Frigidaire 241796405 Icemaker Fill Tube OEM Part

Changed the Frigidaire Icemaker Fill Tube Part # 241796405 (AP5671747) about a week ago and so far the Frigidaire Refrigerator seems to work fine. Did not use other ordered parts. Recently ice formed around internal evaporator fan and it started making loud noise when then fan and compressor, etc were running. A long winded history noted below if interested: I have been fighting with this Frigidaire Refrigerator for about 3 to 4 years, started out with the evaporator fan making noise when ice would buildup. Called out local technician was really not much help, part of the problem was the refrigerator noise got so loud that we had to turn the refrigerator off, manually defrost it and then wait three or so days for the repair technician to show up. By that time the freezer was defrosted and we could restart it and it worked fine for a while. Told him of the problem and he seemed to be guessing that the issue was the defrost thermostat and/or the electronic control board. Decided not to repair the thing and see what happened, refrigerator worked fine for a while then started making fan noise again. Searched the Internet and found information on AppliancePartsPros on likely causes and videos on how to change the part. Ordered Defrost Thermostat and changed it and refrigerator worked fine for about 2 to 3 years, then fan noise started again. Also had issues with ice buildup in bottom of the freezer compartment that stopped up the drain hose. Took the bottom sheet metal panel off and evaporator coil looked fine, so defrost cycle must have been working. Noticed trail of ice on backside of freezer compartment with ice buildup around the evaporator fan housing; assumed leakage from ice maker or fill tube etc. Manually defrosted refrigerator and turned ice maker off for a week and no fan noise occurred. Weeks before ice was building up about every two to three days and initiating the electronic control board to start the defrost cycle did not seem to help. Turned refrigerator off and would take everything out of the freezer, put food in ice chests and manually defrost the freezer compartment using a circulating fan to blow air in the freezer compartment. Note I learned early on to leave everything in refrigerator compartment and leave the door closed while manually defrosting the freezer compartment, which took about two hours. Not sure what was wrong with the ice maker fill tube the original tube seemed fine unless the compression nut somehow loosened and was squirting water into the freezer compartment, but I never noticed any water on the outside of the refrigerator. Somehow maybe the fill tube got twisted and was dripping water on the inside backside of the freezer compartment, but visually inspecting the fill tube it seemed to be mounted in the right position. The replacement fill tube has a slight change in design where it seems to have a larger bump to keep it from turning more when the water tubing compression nut is tightened when installing the fill tube.

Removed shelves, icemaker and all panels from back of feezer to investigate. Turns out threaded fitting from water line going up back of fridge to water chute was not fully seated where they join. It is accessed from behind the fridge. Suspect it had been like that for 7 years but became worse recently. Put in new chute and icemaker since they last only 5 or so years just to be sure it was not contributing to problem. Did not replace water valve because it is functioning properly. Had thought that maybe its timer function was staying on too long and overflowing icemaker. Seven seconds was perfect.

This was easy. Removed the water line and just turned the old one about 1/2 turn counter-clockwise and pulled it out. Slid the new one in and turned it 1/2 turn clockwise and attached the water line.

Past attempts to thaw the plastic water fill tube included using an ice pick, a knife, & a hair dryer, unfortunately the early attempts with the ice pick & knife scratched the smooth plastic tube which caused it to hold water longer & freeze up faster. The video posted with this part showed how simple it was to remove the fill tube from the back of the fridge in minutes. I ordered a replacement part & had it installed in less than 5 minutes total. No problems with it freezing up since then.

After going on site and finding that the water valve was leaking, I ordered the valve. Everything went well. Only problem was the connections weren't clear. It never told me to cut the end of the water lines off and push them in the connectors. It leaked a little at first but did stop. There was no instructions that told me to put some type of lubricant or anything on the "O" rings so will they start leaking? it is hard to keep pulling the refrigerator out of the station and checking for leaks. I think the instructions should be a little clearer so the first timer like myself would know what to do and what to expect.