Kenmore Elite 22.4 cu. ft. Bottom Freezer Refrigerator with Adjusta Cube Ice Maker Logo
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Kenmore Elite Trio 22.4 Cu Fridge - Flecks of "Tin Foil" in Ice

My wife and I recently purchased a foreclosed house that had been vacant for about a year, with a beautiful stainless steel Kenmore Elite Trio, with icemaker and water dispenser. It appears it was only a few years old. We powered it back up, and it works fine, except when the icemaker makes ice, the ice has these small flecks of tin foil-looking substance suspended in the ice. We turned off the icemaker and went to store-bought ice for now. Is this a filter problem, or something wrong with the lines between the filter and the icemaker?

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  • ens_behler May 02, 2009

    The house was built in 1973 and has seen extensive remodeling over the years... All the stuff that is exposed that I can see is PVC, but there may be iron or copper somewhere in there... We don't have this problem anywhere else in the house, these little flecks of shiny foil-like stuff just show up in the icemaker ice.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    Does the house have galvinized iron water pipes?

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