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Ice maker NO ICE, FILTER IS OK, WATER GOING TO INLET VALVE, BUT NOT COMING OUT THE OTHER END.FREEZER TEMP.OKAY,IS IT THE VALVE OR SOMETHING ELSE. THE FRIDGE IS 3 YEARS OLD.

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Disconnect the plastic hose at the top of the refer (the one coming from the water valve) and set the end into a glass. After about two hours you should have water in the glass. If you have water in the glass then the spout that is inside the freezer is froze up and needs to be thawed out (use a blowdryer), If there is no water then it will be the valve or ice maker.
If it is froze up, adjust the cold controls back to the middle settings, you may have it to cold in your freezer.

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