No water comes into my icemaker.
I can hear the icemaker "filling" sound, but no water comes through. I took a hair dryer and warmed the plastic tube where the water comes from and removed a cylinder of ice. Thought this would fix it. Nope. I have since put the arm in up position, and haven't had ice for a week. Thanks for any answers.
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Question. My icemaker too is not working. These online trouble-shooting sites are great; however, some posts require clarification. For instance, I have 1 water line feed into my refrigerator. The water dispenser works fine but the ice maker is not producing ice. To suggest that the water inlet water valve may be the culprit is somewhat spurious because then wouldn't the Water not dispense as well? Same goes for clogged external ice maker filter: meaning both shouldn't work -- correct?
How can I determine if the ice maker is defective, given the above hypothesis that it's probably not the water inlet valve. How can I test if ice maker needs replacement.
Also, temperature in freezer is sufficient + the line feeder that feeds water to the actual icemaker does not seem frozen.
The water coming out of the Water dispenser is as strong as its always been.
I did recently find a 1/4" thick sheath of ice on the floor inside the freezer, which may also point to a defective Ice Maker, no?
by gfrancis M
How do you get to the filter and how to take the plastic tube off to check it
by Kathy Zink
So what was the fix. Having the exact same problem.
by Todd Cox
Gfrancis M what was your fix? I’m having the same issue.
by Todd Cox
Same problem; Kenmore w/ice maker. Works fine for 6 years. No water getting to ice maker. Changed water filter-have hi pressure from water source to water inlet valve-changed water inlet valve- continuity tested same as old one at 250 ohms. No frozen lines or apparent clogs. Disconnected water line from inlet valve to ice maker and found water was not getting to ice maker from inlet valve (new inlet valve). One point; ice maker was working great and I left the home for 3 weeks and turned off water supply to house, but, left the ice maker arm in the DOWN position, telling it to make ice for 3 weeks with no water supply, but, freezer was on and running and telling ice maker to make ice. Did I burn something out? Another point; I can pour water into the tray and ice cubes will be kicked out normally. That part of the ice maker seems to be working--I just can't get water to the ice maker.
by garylape
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