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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:16:21 AM EDT
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Water lines not clogged or shut off is it?
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:18:03 AM EDT
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Have you fed her lately?
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:18:28 AM EDT
[#3]
Slap her on the ass?
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:19:47 AM EDT
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It's global warming, Bushs fault.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:22:06 AM EDT
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Go to your local Agricultural Co-Op in your sedan, and purchase 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:22:29 AM EDT
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I think the solenoid switch has gone bad.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:23:21 AM EDT
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Yes. And she's pissed that it quit working. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:13:11 AM EDT
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make? model? does it (or did it) make half moon cubes when working? have you noticed black specks in the ice? or flakes? do you hear any noises from the solenoid valve trying to work? (aka a buzzing noise for abt 7 seconds) DrFrige |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:17:18 AM EDT
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Kenmore. It onlys says icemaker on the actual unit. Yes, it makes the half-moon. Ice that was in it was clean. No, noise from the solenoid. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:20:53 AM EDT
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Mine quit too. We had an extended power outage and it started working again. Apparently the water lines froze. It worked for about a month and froze again. I'm waiting for it to get cold here so I can put the food outside and let it thaw again. I don't know what to do to keep it from freezing. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:22:52 AM EDT
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I've had mine quit several times from the arm that dumps it out or several other things just get froze. I messed around and moved stuff and it started back working everytime.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:24:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:24:41 AM EDT
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Mine too, its a Kenmore Kinda like Bamas but for a side by side it dumps ice into a hopper on the door. DrFridge help. How do we check the solinoid and water valve?
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:31:32 AM EDT
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I have one just like that that quit working. DrFrige talked me through fixing it and it works better than ever. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 10:56:26 AM EDT
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AH!!! PICS!!! you are making my life easier here... You see that white cover that says "STOP" on it? Pull that off so I can see the big white gear please. 
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:00:44 AM EDT
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That may be a 363. series Kenmore that was built by GE, They had a funky type of Icemaker. If it is, (You can check that by looking at the model number... if it starts with 363. then it is a GE) There was an inherent problem with them. I do not recall what it was because it has been a few years since I have worked with one. I HAD the service updates somewhere... let me see if I can find it. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:01:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:01:43 AM EDT
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Cool!!! I like it when it all works out. 
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:06:20 AM EDT
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OK the gear looks fine.. No missing teeth or cracks... Now the icemaker is held on with two screws (sometimes 3) two DEFINITLY on the top and sometimes one on the bottom. Take the icemaker out. 1. Is there Ice in the mold of the icemaker? 2. See the fill tube that comes in the back? (about a 5/8-3/4" diameter tube) Is there ice in that tube? If there is ice in that tube, then you are going to need a turkey baster and a bowl of hot water. Keep flushing that tube with hot water and let the water run out of the tube into the bowl (Otherwise water will get all over the place in your freezer... and THAT SUCKS!) |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:21:00 AM EDT
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1. No mold. 2. Looks like there might be some ice way back in the top of the tube. General Electric WR30X0306 CAN3 |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:27:50 AM EDT
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It's not delivery, It's DiGiorno. What toppings did you get? Good luck on your ice maker.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:28:35 AM EDT
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That is probably it. the ice has stopped water flow to the IM... Now. if you flush it and it works forever, then you are done with it. But if it happens again, a few things may be wrong that is casuing it. 1. Do you have the icemaker hooked up to one of those 'piercing' valves? You know the ones that saddle on to a copper pipe and then you turn the valve until it pierces the copper? What happens there is that the hole is too small and plugs up, thus reducing water pressure and not allowing the solenoid valve to close prperly. 2. Weeping solenoid valve. Not seating 100% causing water to trickle in and freezing in the tube before getting to the icemaker... Replace the solenoid 3. MOST COMMON PROBLEM. Water interruption. Sometimes if there was water interupttion to the house, (someone turned off the main to work on something) that could cause it too. I had a condo complex have a few of them do that... found out that they turned of the main a week earlier to do some work and I had 10 units in there all with frozen fill tubes. They all said the same thing "Yeah, they turned the water off for 1/2 a day last week) |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:28:47 AM EDT
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Ours quit working a few weeks ago. I'm keeping an eye on this thread, since hubby couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:33:06 AM EDT
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We had to have our ice maker replaced about a year or so ago and it now make ice just fine but for some reson it smells like onions. WTF there are no onions in my freezer! Why is this? Have you ever seen this? It's a pain in the ass my wife won't use it so I have to buy bagged ice and store it in my deep freeze.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:42:36 AM EDT
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Couple of things: Ice is THE BIGGEST magnet for odors. This is why you MUST dump the ice every two weeks, There is NOTHING that the icemaker adds to administer odors. On a NORMAL refrigerator (im gonna bore you with some refrigeration background for a minute) all the refrigeration is done in the freezer section. NO refrigeration is done in the refrigerator section. There are two holes that join the two sections and a fan that sends the cold air from the freezer to the refrigerator and the other set of holes bring the warm air from the refrigerator section back to the freezer. So you may not have onions in the freezer that is causing the odors, it may be in the fresh food section. Clean the refrigerator section real well and use baking soda or if the smell is REAL strong, use a product like "Odo-ban" (I think that is the name) but use something that is food safe (NSF approved) The other thing I wonder, did they change the water line as well? We had one that we were scratching our heads real bad with. The ice tasted like the gauze that denstists put in your mouth... I know...  We finally traced it down to the braided stainless steel water line that the contractor used... changed it and it was GONE! w00t! |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:44:41 AM EDT
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Why didnt you IM me then? Most of the problems with icemakers are like what bama is going through. It's just an Icemaker... It's not smarter than us. We'll kick its ass!!! |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 11:54:09 AM EDT
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Wow, this is the coolest thing I have ever tried on a forum. My ice maker stopped working over a year ago and when it did there was a nice frozen puddle of water on the floor of the freezer so I figured the hose came apart somewhere and the water wasn't going where it was supposed to so I lifted the arm to turn it off and cleaned up the ice. Haven't used it since because I can't see the problem. Do you have any idea what would cause a problem like this?
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Posted: 12/30/2006 12:00:41 PM EDT
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Line cleared. Solenoid just came on. Water flowing. You da man! ETA: For you DIY appliance repair men like me, if you get water on that little plug in thing, don't touch it. ZAP. 
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Posted: 12/30/2006 12:04:19 PM EDT
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Me too.
Ice maker works great. On the freezer door, we can get "chilled water, cubed ice or crushed ice". A while back, something changed and we can only get crushed ice. Even when the switch is on cubed ice, it comes out crushed. Easy fix?? Kenmore 363...... scottMO |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 12:05:13 PM EDT
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no he didn't change the line just the maker. I though it might be some sort of lube smell or somthing. I think I will completely clean the thing and see what happens. It suprises me caues it gets funky.
Thanks |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 12:07:20 PM EDT
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I think this happened to mine. I took all the stuff out of the freezer/frige to wipe them clean. When I put the food back in I cranked it to max to get it cold again. If the lines freeze and you thaw them out, is it possible they have split, causing a flood when they thaw? Anyway, I'm going to try the Ironmaker Solution and see. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 12:12:16 PM EDT
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I didn't want to bother you. 
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Posted: 12/30/2006 12:17:51 PM EDT
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...unless it has become self-aware! Great thread, BTW. Great to see folks helping each other out, problems getting solved. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 7:46:23 PM EDT
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Pfffffft.. No bother at all. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 7:48:30 PM EDT
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That's what I love about ARFCOM... we are a city in itself.. We have Dr's, Lawyers, Electricians, plumbers and even lowlife appliance repair guys. Dr Jarhead helped me out BIG TIME when my daughter went in to the hospital... And JWC helped with medical issues with my other daughter... I LOVE this place. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 7:52:16 PM EDT
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Check the line just as I showed Bama... the turkey baster method (Oh and watch getting water on the plug... you may get zapped if you do) I STILL do that on occasion... makes the hair curly.Some icmakers have a plastic sleeve over the incoming fill tube which can slide to adjust for length. see if it slid off the main fill tube or slid back so now the water is missing the icemaker's fill cup. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:08:41 PM EDT
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Its usually a bad solenoid that is right next to the auger motor. The metal rod on the ice bucket goes into it. For cubed ice the solenoid lifts the metal rod up and for crushed it stays put. Stick your finger in it and try and slide it up, if it won't move up the solenoid shorted and melted the plastic inside. easy fix, just get a new solenoid. |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 8:41:51 PM EDT
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Okay, I took the icemaker off the freezer, looked inside and there was about 1/2" of solid ice in the bottom. Nothing plugging the water line that drops into it. I got the ice out and the water automatically started to fill the tray. I screwed the ice maker back onto the freezer wall, and now it just keeps recycling. No water fills the tray now, but the wheel keeps rotating around. It's like it doesn't know when to stop.
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:17:38 PM EDT
[#39]
Excellent, I'll give it a try. scottMO |
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Posted: 12/30/2006 9:32:26 PM EDT
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DR F
My Kenmore fridge has an icemaker. The icemaker is making ice OK, but there is also a drip right under the icemaking mold, towards the front... as a result, every day or two I have to remove a stalegmite of ice in the ice reservoire. Any ideas on root cause ? |
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