Kitchen Basics 101: 8531671 8528931 Dishwasher Water Inlet Valve Replacement for Kenmore Whirlpool

abt 2006 Whirlpool Gold GU series dishwasher. Great dishwasher for many years. Suddenly quit washing good and left detergent undissolved. Spray arms did not turn! Thought recirculation pump was bad and removed dishwasher into garage. Filled it with water (1.8 gallons) using bucket and pump worked great... spray arms turned. Per troubleshoot guide (located in sleeve behind kick panel) the inlet shutoff valve opens for 1m 45 sec when it fills. It is designed to allow that volume of water using 20+ psi water pressure. My water pressure is 55 psi. There is a overfill float switch (mushroom) in the basin and if pressure is much higher (flows faster) that switch prevents overflow. Nothing prevents under filling!! Guide suggested that inlet fill shutoff valve could become clogged or fail or it could be a bad supply hose. I tested hose flow at 2 GPM. The hose with the OEM valve tested 0.2 GPM. Obviously that is inadequate. The hose with the new valve tested 1 GPM. The OEM valve looked great and did not appear to be clogged. Probably something internal was keeping it from opening completely. Dishwasher worked as new with the new valve. The valve is in the upper left corner in the photo. The SST braided hose is the supply coming from hot water line. The black corrugated hose leads to the dishwasher pump. My OEM valve was 8531670. The new valve looked identical. It came with brass elbow pipe fitting and a garden hose adapter. I used my old elbow fitting. Canceled order for new dishwasher at HD.

Easy to replace, exact fit same as original-Would order from them again

I have a whirlpool dishwasher which is about 12 year old. It was hard to find the valve for that exact model. I ordered this even though the model number wasn’t listed on the description. The shape of the valve was little different than the original one but it had the same water inlet and outlet. I am not a very handy person but I was able to replace it myself with some YouTube assistance.

This replacement part fixed my Kenmore #665-16379301 that was overflowing. I was able to follow an online tutorial to make the repair. Somewhat difficult to remove the old part, but easy to install the new part. Super fast delivery!

I was prepared to go for $800 for a new dishwasher, but after seeing on youtube how simple it was to change, I tried it. The cost of the valve was minimal and the washer now works without a problem

Great. Easy to install.

Bought this product to replace the one that failed on my dishwasher . Price was much cheaper than the manufacturer . The part shipped the next day and I recieved it within 2 days.

Replacement works as intended.

Great OEM replacement

NO flooding anymore! Awesome!