I have an Amana SBD20MW Side by Side Refrigerator/Freezer.

The ice maker was working fine and dandy, until one day a few months ago it stopped working out of the blue. I made sure I had the arm lever down and when i put it down the maker starts to rotate and so the mechanism is fine it seems. I just doesn't seem like water is flowing to it, but the water dispenser seems to be working fine as it flows from there. I switched the wires on the valve to see if it would push water up to the ice maker, which it didn't. I noticed that the fill tube was frozen shut so I cleaned out all of the ice inside the fill tube. disconnected the line going up the back of the freezer onthe outside and took another little peice of tubing and blew water from the back of the freezer on the outside into the freezer on the inside, simulating the outside line and the fill tube. That worked when i did it with my mouth of water instead of the normal operation.

I switched the wires so that the water on the door pushes water up the tube on the outside of the freezer and with the tube disconnected on the outside it works just dandy. pushes water up the tube and out the top. But every time i hook up the tube in the back of the freezer it woln't push water out into the freezer? I am totall clueless?

I mean i push the water lever on the door and pull the tube out and it starts shooting water everywhere, but as soon as i put it back in the water stops? i am pretty sure there is no blockage in the elbow connector because like i say...i took a half a mouth of water...and a straw...stuck the straw up the hole where the line was in the back of the freezer at the top....and was able to blow alittle water in the the freezer. And with it connected to everything but the top elbow it blows water?

If you are totally sure the fill tube isn't clog with ice, and the ice maker side of your water inlet valve flows fine when 120 volts are applied to it from you switching the electrical connectors on it, then pressing your water dispenser in front.

Then its likely you'll need a new ice maker assembly, thats the only part left in that circuit that tells the water inlet valve to open when its suppose to..

Here's the cheapest ice maker assembly I found for your model:
Manufacturer's Number: D7824706Q

D7824706Q

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Jake. thank you for your response and if we can figure a solution it will be well worth my 5 dollar premium membership.

I don't think that your part is what i need.

The fill tube was filled with ice. I thawed that out of there. After that, no matter what i do i can't get water to flow through the fill tube, so i don't believe that it would be the assembly. If it flowed when i have it reversed i could understand...but i literally could have the wires on the inlet valve switched...and be pressing for the water on the front, and water is flowing all the way up the tube (disconnected from fill tube) and as soo as i connect it to the fill tube the water would stop flowing. Know what i mean. something in the elbow is stopping it, and i have to have melted everything because I filled my mouth with water, and put a straw in the elbow in the back, blew the mouth of water out the straw and it ended up in the freezer....?

the icemaker makes ice if i maually fill the trays with water...

The fill tube was frozen...so that started whatever this issue currently is...but i can't figure it out...thoughts?

Ok, then your going to have to dis-assemble the inside fill tube and work you way back to the backside of your refrigerator where the water tube connector comes in.

From what I understood is that you got water to flow through it all the way from your mouth blowing it through.

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Yes you are correct. I have basically mimicked the line with a straw and it worked...but for whatever reason as soon as i hook in the tube along the back of the freezer water will not flow. I assume the original reason was because the fill tube was clogged with Ice...but now i'm not sure what to do....

Wow...ok...well I guess that makes sense. Any advise on that?
disassembling the back elbow..

Yes, like I said if the fill tube is clear, and you manually tested the water inlet valve and you got water on the ice maker side of your water inlet valve, the ONLY other part it could be giving you the problem is the ice maker itself.

Don't worry, You can shop with confidence as all parts ordered from our site come with a 30 day full refund even if it was installed and didn't fix it.

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Ok thanks Jake.

I'm gonna try and take apart the back of the fridge and see if that fixes the problem lik you said. Because the actuall ice maker has nothing to do with this problem. Then never even touch each other?

the fill tube simply pours into the ice maker, they don't touch or talk to each other...so i am guessing i should do what you said originally and take apart the back to see if i can figure something out...

i will let you know.

Oh yes they do talk to each other!!! you have wiring inside the cabinet walls that you CAN'T see that lead to the water inlet valve, trust me on this pal, I've been doing appliance repair over 20 years, and I know what I'm taking about.

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Jake. Im sorry I didn't mean to come off as a know it all or doubting your expertise which is obviously vast. And i understand now you say they talk to each other...The thing i don't get is how the water goes up the tube in the back of the fridge and pushes it out the top so water flows...but once its inserted in the white rubber it stops working, on one of your other posts you said to disassemble that entire part. It there something in that white area that would stop water from moving past that point or disengaging the pump? Cause once i stick it in that white rubber...it stops flowing and the pump stops engaging. Sometimes it takes a few for the pump to kick on anyway....thoughts.

What happens is when the ice maker cycles, it moves the ejector arm around to push any ice thats in the ice maker tray out, then as the ejector arm continues around as it comes up pointing to the top, the ice maker module sends 120 volts to the water inlet valve and opens, thus your home water pressure is pushing it up the tube into the fill spout as it enters through the back of your refrigerator.

Thats why its very important to make sure your water pressure from your home water supply line to your water inlet valve has a good strong stream of water pressure.

#19 here is that elbow that comes into your freezer from the back:


Here's the elbow assembly with the metal fill tube extension attached:
Manufacturer part number 12023401Q is RepairClinic item number 401031
12023401Q

Just check in there to make sure no ice is clogged inside it, I use a hair dryer from inside the freezer to melt any ice thats clogging it.

You can try to pry it out from the back, but you gotta be careful not to break the rubber.

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