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Posted on Oct 06, 2010

Ice keeps forming on the bottom of the freezer - like a leak on the back side flows into the bottom toward the door.

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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.

  • Bob Dennis
    Bob Dennis Sep 20, 2014

    find the rubber boot on the end of drain tube, snip a small v shape cut to allow water to drain out. these boots get soft and gummy and won't open to allow water to drain out

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