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THis last winter, our fridge line froze and the water filter froze and then broke. The end of it, that goes the deepest into the filter housing, broke off inside. Now, we can't get it out and therefore cannot put in a new one. The fridge thinks it has a filter there, so when you turn on the water it just spews out the filter line hole. Any idea how to get this piece out so that we can replace it. It is way in there, and I am assuming it would also need to be turned counter clockwise in order to release it. It is a 1 year old, lovely stainless fridge that now has no water or ice. Please help.
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FYI - Mine actually froze the water in the line.. had to remove the water filter, turn off the ice maker, pull the fridge away from the wall..remove the line from the fridge connection..laid it outside for a few hours until I could blow through it.. re-installed ..all ok..
Sounds like the water tank in the fridge section froze and split open causing a leak. Plus, the water feed line to the dispenser has frozen where it runs up through the freezer door- guessing your trimmer line only goes about 5" into the tube?
There is a water line heater kit that GE makes : Refrigerator Heating Element WR49X10173 .
Then, buy two quick disconnects 5/16" and about 10 feet of 5/16" plastic tubing- use the tubing and disconnects to replace the cracked water tank and you should be good to go... Refrigerator Water Line 5210JA3004K
I recently had a customer who had bad tasting ice. She'd had technicians from the place she purchased her fridge out, and they replaced the supply lines to the fridge, added water filters, but the problem persisted.
The problem actually started under the house. The fridge is on a wall opposite the kitchen sink and the dishwasher, so it was the only thing using water at the end of a long run of copper line, about 10 to 12 feet of it. Since the ice maker doesn't cycle allot, the water in that line was getting stagnant.
I ended up running a new line from a supply line in the adjacent room where the washer was. It was much shorter and didn't leave the fridge at the end of the line. And that was the end of her problem.
Check the supply line under your home if you can. If there's no other way around it, but that it be at the end of a long run, try running a smaller line to reduce the amount of water that sits in the line, and flush it often.
2 things, Usually when you disconnect the water the rubber seals stick to the plastic walls of the inlet valve housing when the water evaporates. This is the most common cause.
The other is the module linked below goes bad. If you remove the white cover on the front of the ice maker most times you will see a tab broken off of the larger gear in the center. A picture of the module is linked below.
What are the particles? Do you have a filter installed on the line to the fridge?
Take the line off going to the fridge (turn it off, should be valve nearby). Put end of line in a very clean bucket or gallon glass jug. Fill it. Any particles? Yes, the fridge water system is dirty. No, your house water system is dirty.
If it's your house, install a whole house water filter. If it's your fridge, call the store or the manufactureer and discuss it with them on what they are going to do to rectify it. Just make sure it's not your house system first!
If it sat a year in the garage are you in a climate that freezes in the winter time? There is water left in the lines and the filter after you disconnect the fridge unless you blow it all out, so it could have freezed and expanded and cracked a piece. If freezing is not a possibility then i would get a new filter if you havent already, the o-rings on the filter could have dried out from being in a hot garage in the summer and caused a leak. Its a pretty simple system though, the water line comes in from the back to the filter housing and then from there it goes to the water in the door and the ice maker. Another possibility is a line could have got snagged and pulled on when moving it, so check all the connections under the fridge for the water lines. Put some paper towels down under the fridge and have someone dispense water from the door and watch it with a flashlight and see if you can find the water leak, the paper towels will help by showing where they get wet and give you an area to investigate further.
Cut off a piece of line and go to a good hardware store, they can show you how to fix it. Need a coupling, and a nut and ferrel. House water line goes on one end of coupling, nut and ferrel on the broken water line on fridge. A good hardware store will be able to show you how to fix.
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