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Anonymous Posted on Jul 12, 2008

Not making ice

The ice maker is not working, the tray does not fill up with water. Before the ice maker stopped producing ice, there was also a knocking sound coming from the ice maker. We have replaced the filter, that did not help. My refridgerator is a kitchen aid model kscs25fkss01.

This is similar to another post, but I did not see an answer (Comment by bajewell, posted on Apr 17, 2008). Thanks in advance for any advice you have.

  • tassa2 Jul 17, 2008

    our ice maker stopped working as well, after 2 years of intermittent working. has anyone replaced the motor part themselves - is this do-able?

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The oil from the compressor has pumped up to the top part because of it only the ice maker s not workind change the lead valve of the compressor which can rectify your problem

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