How To Fix A Leaking Refrigerator QUICK! Water Leaking From Freezer - SOLVED DIY!

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On this episode I'm going to show you how to fix a leaking refrigerator QUICK! If there is water leaking from your freezer, then this is the ultimate solution! Super easy fix and DIY so that you can save a lot of money and prevent you from buying another refrigerator. Try this fix first! No more leaky fridge!

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[willkarn]

Steamer is the way to go. Do not use a heat gun or hair dryer. They will more often than not melt the liner. Steam can only get so hot so it is safe.

[gnanaekaranivinayagamoorth]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video... it was exactly my problem and a repair guy wanted to charge me $458 to fix it and I did it myself in about an hour

[allanwiggins]

I had the same problem with my freezer. All the videos I found were to fix water coming from UNDER the fridge, not under the bin INSIDE the freezer. I followed your instructions and it worked beautifully. Thanks be to GOD and you, my floor is dry again. I am a home remodeler who specializes in bathrooms, but my appliance repair knowledge is limited. Thanks to you, I know how my refrigerator/freezer's operation so much better.

Allan Wiggins
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[dkaustin]

I wanted to put an update to your video. Our LG French door refrigerator was also leaking out from under the freeze. I planned to pull it apart this coming Saturday as I found a sheet of ice under the lower bin. This is where it gets interesting and a much easier solution. You may not need to pull it apart as in this video if you will check for this issue. Be sure to check the door seal before you start pulling things apart. While my wife and I were looking at the freezer door she commented that the door had a gap where the seal touched the right side frame. Room temperature air was getting in. She could push the door tight and it would seal. She let go and the seal came away from the frame. I looked up under the lower bin to see if there was something blocking the door from closing. I was expecting it to be a build up of ice. I then spotted a frozen food package had fallen down between the door itself and the larger lower bin. There is a sizeable gap between the door and the lower bin. The food package was hanging down between the bottom door seal and the bottom frame. It took some pulling, but I was able to remove the package which allowed the door to seal all around the frame. So while we were down there we used a large wood paint stir to knock out the ice sheet under the bin. Then using an old toothbrush we cleaned between the ridges of the seal. A lot crap fell out. Then we clean the faces of the seal and the frame. We now have a good seal all around the freezer door.

[oneGooWorld]

OMG, you are a life saver. After 21 years of fighting with my Maytag fridge and having a towel to catch the access water coming onto my floor, I took apart the rubber hose attached to the drain and it turned out to have insulation clogging it up. I never would have checked that for an issue as I never thought anything would be able to get into that drain valve. Turns out the insulation from the regulator was dropping in the drain valve and over the years was clogging it up. THANK YOU for this video, you are a life saver! 🙏

[SiddheshBagade]

The little helping hand deserves 1 like ❤

[TheMargo]

Be sure to have a good air flow in the freezer. Mine did this too. I learned that my freezer was blocked off at the back by things I had in it. I always check mine now to make a space for air to flow and it has stopped freezing up. Whew. Great video!

[stevetash]

Just a quick note of thanks. We have the same fridge and as of two weeks ago, the same problem. We were done with front and backside procedures in under an hour thanks to your video.

[JK-kfju]

This is THE complete guide to solve this particular issue with freezer! I had smile on my face when I saw the towel because I used the same method while I was trying to figure out a way to fix this. Thank you!!!

[marceldillon]

We did not have access to a repairman in our region of Northern Ontario. It would have been costly to get a repairman from out of town. Searching YouTube, I found your video. Your step by step video has assisted me to do it myself. I did use the steamer, works great. Thanks for your help. Greatly appreciated. And I saved money on a long run and I learned something new.

[alwatts]

Kudos for mentioning the rubber slit you access from the back of the fridge. The dust buildup in it is what causes the water to back up ever so slightly in the freezer which fills/freezes in the main drain hole slowly over time.

[اسحاقشمعبلوطی]

Dude, nobody could do it better than you!!! You really aced it! Thanks Man!

[kerrydavis]

Perfectly direct instructions! I've been needing to fix this problem for close to a year!

[captojppg]

Mines doing the same thing .
Another chore I don’t want to do but if it saves money,
Thanks for the video 👍💯

[edwinzhao]

Great video. I borrowed a handheld steamer from a neighbor and thawed off huge chunks of ice from the freezer. The whole drain in the center was frozen over. No wonder we were having spillage out the front. As a bonus to fixing the leak, the ice maker started working again! Thanks so much for the video! For those folks following the instructions, leave yourself a couple a hours to do this. Keep breathing and take it one step at a time!

[yam]

Thank you! My fridge was leaking for years and this was the solution!

[ronlambert]

Thanks for this well explained video. The fridge in the house we moved into was completely clogged up with ice and was leaking constantly out the front. Your video laid out the process really well and enabled me to get the whole job done in less than 3 hours. Thanks again for the help!

[johnmastalski]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. My fridge was leaking for about a month now, and I really didn't know what to do so I left it and just wiped up the water. I watched your video and saw that the refrigerator you worked on was similar to mine. I went to work and although mine was a slightly different configuration, the process was the same. The clog was where you showed it would be. I spent a little time, and now I'm back to good, thanks to you!

[ES-iqwb]

Thank you! This is exactly the problem I'm having right now. 🥰

[darcyschmitz]

Ive been working on stuff on my own using books before the internet, I normally dont comment but you are very good at explaining and showing everything really well hope you have other videos next time something breaks!!Thanx for taking the time!!!