SOURCE: Ice Maker
Likely that the water supply tube to the icemaker is frozen. It will be a white rubber tube on the right side of the icemaker. Warm it with a hair dryer, remove it from its aluminum tubing, and make sure there is no ice all the way back to where the supply tube comes from the water valve. After thawing, your icemaker should start working again.
Now..... why did it freeze? Most likely, there is a restricted airflow to the back of the unit, which is need to keep that aluminum supply tube just warm enough to assure all the water flow OUT of it into the icemaker, and doesn't freeze up on contact. Make sure your coils and the airspace under the fridge are completely clean (vacuuum them well) and it should cure the problem.
SOURCE: Maytag refrig (french door) water and ice on door stopped.
1) Electric Water valve check up.
2) Water/Ice dispenser control check up
3) frozen plastic pipe inside door or/and chilled water container frozen
4) old water filter (clogged)
SOURCE: the fridge ice maker isn't getting water
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Check close to the end I have suggestions on how to stop or eliminate delivery tube freeze ups.
Does it make Ice OK?
If so the ice-water valve may be at fault if neither work.
Eliminate water filter or frozen line to reservoir.
Make sure you have water to water valve
Shut off water, remove line, open water line. Catch water in container and
examine. Clean on particles let it flush out some more open and close til
clean. Verify pressure and flow.
Still no water?
Check voltage with a volt meter at the fill valve behind the refrigerator.
Attach volt meter to the coil wire plug just insert probes into them. Then push
the button on the door like your getting water. No volts? If has Ice maker pull
off the other set of wires on water valve and recheck with door switch. Still
no power? Problem in the ice - water door relay or control board.
If these check OK water valve is not opening when power applied replace water
valve. Power shows good replace water valve.
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You need an Ice maker book to tell you what it could be and
what to look for.. Too many items to mention here.
I recommend if your problem is actually the ice maker itself
get a new or rebuilt one. Too many things to detail to make sure it all works
out in the end. However you might replace it and still have a problem. So here
is a list of items to check external of the ice maker to eliminate what might
be something else.
First lets see if we can eliminate some things:
Itemized as
Temperature, Water, Water delivery… It is assumed the refrigerator has been
running and not making ice and has remained on (NOT UNPLUGGED AND OFF) freezing
as normal before starting any of these tests and observations. Other wise you
will have to start over with the problem at hand before proceeding.
External of the ice maker:
1st Does the Freezer temp get down to 12'F? . The temp of the
freezer has to be this cold or colder for the ice maker to work. Just because
meat stays frozen (28’F and colder) doesn't mean it will freeze ice (12’F and
colder) and dump it out. You have to know and record your findings to be
objective and not subjective.
If not your problem may not be the ice maker at all. Eliminate it as a source
of heat in the freezer. It’s plugged into the wall of the freezer and has a
heater that warms the ice up to turn it loose for “harvest”. Unplug or remove
it. Recheck the temp after ½ to 1 hour with the doors closed during this time.
If its still not to temp your ice maker may be ok.
A lot of things can cause the temp of the freezer to stay high. But if this is
the situation you need to look for a different problem before condemning and
buying an Ice maker replacement
2nd Does it get water into the ice maker? If the water isn't getting
to it you need to check the water delivery system, water supply, and water
valve in the back.
The water delivery is easiest to check by shutting off the water removing the
supply line and catching the water in a container with the valve open 1 to 2
rounds to flush out any particles and verify good flow and pressure, and makes
sure when you turn it on you have clean water..
After you have eliminated this;
Next if your not getting water to the delivery tube and into
the ice maker
1 of 2 things is stopping the water. Either its: 1 mechanical or 2 electrical in
nature.
Mechanical
The easiest to look at is the obvious first. The water is
not falling off the delivery tube? Look inside the freezer. Make sure the
opening of the water delivery tube in back or side of the freezer is open and does
not have ice or frost on it. Ice, here, can freeze and close off the delivery
system. A common problem is lime or scale buildup, causing this ice to form. If
the tube has this problem, defrost it with a hair dryer. Clean the tube with
lime away or CLR. Re try it.
SOURCE: Frigidaire Gallery Professional Series -
you will need to replace the water inlet valve, this runs your water and ice,, before you replace it take your water line off and hold it in a pot, then have someone turn the water back on , this will let you know for sure you are getting water to the valve,, if no water comes out then you have a water line prob,, have that fixed then hook it back up and turn it on, then you will need to run the water for about 2 -3 minutes to purge the air out of the line,,, if you rplace the valve you will need to purge also
SOURCE: I have a Whirlpool French
HI, we have the same problem with ours from time to time. It is a engineering flaw, bad design, the ice cubes are kept in the refrigerator section, which is about 38-40 degrees. So the ice cubes melt, the only way to keep it clear is to use ice cubes every day and not let then thaw and freeze.
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