HELP, I'm an IDIOT, I poured Metamucil down my garbage disposal!!

[Anonymous]

It was expired, so I poured it down my kitchen sink. Sink promptly stopped up and chunks that looked like poop came up. I cleared the disposal off all the chunks, and it is perfectly clean in there to the eye. However, water won't drain down the sink, it just sits there. Disposal makes a hum, but doesn't turn (there is no blockage in there though). I've snaked the tube drain near the top back of the dishwasher, and it seems clear.

I'm not even sure how water drains through the drain other than that hole near the top, but I'm assuming there is another hole for water to drain when you are not running the dishwasher, but I don't see it.

Does anyone have any advice to a DIY solution? Is there anything I can put in there to dissolve the fiber crap? I've used all my baking soda and vinegar, and I know not to put actual draino in there. I've also plunged, but to no avail.

Help??

[Anonymous]

Huge load of boiling water???

[Anonymous]

You may need to use a specialwrench to rotate the gears. Go to the hardware store if you don't have one. They will sell you something that looks like a handle with a square rod on it. Insert the rod into the hole underneath the base of the disposal and rotate it a couple of times.

[Anonymous]

OP here, I've completely cleared the disposal part. I can move the blades with a wooden spoon and there is nothing in there blocking them. I've tried boiling water too, but to no avail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You may need to use a specialwrench to rotate the gears. Go to the hardware store if you don't have one. They will sell you something that looks like a handle with a square rod on it. Insert the rod into the hole underneath the base of the disposal and rotate it a couple of times.

This. When you over exert your disposal it disengages the motor blades. You can restart it by forcing a few cranks of the blades, which is done by inserting an Allen wrench like instrument into a fitting at the bottom of the disposal and turning a few times.

[Anonymous]

Hi all, I'm not even concerned about getting the disposal to work, I just really need to get the water in the sink to drain (without using the disposal).

[Anonymous]

Your disposal will help get the sink to drain.

http://youtu.be/oS-tltoY3rs

[Anonymous]

Did you try pouring some Liquid Plumber in it?

[Anonymous]

Hit the reset button on the disposal. Every disposal has one. It's usually on the bottom of the under sink part if the disposal.

[Anonymous]

I would think that your disposal would be super cleaned out, no?


sorry - couldn't resist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think that your disposal would be super cleaned out, no?


sorry - couldn't resist

LOL

The reset button is not popped out.

The sink is drained now (used the drainer thing I use to empty my fish tank), but if I run water in it, it doesn't drain at all, it just sits there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your disposal will help get the sink to drain.

http://youtu.be/oS-tltoY3rs

The sink is drained and clean, as is the inside of the disposal, and the blades are free from obstructions. But, new water run into the sink does not go down at all

[Anonymous]

Why wouldn't you use Draino or Liquid Plumber for something like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You may need to use a specialwrench to rotate the gears. Go to the hardware store if you don't have one. They will sell you something that looks like a handle with a square rod on it. Insert the rod into the hole underneath the base of the disposal and rotate it a couple of times.

This. When you over exert your disposal it disengages the motor blades. You can restart it by forcing a few cranks of the blades, which is done by inserting an Allen wrench like instrument into a fitting at the bottom of the disposal and turning a few times.

But, the water should drain without the blades turning, so I'm thinking that the hole where the water drains through when the disposal is not turned on is clogged. Anyone got any ideas for that? I'll worry about the disposal actually working later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn't you use Draino or Liquid Plumber for something like that?

It said online that it can hurt the disposal, and make it unsafe if you need to disassemble the pipes.