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Clean the filter first then take a shop vac and suck out your condenstate drain line on the outside. Look at the inside coil to see if its dirty if it is clean it.
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when fridge goes into deffrost water from defrosted ice should drain to underneath fridge. drain could be clogged.... or ice has buily up over drain hole.
HI,
Recently, I ran into a wave of broken drain pan for the defrost water. When this occurs, the water leaks out on to the cardboard under the unit, causes the card board to warp and come in contact with the fan motor to cool the compressor. If this is so, you can either replace the pan or seal the pan with tape to prevent it from leaking. I have also notice the water valve is located above the drain pan too, if you have a leak it will over fill the pan causing the same problem. Those are the two easiest places to check first. You can remove the grill from under the doors and use a flashlight to see if water is under unit.
Lastly, is there water on the freezer floor? If so the could be a clogged drain tube in the freezer section.
I hope this points you in the correct direction..
When a refrigerator leaks water like yours, it is common for the problem to be nothing more than a clogged defrost drain. When the unit defrosts itself, the frost melt water drips into a pan underneath the evaporator in the freezer, and goes through a tube from there to the bottom outside of the unit. Since the water cant go down this drain, it backs up on the freezer floor, then eventually the kitchen floor.
Are you sure it's the ice maker that's leaking? We have this model & ours accumulates a HUGE iceberg in the bottom of the freezer, but the water seems to be coming out of the back, at the bottom of the back panel, where the vents are.
The leakage is probably from condensation and there should be some sort of drain for it. You should check to see if it is clogged or partially clogged. Also since you say it does it when it hasn't operated for a while you may want to check out where the lines pass through the wall and make sure that it is sealed up there so you don't get leakage from out side.
Good that it is working. Recommend you keep a lose eye on the vent on the bottom of the door panel. This model will probably begin leaking again if it has not been retrofit with a kit that LG developed.
Please open a new problem when it starts to leak and please provide the Model and serial number when you do. Good Luck!
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