SOURCE: hooking up existing 15 year old water kine to a new fridge
the 1/4 inch line and compression fitting is the same
SOURCE: ice maker line
The plastic water line uses a little brass sleeve that insurts on the inside of the plastic pipe. This allows the compression ring to press down and pinch the plastic to the sleeve. make sure you get the plastic pipe pushed in as far as it will go @ 1/4 inch. pemember your working with plastic do not over tighten it will cut the plastic.
SOURCE: Plastic hose connection to water valve is leaking.
The fitting is called a John Guest fitting. It has a couple of o-ring seals inside. Once the tube is pushed into one end it is locked in. To remove, push in on the tube (opposite of what you would think to remove) then hold down on the ring around the tube, then pull out. There is a good description on this website below
http://www.johnguest.com/
SOURCE: I bought a new water selinoid Valve, hucked it up
The problem may not be the value , look under the front of the fridge remove long cover on bottom, you should see the water line that goes into the freezer door and a connector. Disconnect the water line, should be a quick connect and have a cup ready to check the water line and value, place water line from under fridge into the cup and press the switch on freezer door asking for water if water comes out of the water line then the value is opening and you have a frozen line in the door. Please get back with more info, good luck.
SOURCE: Kenmore side by side ref
The drain in the freezer behind back lower panel
needs opening. You can see it at the bottom of the back panel
underneath the evaporator coils. (The cold coils)
Run Hot water in the drain until it clears or use a hairdryer.
When the defrost melts the water it goes down the drain
If the drain is clogged with Ice or ? The defrost water
overflows into the ref. or freezer
Run Hot water in the drain until it clears or use a hairdryer.
Also check fan undernearh Ref in the rear
Clean condenser coils underneath
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I'm answering my own question. As a result of researching installation of this part I found discussion about how to remove the water lines from this part. That procedure said to push in the collar holding the water line to remove it.
The ah-ha moment came when I realized I was removing those collars before installation, assuming they exisited to protect inlet port between shipping and installation. No where in the installation procedure does it tell me to remove those collars. My bust. Those collars are what holds the water lines in place.
It's common for new valves and connections to come with protective caps. These collars are not protective caps, they are the component that make water line installation possible.
Solution: Part installation completely different than original part. This valve installs similar to PEX tubing. What I thought was a protective cap was a clamping device to hold the water tubing into the valve assy. I restalled the cap-like clamps, inserted the tubing, ensured a tight grip of the tubing by clamping device, and problem solved. Water line held tightly and does not leak. Little nervous because it seems too simple and concerned about risk of leaking. Almost one year since install, and all is well. No doubt, there was clown music playing at my first attempt to install this part.
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