Whirlpool WPW10655368 Drip Pan OEM Part

I had my grandson, as he is more agile, replace the Drip Pan. The only real issue was the removing and reinstalling the Fan module. Strongly suggest to view the provided Video a couple of time to save frustration. As not in video, you do not need to remove the water line as the whole back panel will just fold up and out of the way. A 1/4" nut driver is the only tool you need. What drove me to replace the Drip Pan (it was cracked) was a water leak from underneath the freezer door and inside was a 'puddle' of ice, the freezer door had been not pushed all the way closed. Investigation led to a frozen over drain hole underneath the cooling coils at the back of the freezer compartment. You need to empty the freezer compartment into a 'ice chest' and put in 'ice bags' on top of the items, this will hold for a couple of hours. Remove the freezer door and the lower basket. Use a hair dryer, or equivalent, and direct the hot air to the lower set of slots in the rear panel paying particular attention to the center slot as that is where the drain hole is. This will take a bit of time so be patient. Also, I used an old bath towel to soak up the water, and later poured a small amount of water into the coil drip tray to ensure the drain was free and which drained into the new Drip Pan the grandson just installed. Unit Parts, items 20 (coil drip tray) and 22 (freezer coil). The actual time for Drip Tray replacement was as stated, 30-60 minutes. The time to discover the frozen over drain hole was an addition hour, or so, as the grandson removed the rails and rear panel, item 11, Freezer Liner Parts to see the drain hole. The later task was painstaking and patience is required. I had previously replaced the Freezer Door gasket and still had a problem of ice accumulation in the freezer bottom, the door had not been fully shut at one time. I checked the freezer door seal to the cabinet by using a dollar bill, insert the dollar bill between the seal and the refrigerator door frame. Slowly remove the dollar bill, there should be a resistance when removing. I corrected my 'looseness' by carefully adding a layer or two of Duct Tape, or equivalent.

After trying to stop leaks with glue, i figured I should replace the drip pan, It took a little effort to get the fan out of the way but once that was taken care of the rest was simple. Putting the new pan in was very easy five minutes at most. The best part was the great delivery I got from appliance parts, and this is not a paid commercial. THANKS!!!

After diagnosing the problem and ordering the part late on Wednesday night, the part was waiting for me Friday afternoon when I came home from work - awesome shipping times! First remove the grate I did plenty of research, so I read that removing the fan shroud was the biggest pain, the only way I was able to removing was by forcing it out on an angle. With everything out of the way, this was the perfect time to vacuum all the junk down there. Replacing the old cracked pan (6 year old fridge - whoever came up with that formula of plastic should be fired) took about 2 minute. Putting the fan shroud in wasn't as painful as removing it. Screw the grate back in, and we're done!

Had to take the back cover off. It was very tight to remove the fan that sat in the drip pan but did get it off, was able to apply the same level of cursing and got the new pan installed, installing the drain tube was a breeze. Found the parts price very reasonable. Hoping the Whirlpool redesigned the pan so I won't have to do it ever again. I was surprised at how bad the quality of their original part was. Probably saved myself $150.00 on buying the part and doing it myself

Found the drip pan cracked on my 5 years old Maytag fridge. Replaced it and hope this will take care of the leak. The challenge is to remove the fan since is mounted on top of the drip pan. No tools are needed since the fan is kind of snapped in (no screws). Slides on the edges of the drip pan, so you need to apply some force, carefully bent the plastic frame and push it out of the tracks.The fan frame is flexible enough to bend but careful not to break it. Once the fan is out, the drip pan is also snapped in so there are two little tabs to be pushed out with your flat screwdriver. Install back the new drip pan, the fan, the little funnel and you are good to go. The whole job could take up to an hour if you don't have to do too much vacuuming and cleaning.