F2 Code Hey, I have a single drawer built in Fisher & Paykel dish drawer and today I pulled the spray arm, filter and large metal screen out to clean them as we have been starting to get a bit of stuff left behind after washing lately. That was all good After putting it all back in though I went to use the dishwasher and it stopped and came up with an F2 fault, I thought I may not have put the bits back in properly so pulled them out again and noticed that on the rotor that connects the motor to the spray arm (best way i can think to describe it) 2 out of 3 of the small, thin, blue tabs that run vertically on the sides had broken off and the third looks very nearly broken also... I assume I probably did this by not having everything lined up quite right.. Would this be the cause of my F2 fault and would supergluing these pieces back on (it's easy to see where they came from) be likely to get my dishwasher working again?
Dishwashers - Fisher and Paykel - 23 in. DD-603SS Built-in Dishwasher
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Fault F2 means the rotor is not rotating. If you say some of the vanes have broken off, they could have been jamming it. This should spin freely with minimal force when installed correctly. If you removed the rotor itself, you do ned to take care when installing it - there are 3 thin plastic legs around the magnet (the blue bit) these fit into 3 slots and you need to line them up very carefully. Once you have it right, it will just drop in. The rotor asembly as a whole is secured by turning the outside clockwise until the 3 points line up with the arrows.
Check the rotor is spinning freely, if not, remove it and check there is nothing lodged undrneath it of that it has been fitted incorrectly.
Re the broken vanes - you could try gluing them but I think it will break. The pump spins at 4200 RPM! You may need to but a new rotor.