Fridge Ice Maker FIX ! Quick & Easy - Water Inlet Valve
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- GE, Samsung, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Maytag it’s all the same DIY fix.
1. Clogged Water Filter - If not maintained this can stop water flow. You can usually purchase a new filter for between $30- $50. This should be changed out approx. every 6 months. If you have hard water you may want to change it even more often. (If there is a lot of new construction in your area, there can be more sediment entering the water system. This extra sediment can clog filter more frequently)
2. Water Supply Line - clogged, kinked, or broken water inlet house and valve. (unplug the refrigerator and turn off the valve’s water supply. Unhook the supply line from the fridge and point it into a sink or bucket and turn the water supply back on to make sure water is flowing) Check the filter at the point of entry into your fridge to make sure there is nothing clogging the line.
3. Faulty Water Inlet Valve - Frozen Water inside the supply tube, reservoir, down the back of your freezer, or an ice puddle at the bottom of your freezer. - Usually caused by a lack of water pressure due to a faulty Water Inlet Valve. This can be defrosted by turning off the freezer for about 20 minutes and using a hair dryer to make the process even quicker. Once line is thawed you can instal the new Water Inlet Valve and turn it back on.
I bought my specific one on Amazon Canada 🇨🇦 for $130 CDN
GE WR57X10086 Water Inlet Valve www.amazon.ca/dp/B00LQDI052?r...
Watch the video for a step-by-step on all of these fixes. - บันเทิง
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why can't I just run vinegar through the old valve? 70 bucks is a lot, bidenomics ya know
Really good video. I’m a 72 year old women. I’ve replaced my ice maker, now I’ll try the inlet valve
Awesome! Good job!!
Mike, your stance is like that of an NPC 😂 like the farmer you talk to before going on a sidequest to retrieve his lost goats❤
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You have saved me $$$, and I thank you! Late last year, I paid a tech to diagnose why my icemaker was not functioning correctly. (Ice waterfall in the back of my freezer would freeze the door in place and sometimes disallow its full closure--thus thawing ice, etc.). He popped in a new icemaker without any troubleshooting whatsoever. Problem NOT solved. Ice river formed again, etc., etc. After hours of narrowing my search (and learning the correct terminology), I landed on your video. THIS IS IT.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Excellent, clear, well-articulated video and instructions. Bravo!
So glad my video helped! Thanks for the kind words :)
Mike, That was a terrific video. Thanks for doing it.
fantastic instructions and great tips, thanks so much
Thank you very good explanation. Loved your video❤❤
Good one, Very helpful Thanks
Mike, this is a very iminformative and helpful video. Thank you, sir.
Thanks!! You’re very welcome ☺️
So well explained and detailed.
Thanks Maniac !
My son replaced the intake valve, and it dispenses water in the door, but it does not dispense water into the ice maker. Could you tell me a couple of things that we might try to get the ice maker working? Thanks
Perfect video Mike!
So glad you liked it !
I'm not sure just yet if the inlet valve is my problem. I wanted to comment that you made a very good video.
Thanks so much !
I hope you have success like I did getting your problem fixed !
Once you talked about the water freezing I'm hope it's the water valve because I had frozen water spit out on the inside wall and ice blockage. Thanks for the diagnosis.
My pleasure! So glad my video helped.
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you!
how do i get an ice tray? for some reason it never came with my fridge, I have a Kenmore French door fridge.
Hi Mike
I have the same refrigerator. My ice maker appears to have the harvest paddles stopped pointing up. When I run the diagnostic nothing happens. Temp is at -4. Is this an internal failure? Whirlpool I have dealt with. But my first GE. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have one question: I have a Kenmore 253.7041941C (French door, inside icemaker ONLY--no water to the door); however, all the parts lists on the Kenmore site show the piece that supplies water to the icemaker and the door. I don't want water shooting out from unused ports! :) Any suggestions?
A storm knocked out our power after my ge fringe stoped dispensing water and making Ice. Would this valve be the problem?
Thank sir!!!!
My 14 year old Whirlpool fridge recently stopped making ice so I found that the ice maker was completely coated in ice. Took it apart to melt it all out and dried it out, then put back in. First fill of water overflowed a ton of water, which is probably what caused the problem in the first place. Cleaned again and monitored this time. When I heard it fill the tray, the valve sounded like it stayed open for at least twice as long as it normally did in the past few years. Would a faulty valve be slow to close? Or is there some electronics issue telling it to stay open longer?
Good video. Why did so much water come out when you removed the filter? Mine never leaked out that much water, ever! Just saying.
Great info. Thanks so much . Great presentation
My pleasure. So glad you found it helpful !!
All the best!
Mike
Good video but make sure to clean your coils they are terribly dirty!
Thanks Mike! I replaced the water inlet however I still don't see the water forming or ice being made. Any suggestions?
Hi!
We’re you able to get the ice maker to run on a test phase like I did by doing the reset? Could be that it’s the ice maker itself that needs replacing?
@@mikebikercanada it ended up being the ice make
If the internal water dispenser is working OK, can I assume the ice maker is getting water as well?
I believe the water inlet valve could be specific to the ice maker. Sorry my fridge doesn’t have the water function so I haven’t investigated this much.
My tray just wont turn. Ice sits in the tray wont dump
I have a kitchenaid kscs25inss01 ice maker. I replaced the ice maker with no problems, but i still can't get water to go to the ice maker. I have water coming out of the water dispenser. What else can I try??
Have you checked the water inlet valve? Is there one dedicated to just the ice maker?
@@mikebikercanada no separate valve. It separates somewhere inside fridge somewhere. I just can't fide where and I'm not willing to take off the entire back of this old fridge
I’ve got the same issues. Tried replacing the water Inlet valve and ice maker yet still no water to the ice maker… really frustrating. New water filter as well.
@@dmbsituationpossible clogged or bent water tube?
mine stopped working right after i replaced the fileter but i got an lg any thoughts.. also reset it multiple times
Hi there!
I’m not sure. Is the ice maker going through the motions when you do the reset?
Where do get the inlet valve? Part number ?
I bought mine on Amazon Canada 🇨🇦
GE WR57X10086 Water Inlet Valve www.amazon.ca/dp/B00LQDI052?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
how many times did you say water inlet valve,,, thank you
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I’m not getting any water into my fridge at all. I can see the nipple in the valve holding water after removing water line. When I removed the water line and tried dispensing water, it pushed the water out the inlet valve..
Is this inlet valve responsible for sucking the water into the fridge? I disconnected the feed tubes at connects halfway up the fridge and still felt no suction while trying to dispense water.
Hi Josh, I don’t have a water dispenser. Just an ice maker. But I would say that this sounds like the water inlet valve as the issue. I think it’s definitely worth trying to replace that first.
@@mikebikercanada alright I will give that a try. Thank you for the response
@@mikebikercanada replacing the valve seems to have done the trick! Thanks again!
What’s the specific name for the valve
What if the drinking water works fine but the ice maker is not filling with water? Could that still be the water inlet valve? Thanks For the video
I'm having the same issue
@@TheKeyWestKidmine turned out to be broken wires at the bottom of the freezer door. Fixed.
@Tileguyy you must have a different refrigerator. I only see the power cord for the ice maker. and it looks fine
Mine is a side by side Kitchenaid. Under door behind the removable kick plate had to cut open the black cover over the wires to see the break. First I tested ice maker with meter and there was no power
Same problem, I also have water leaking under the refrigerator tray and freezing up. I replaced the core 6 months ago and now starting to do the same again. I’m 69 lady, I’ll try this valve repair! FYI retired from GE, seen a lot of different parts 😂
I bought a refrigerator in 2019. I never had water connected to it. I connected water today and water was just continuously flowing out of the ice maker.
Another source suggested as a trouble shooting step that if the power was disconnected and the water continued to flow the issue would likely be the water inlet valve. Would you agree with this and do you have any ideas why my valve would be faulty having never used water with my refrigerator before?
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Mike biker the plumber.
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Seriously dude hide those pant ties!!
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No way! I love having them hang loose!