I have a dishwasher with a small leak where the black plastic hose coming from the water inlet valve attaches to the dishwasher water inlet (on the left side of the dishwasher body). The leak is at the location near the tip of the green pencil in the photo.
The hose is being held on by a spring clamp and it seems to be in good working order.
My question: is there a trick to stopping water leaks from this junction? Is there an equivalent of a plastic-on-plastic pipe dope that I can put on the tubing here?
Best Answer
The fix for this might be crazy simple: petroleum jelly (Vaseline, etc). Make sure it's the plain stuff (i.e. not medicated), then take the hose off and smear some around the edges, then fit the hose back on. It's remarkable how well it stops minor leaks like this.