Thread: Water Leak

Hi,

Check the drain behind the false back wall in the freezer....a clooged/restricted drain will allow the defrost water to leak inside and freeze. If the drain is ok, then yes check the icemaker filling for possibly leaking down the inside back.

jeff.

Originally Posted by jeff1

Hi,

Check the drain behind the false back wall in the freezer....a clooged/restricted drain will allow the defrost water to leak inside and freeze. If the drain is ok, then yes check the icemaker filling for possibly leaking down the inside back.

jeff.

Thank you, to remove that back wall to see the drain, does the ice maker need to be removed or just the bottom plate as shown in your diagram?

Thanks again.

Nope, the icemaker can stay in place....lower panal exposes ( this is not that type of site ) the cooling/evaporator coils.

jeff.

This is what I see now, water drips are on all the wires there & ice in lower pan, do I have to look above this area now?, next panel is behind ice maker.

Just broke the ice out of the bottom of that metal pan below the coils, small hole iced up, I assume this is the drain your talking about?, will defrost it with a hair blower

Yes that is the drain, flush out with hot water as well.

jeff.

Hair blower and hot water and thin wire, took forever but now drains to the pan below.

Quick note, when I removed the back panel to see the drain line from below and jiggled it, some water made it through there as well, this was before I tried clearing the line with the wire, so don't think any holes were punched, went very easy, seems dry now, will keep an eye on that area.

Thanks again for your help.

Sounds like you got it
Thankx for the update.

jeff.