of the residue from pans with kitchen roll, but I still get the fatty gunk all round the filter thing at the bottom of the dishwasher. And flecks of white fat all over the bottom of the machine.

At least I assume it's coconut oil - dunno what else could be causing it.

Just think what it is doing to your arteries

Well, it's supposed to be better for your arteries.

But thanks for that most happy thought.

Try a scoop of soda crystals next time you put a load on. It softens the water so makes the detergent more effective and is really good at dissolving fats.

Thanks, EntWife - I must've been putting a load on as you typed, it's running now! But I'll put soda crystals in the next lot, thanks, very easy solution.

sorry Milly was thinking of Palm oil

are you using salt and tablets?

Yes, we are Piglet. Is that good? or bad? I use Ecover tablets as a lentil weaver.

I use Aldi's bog standard chemical tablets and have no problem at all with it at all.

Some people miss out salt, which gives poor results, but you use it , which is fine.

Aldi Almat is a best buy, you could try that.

Are you sure the machine is getting scaldingly hot during wash, and do you keep all the filters clean?

No, I'm not sure....and I don't clean the filters...

Fancy coming round, Piglet???

£500 plus travel.

DIY.

Yes!And yes to soda crystals-then again they're great for most things :)

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, PigletJohn. Sooo tempting. Do you bring your own toolbox?

If only - a weekly visit by PigletJohn to sort out all my plumbing traumas, and life would be perfect. Sigh.

As it is, I suppose I'll have to get out the instruction booklet and battle with the filters.