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Freezer leaking water Maytag Model MZD 2766GEW jJim McLaughlin 10-25-2006
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 26, 2006, 7:55 am


Since you have the freezer apart, defrost the catch pan and drain
under the cold coils. Then pull the "kick plate" from the front of the
unit. Need to have both doors wide open to do this.

Look for a plastic pan that is about 6 inches wide, and ru ns from
front to back. Squirt some water into the drain under the cold coils.
The water should end up in the plastic pan. The pan may be already
full of water, or the pan may be cracked.

Look for a plstic hose, which goes from the drain into the pan That
hose should be connected, and should be draining into the pan, not
onto the floor.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.

Intermittant leaks of water onto floor every 2 - 3 daysunder frezer
side of side by side Sudden onset about a week ago. Small puddle.
Unit
is a about 3 1/2 years old. Service folks say they can't come out to
look at unit untiil 3 November. *SWMBO*not amused at delay.

Unit is keeing frozen stuff well frozen, and refrigerator side wrking
well in terms of keeping chilled stuff chilled. Plenty of ice from
dispenser, and plenty of cold water from dispenser

Pulled unit out from wall and unplugged. Took out shelves. Took
off lower and back inside panels . Traced incoming water line from
back
of unit up to and through entire routing to front water dipenser. No
leak I can find. Traced line to icemaker, again no leak I can find.
If it were a leat in the water line to the icemaker or the chilled
water
outlet in the door, I'd expect to see ice forming insde the freezer
unit. There is non/

There is a group of refrigerant coils in the rear under the bottom of
the freezer. The coils have an ice build up on them A good amount of
ice. Ice encases several wires near coils. I'm thinking that
probably
isn't the way its designed to operate and that this can't be good.
The
owner's manual, which I have, is useless.

I did find a sort of drain under the coil area and it, too, has water
and ice on it. I poured some war tah to melt he ice and gntly
cleaned
he darin arae with some tips. Doesn't seem clogged. There is a
perforated metal plate under the drain area, but cant reach iyt with
anything to try to clear ay clogs.


Anybody here got any better ideas of what might be causing he
intermittant puddling and the ice build p on the coils and wires.

I vaguely recall a web site for "Harry Homeowner" appliance repairs
but
haven't saved the URL. I am separately doing a Google search fr that
site, but wuld appreciate any pointers to the site.

Please E mail me at jaymclaughlinatyahoodotcom with responses in
addition to posting here\

Thank you in advance.



Posted by Rich256 on October 26, 2006, 10:17 am


Stormin Mormon wrote:
> Since you have the freezer apart, defrost the catch pan and drain
> under the cold coils. Then pull the "kick plate" from the front of the
> unit. Need to have both doors wide open to do this.
>
> Look for a plastic pan that is about 6 inches wide, and ru ns from
> front to back. Squirt some water into the drain under the cold coils.
> The water should end up in the plastic pan. The pan may be already
> full of water, or the pan may be cracked.
>
> Look for a plstic hose, which goes from the drain into the pan That
> hose should be connected, and should be draining into the pan, not
> onto the floor.
>


I expect that is where the problem is. Remember a leak in the ice maker
line would happen only when the ice maker is filling with water. The
valve is near the floor on the rear so you need to be in the fill mode
to see any leak beyond that point.

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