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Amana Side-by-side small leak

Roy Starrin

2006-02-27, 10:21 am

Son has Amana Side-by-side Model SXD 26VW with ice-maker.
I have not seen this, but he describes small srpay like leak from a
clear plastic tube near the top on the back. (Inlet for icemaker is
at the bottom rear). Turning off the icemaking feature has apparently
stopped the leak.
Amana home page says they have no .pdf manual for it. Found some
parts diagrams, but nothing I could recognize.
Clue (maybe): He had new floor put in kitchen Friday, which
necessitated disconnecting, moving unit.
Is it possible that without pressure something froze?
I don't want to go over there and get involved if I can avoid it. I'm
too old and too sore. Anyhoo, is there anyway someone can tell what
the problem may be. ("I had that happen to me" or "they all do that;
you can fix it by...") If, it's a likely parts problem, then I'm
going to have hime call a repairman---which is probably the best
approach in any case.
TIA
Roy

Stormin Mormon

2006-02-27, 10:21 am

Sometimes the water tubes up the back of the fridge are plastic.

When the ice maker needs to refill, it sends water up a tube. Mighta damaged
the tube some how.

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"Roy Starrin" <starrin@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Son has Amana Side-by-side Model SXD 26VW with ice-maker.
I have not seen this, but he describes small srpay like leak from a
clear plastic tube near the top on the back. (Inlet for icemaker is
at the bottom rear). Turning off the icemaking feature has apparently
stopped the leak.
Amana home page says they have no .pdf manual for it. Found some
parts diagrams, but nothing I could recognize.
Clue (maybe): He had new floor put in kitchen Friday, which
necessitated disconnecting, moving unit.
Is it possible that without pressure something froze?
I don't want to go over there and get involved if I can avoid it. I'm
too old and too sore. Anyhoo, is there anyway someone can tell what
the problem may be. ("I had that happen to me" or "they all do that;
you can fix it by...") If, it's a likely parts problem, then I'm
going to have hime call a repairman---which is probably the best
approach in any case.
TIA
Roy

Appliance Repair Aid

2006-02-27, 3:21 pm

Roy Starrin wrote:
> Son has Amana Side-by-side Model SXD 26VW with ice-maker.
> I have not seen this, but he describes small srpay like leak from a
> clear plastic tube near the top on the back. (Inlet for icemaker is
> at the bottom rear). Turning off the icemaking feature has apparently
> stopped the leak.
> Amana home page says they have no .pdf manual for it. Found some
> parts diagrams, but nothing I could recognize.
> Clue (maybe): He had new floor put in kitchen Friday, which
> necessitated disconnecting, moving unit.
> Is it possible that without pressure something froze?
> I don't want to go over there and get involved if I can avoid it. I'm
> too old and too sore. Anyhoo, is there anyway someone can tell what
> the problem may be. ("I had that happen to me" or "they all do that;
> you can fix it by...") If, it's a likely parts problem, then I'm
> going to have hime call a repairman---which is probably the best
> approach in any case.
> TIA
> Roy

Hi,

> Son has Amana Side-by-side Model SXD 26VW with ice-maker
> Amana home page says they have no .pdf manual for it

Your missing part of the model#...the P or MAN #.
Possible - SXD26VW-P1315202WW

> (Inlet for icemaker is
> at the bottom rear).

Should be more like near the top.

> I have not seen this, but he describes small srpay like leak from a
> clear plastic tube near the top on the back

Fill tube for the icemaker is frozen up and the filling water is
leaking out of the fill tube for the icemaker?

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

2006-02-27, 8:21 pm

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:14:54 GMT, Roy Starrin <starrin@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Son has Amana Side-by-side Model SXD 26VW with ice-maker.
>I have not seen this, but he describes small srpay like leak from a
>clear plastic tube near the top on the back. (Inlet for icemaker is
>at the bottom rear). Turning off the icemaking feature has apparently
>stopped the leak.
>Amana home page says they have no .pdf manual for it. Found some
>parts diagrams, but nothing I could recognize.
>Clue (maybe): He had new floor put in kitchen Friday, which
>necessitated disconnecting, moving unit.

It's not because he moved the refrigerator that he has this leak.
It's because he has a new floor. Water-related parts live for the day
that someone gets a new floor, and they will wait years for it. Then
they start to leak. Every part papa raises his little parts to fail
when they can cause the most harm or at least inconvenience. And
little parts want to make their papas proud.

>Is it possible that without pressure something froze?

IIUC Jeff said it might be. IIUC, you might not need a part, only
some way to thaw the tube? ? :

>I don't want to go over there and get involved if I can avoid it. I'm

I can see you are getting more like a part father, but they are
probably getting more like human fathers so it all works out.

>too old and too sore. Anyhoo, is there anyway someone can tell what
>the problem may be. ("I had that happen to me" or "they all do that;
>you can fix it by...") If, it's a likely parts problem, then I'm
>going to have hime call a repairman---which is probably the best
>approach in any case.
>TIA
> Roy

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