Ray for Model Number 79575546401 Ice Maker: After 15 years, some of the tubing in the back of the refrigerator got brittle and started cracking causing major water leaks. I replaced the tubing. No more leaks and water comes out of the in-door dispenser. But after 12 hours the ice maker doesn't produce ice. I ran through the ice maker cycle test from the service manual. Cycled through as expected, no errors, but no ice. Questionable if water is getting to the ice maker. Do you have to purge the lines after replacing them? Or is there another way to test this before thinking the valve coincidentally broke while I was replacing the tubing. Thanks.
Answer Ray, you may want to inspect the fill tube at the icemaker for any ice blockages. If ice has frozen inside of the fill tube on the inside of the freezer, it will need to be cleared. As this has occurred after tubing causing a leak, it is possible that this may just be from air being able to get to the water and breaking the water vacuum. If the fill tube ices up again, this would indicate that the water valve 5221JB2006K is leaking by. If the fill tube is not iced up, then you will want to test the valve for 120VAC when the ice maker is near the end of the harvest mode. If there is 120VAC, then the valve failed. If there is not 120VAC, then the most likely issue would be the ice maker 5989JA0002N not calling for water. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Thursday, September 5, 2019