Punctured freezer I punctured the freezer, which also punctured the tubing causing freon to rapidly leak out. (I broke it). Now the unit does not get cold at all. Is this fixable or even worth fixing, or should I just purchase a new unit? Kellie E

The Freon runs through a compressor and it's what actually cools the inside of your freezer, so yes, it makes quite a difference. It's the difference between it circulating warm air or circulating frigid air.

unplug unit and this will cause a reset
did you try to defrost with knife
my friend just did that and punctured freon tube

Put in a new piece of tubeing.First cut out hole, swag !a new piece of tubeing on both ends to fit over existing tube after claning and fluxing both ends of all four connecting pieces. Then silver solder all. Refill unit with the correct freon. Ifyournot familuarwith HVAC unitsI would suggest gtting profesonial helpl .

That is the suction line which carries refrigerant (freon) and indicates a sealed system problem which must be attended to by an EPA "Certified" Technician.

In cases freezer not making ice .is that the tube maybe have leak causing to escape the freon gas. or bubble is in the tube not allowing the freon to circulate or the compressor is defective.

when the compressor is working and dont produce cold maybe the tube is leaking, causing the freon gas to scape. you need to reprocess your freezer to clean up and to find leaking tube to fix it. you nee a white line technician to fix your problem.

You have a system leak or a restriction in either case this will have to be repaired by a qualified service person.

You punctured the aluminum evaporator . In the many years I've been in refrigeration , I have yet to find any way to patch a hole in the evaporator . I've used epoxy , solder , and all different advertised ways to try to patch aluminum . Nothing worked ( for long anyway ) . My suggestion would be to buy another refrig . You will be wasting time and money trying to " fix " this problem . To repair it yourself , you have to have a license to buy R12 , maybe you can buy R134A without a license , you have to look on the " modell , serial number tak to see which it uses and how much to use . Also , the system has to evacuated ( all air removed from the lines ) . Do you have a vacuum pump ? You have to buy a solder on connector ( or saddle valve which WILL leak eventually unless you get a solder on valve ) which will connect to the larger tubing on the compressor or use the access line already on the compressor but is pinched off . Do you have guages for the refrigerant type you need to use ? Once you have these things , reply back and myself or someone else will help you procede .

i will give u an experience
if u can see that tiny puncture then u can fix it.
how? well take a 100 grit sand paper and slowly rough the punctured hole on the side of the hole approx 1 inch around it.clean it with a clean cloth. next take some petroleum ether soak a tissue in ththat and with the ether moist towel wipe the area and the hole nicely .now buy fro the market aluminium epoxy tubes. mix a little bit of the epoxy in a i:1 rratio and apply a coating of this stuff on and around the just cleaned hole.After about 12 hours the puncture is repaired now dont touch it.
Take the fridge to a professional refrigerant filling person who has experience in filling gas. he will vacuum the system and remove any ingress of moisture and then begin filling gas. your fridge will be good as new after this job

when the freon is released from the unit,you have to repair the leak,pull a vacumm to rid any moisture in system then refill with freon,if you dont have the equipment,it would be cheaper to just replace the unit