Drain Tube Kit

Drain Tube Kit

PETER from NC

Frozen pond at bottom of freezer; leaked water out front

Ratchet, hands, brain

So there I was, just me with a small socket set and a large flashlight, and the behemoth refrigerator/freezer armed to the teeth with a frozen plate of ice and a razor sharp back panel. I chipped away at the ice for what seemed like an eternity. I thought to myself, "If only the Whirlpool engineers could see this," and "Damn design defect!" But it turned out that was easy in the long run. What proved difficult ultimately was removal of the jagged and razor sharp rear panel, with water lines and arcing electrical wires running higgledy-piggledy in a labyrinth of confusion and malaise, just waiting for me, their prey, to slip in what can only be described as the highest stakes game of operation I've played. So I unplugged the giant beast, tore through to the gunked-up duck bill valve, and ripped that sucker out with such force I scratched by pinkie finger. No time for band-aids, though, as I was almost home. I snapped in the new P-trap, and... Oh. There. I was done. Wow, that took about 5 minutes. I replaced the panel, and plugged the fridge back in. One week later, and we're looking good.

Drain Tube Kit

Michael from NY

Drain clogging on KitchenAide Refrigerator with bottom freezer drawer causing ice to form on bottom and freezer and then leak water on the floor. Model #KBLS20EVMS5

1/4" socket with driver, small screwdriver, hairdryer, rags, vacuum.

Freezer compartment was leaking water. Found ice on bottom of freezer. Used description of my problem to search for similar problems for this unit. Found fix on this site and ordered part. Advice: remove everything from freezer compartment. Roll unit out to allow enough space to work. Disconnect water connection after shutting off elsewhere. Remove lower back panel (7 or 8 screws). Disconnect two plugs to water regulator attached to back panel so you can swing panel out of your way. Open freezer drawer and using hair dryer or similar heat gun, melt all ice thru the inner back panel vents- you will see it dripping. Go around to back and remove existing drain ramp (black) carefully by using a small screwdriver to gently push in tab on lower left to release and pull up on ramp to remove. Remove rubber plug from drain. This is where most of the clog starts. Using small screwdriver, poke carefully up into drain to clear it completely. Once all is cleaned out, water in evaporator reservoir sponged out and all surfaces you can reach vacuumed and wiped down, install new Drain Tube Kit as per instructions. Reconnect two plugs to water regulator. Replace rear panel. Reconnect water line to unit- do not overtighten. Check for any leaks at this connection. Before turning unit back on, thoroughly vacuum and clean all coils under the fridge. You may have to tilt the unit toward the back and prop the front of the unit up on a block to be able to really clean it well. This is the source of most of the overworking that the unit is doing- dust and animal hair. Push back in place and enjoy. This is not a difficult repair for anyone handy, hence my choice of Kinda Difficult. It will take 2 plus hours to do it right and carefully.

Drain Tube Kit

Daniel from CO

Periodically the Amana refrigerators would leave a puddle of water on the floor

5/16 nut Driver , long thick Allen wrench or similar shape tool.

Problem: Every few weeks a puddle would appear on the kitchen floor . The evaporative tray would be dry. I took off internal panels in the freezer to find blocks of ice accumulated . Took an hour to gently melt and remove. Re assembled, couple of weeks later more water on floor. Ice was back. Solution: per research(Google) found there was an engineering Change for my model appliance. It involved changing the drain hose from the original "duck bill" hose to a larger wide open drain hose. Parts Doctor had the drain kit assembly delivers to my door in 36 hours. $13. I was amazed. The kit was complete with instructions and minutes to install, but, HERES THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. There was a note in the instruction to "thoroughly defrost all the ice before installing" . Apparently the old Duck Bill hose would clog, that was easy to see why, but resulting ice had formed further up the drain path. If that ice is not removed the new drain hose will not drain and the problem will remain. I removed the old hose, gently pushed the Allen wrench up the drain outlet, left it there for about 2 hours with re fridge off. (Watched a movie to pass the time) until finally the ice blockage melted and a cup of water came draining out. I also helped with a hair dryer warming the Allen wrench and freezer compartment. I could not see this ice, but it was up there clogging the drain path keeping the periodic auto-defrost feature from draining properly. The defrosted water would end up on the floor.