Whirlpool WPW10128551 Refrigerator Evaporator Fan Motor OEM Part

The fan has a very thin wire in it's coil, and when that wire breaks, you need a new fan. In a previous repair, i noticed that an ice build-up had dislodged the wiring on my fan and severed the coil winding. I was able to undo the winding a couple of turns and get it working again. But more recently, the fan stopped and there was no repairing it. So i ordered a new fan from AppliancePartsPros.com and it got here in very good time. The new fan was slightly different as the prongs seemed to be on the opposite side of the assembly, but i just reversed the blue and the black wires from there original orientation and it works just fine. The only thing truly worth noting about this particular repair is that the original fan has a rubber grommet on both the top and the bottom of the fan. You will need to transfer these two grommets to the new fan in order to complete the reassembly. So, if you already threw away the old fan before the new one has arrived, you might maybe better go out and stop the garbage truck before it is too late.... But yeah, the grommets sit on the bottom of the motor and on the shaft that you reattach your fan to. On a side note, while waiting for the replacement motor to arrive, i discovered that i was easily able to take the two power supply wires and insert there prong clips onto a regular house hold fan to keep the air circulating until my replacement motor arrived. This was all accomplished this week, so i can not verify the durability of the replacement motor as of yet.(but it is quite solid and well constructed)

Replaced the circulator fan in the back of the freezer drawer that pushes the cold air up to the refrigerator. I was able to keep the fridge cold until I did the repair by forcing the flap open in the back of the fridge.

Whirlpool tech stated it was the main control board, he changed it twice over a 2 week period and it was still running. The tech stated this was "normal", I felt otherwise, so I noticed that it was not the compressor, but the evaporator fan that was running all the time. I tried changing the settings to a warmer temperature and this did not stop the running. I figured it was either a bad thermistor or the evaporator motor not circulating the air correctly. I bought both parts and changed them out, it took about 1hr total and the fridge is back to normal. The parts arrived in a couple of days from ordering and the videos online helped locate the areas where the parts were located in the fridge.

Very simple to fix. Instead of spending $100.00 just to get someone to look at the problem this site helped me diagnose and fix the issue. The motor to the fan that pushes the air to the fridge from the freezer was delivered the day they said it would be. Within 20 minutes of getting the package my refrigerator was running again the way it should. Thanks again AppliancePartsPros.com! This is the third time you've saved me money by showing how easy doing it yourself really is. Nick Canton, OH

The refrigerator was warm but the freezer was cold. Turn off the refrigerator for 24 hours. Plugged the refrigerator back in, the compressor was not kicking on but the condenser fan and evaporator fan were running. Pulled start relay, measured between two bottom points found Open.. replaced start relay and capacitor and compressor stared immediately and everything worked normally.