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I can hear the icemaker “filling” sound, but no water comes through. I took a hair dryer and warmed the plastic tube where the water comes from and removed a cylinder of ice. Thought this would fix it. Nope. I have since put the arm in up position, and haven’t had ice for a week. Thanks for any answers.
Of course when the arm is up, it thinks the ice bin is full and stops making ice. But the real problem is most likely the: Water Inlet Valve The water inlet valve is an electrically-controlled valve that opens to supply water to the dispenser and ice maker. If the water inlet valve is defective, or if it has insufficient pressure, it won’t allow water to flow through. As a result, the ice maker won’t make ice. The valve requires at least 20 psi to function properly. Make sure that the water pressure to the valve is at least 20 psi. If the water pressure is sufficient, use a multimeter to check for power to the water inlet valve. If the water inlet valve has sufficient pressure and is getting power, but the ice maker won’t fill with water to make ice, replace the water inlet valve.
Do you have a saddle valve (the one that perforated the copper pipe) for your ice maker/water dispenser in you fridge? if you do, replace the saddle valve for a t-valve. Done. I went through replacing the inlet water valve and the ice maker itself for nothing. Those saddle valves are garbage. They don’t let enough water reach the fridge with the needed pressure. It took me 4 year to figure it out! Good luck!
If you don’t have a freezing issue with your fridge, check that the water pressure is strong enough. The problem I had was the valve that comes with the puncturing feature that didn’t let the water run at full pressure. Once I replaced the valve with a compression one, my problem was fixed and ice started to be made at good speeds
Before checking valves, water pressure and other stuff, try the following: Reset a Kenmore Ice Maker Remove the front plate that covers the ice maker. The cover plate should come off with a simple tug. Find the on and off switch on the front of the ice maker’s PC board and turn the machine off. Unplug the refrigerator and wait five minutes before plugging it back in. Turn the ice maker back on and return the cover plate. Close the freezer and allow the machine to cycle through and fill ice trays before further troubleshooting. this was found at: https://www.hunker.com/13408830/how-to-r… Thanks to this website, I’m able to produce ice again.
@David Biegert , Check, if possible, if the ice container in the ice maker is in the horizontal position. According to the service manual for the refrigerator water will only enter when it is in this state. See p.32. There is also an icemaker test function described on p.34 Section 8-2-5. Have you checked if the “ice” water valve (as opposed to the dispenser water valve) is working OK? There is a wiring diagram on p.25 showing where the ice valve connects to on the main pcb. Since the water dispenser works OK, the pilot valve must be OK also as usually it takes 2 valves to operate to supply water i.e. pilot valve + water valve to the dispenser and pilot valve + ice valve to the ice maker. If you find a faulty part there’s a parts list at the end of the manual. Search online using the part number only to get results for suppliers that suit you best.
