Ge WR17X11843 Evaporator Drip Pan OEM Part

Suspected a clogged condensation drain line. Took out all the shelves and drawers, condensation unit is toward the bottom of the frdige on inside, I could see that there was ice build up. I unplugged fridge, placed fan in firdge to speed up the thawing of the built up ice. After ice melted enough, I could get face panels and foam off to see that icing caused a backup in drain line, which led to water sitting in trough pan, rusting the trough pan. Rust then accumulated in the drain line, completely blocking it. So water was essentially overflowing to the bottom of the fridge. I unscrewed condenser line, and took out trough pan, replace with new one. Pull up drain line and cleaned it out. Put everything back together. All is well, no more water puddling in the fridge. Saved myself loads of money in a service call.

On our GE Profile fridge (PSCS5RGXCFSS) the Trough Drain Assembly (#815) had rusted and was spilling rusty water. The trough was not completely rusted-through yet, but close to failure. The root-cause problem was discovered as a zip-tie holding the mini-evaporator coils (#814) together on the left side bottom was not trimmed-off enough, and was deflecting the trough, tilting the trough away from the drain hole on the right. Some side-cutters clipping back the zip-tie fixed that issue. To prep the trough, I first coated it with Rustoleum cold galvanizing paint from Home Depot, as others had suggested. As a further measure, I caulked around the drain crimp with some bathtub caulk, and then sprayed another coat of the galv paint, and let cure two days. Unplug fridge. After shelves out, must remove tubing cowl on right wall (2 screws and grommets), allowing clearance to remove mini-evap cover along with Styrofoam insulation (3 screws). That reveals two more screws holding coil and trough in place. Loosen those screws just enough to work the trough up out of drain funnel at back right corner. Trim zip-tie(s) under coil if needed. Slide in new trough, with drain in funnel, and reverse steps to reassemble. Less frustrating than expected.

After a lot of time searching on the web for causes, without much success, I started to disassemble the affected area. What I found was the drip pan had multiple pin holes in it and water was dripping from there before it had a chance to make it to the drain tube. Replaced pan and all is good.

I had been ignoring the water on the bottom (wiping it up periodically), but then the frig temp was running high and I could hear that the circulating fan wasn't running. Based on other reports, I assumed the water was from the evaporator tray. Not surprisingly, the evaporator tray was rusted through in multiple places, and the fan was dead. Although it possible to buy just the fan, the evaporator cover assembly was moldy and the seals looked tired, and it wasn't that much more to buy the entire cover assembly and fan from here (along with a new tray). Very easy repair: Loosen two screws holding curved tubing cover on bottom right and remove the cover. Remove three screws (two on top, one on left side) holding evaporator cover assembly. Tilt back, pinch the sides of the fan connector, and unplug. The cover will come off. Loosen the two screws holding the evaporator and pan assembly to back of frig. Pull evaporator away, and maneuver tray out of funnel and off. Squirt some hot water into funnel and make sure the drain line isn't clogged. Reverse process to put new tray in behind evaporator and tighten screws, position cover part way on and reach over to plug in fan. Replace three screws holding cover and tighten. Slide tubing cover back on and tighten two screws. FIXED! If I hadn't stopped to clean up the rust stains on the back and bottom of the frig (some white vinegar helps), it probably would have taken about 15 minutes total.

On our GE Profile fridge (PSCS5RGXCFSS) the Trough Drain Assembly had rusted and was spilling rusty water. I replace the Trough Drain