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Posted on Mar 13, 2011

It's a westinghouse RE391Q-R model fridge. The water is leaking from inside the fridge. The top freezer door rubber is slightly torn. Please tell me what could be the problem?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 30, 2007

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Its probably the defrost circuit either the heater or the timer

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 29, 2008

SOURCE: Westinghouse Aurora Frost free fridge

You need to remove the clog in the drain line from the freezer to the condenser, Look under the fridge for the plastic drain line and blow it out or otherwise clear it, Then insure that the unit is level. Sooner or later you need to clean the freezer drain pan. After using up your frozen food, remove the back panels of the freezer and clean the area well.

Ray

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 02, 2009

SOURCE: leaking inside refridgerator

not shure as to the design of that brand, but it is usually caused from a bloked up drain

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 29, 2009

SOURCE: water leaking from door

your drain is clogged. if ice isbuilt up in the freezeer floor. when the freezer defrosts and the drain is clogged it has no where else to go other than ouot the front. pull everything out of the freezer and check twards the rear at the bottom. remove as much ice as possibile let set unplugged and door open for 3 hours. then take a cup of boiling water and pour it back there. if it dont drain repeat that process with the water-have a towel ready because if the water stays back there long enough it will get cold. you need to keep the water HOT. ice could be built up in the drain. hope this helps

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 20, 2010

SOURCE: Westinghouse Wse6100WA side by side Fridge-icing up/not cooling

This is a bad design flaw, the fridhe is cooled by fan forced air from the freazer. Two ducts vent into and out of the fridge fron the freezer and ice can block them up (which you can find if you take off all the plastic at the top and back of the fridge).
Hence, when they block up, the frindge does not cool, hence the thermostat tells the fridge to keep running which makes the freezer colder and colder, making the blockage worse.

You need to not only fully defrost the freezer (which can be done quicker by removing the plastic panel in the back of the freezer and using a hairdryer) BUT also fully dry the fridge before turning it back on.
To stop it happening again, avoid puting unvovered liquids or hot items in the fridge. Also avoid leaving the fridge and freezer doors open for long especially in humid conditions. As I said, it's a bad design.

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