AdrianMariano
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My dishwasher drain has a translucent ribbed hose in the basement that connects to a black hose that goes up into the kitchen to the disposal. The black hose was in the house when I bought it and likely dates to the mid 90's. I noticed recently that it is covered with oil on the outside. It appears that oil is passing through the hose. It seems like the oily section of the hose is the part where I would expect water to be standing in it.
In pondering what to do about this I realized that my first question is whether I should drain the dishwasher into the utility sink that is right below rather than taking it back up to the garbage disposal. The laundry already drains into this utility sink and it does seem sort of silly to send the water up just so it can come back down.
My second question whether I do the above, or whether I keep things as it is would be: what sort of hose should I use to replace the black one that is oozing oil? If I am going to go to the utility sink I could just use rigid PVC if that's the right choice.
I've included a couple pics showing the drainage connections close up and showing the relation to the utility sink. If you look closely you can see how the black pipe looks wet---it's greasy, not just water.
In pondering what to do about this I realized that my first question is whether I should drain the dishwasher into the utility sink that is right below rather than taking it back up to the garbage disposal. The laundry already drains into this utility sink and it does seem sort of silly to send the water up just so it can come back down.
My second question whether I do the above, or whether I keep things as it is would be: what sort of hose should I use to replace the black one that is oozing oil? If I am going to go to the utility sink I could just use rigid PVC if that's the right choice.
I've included a couple pics showing the drainage connections close up and showing the relation to the utility sink. If you look closely you can see how the black pipe looks wet---it's greasy, not just water.