On Mon 06 Oct 2008 07:31:47p, Edwin Pawlowski told us...


"V" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a Whirlpool side by side with water and ice. One of the things
the tell you to check is the pump. The water dispenser works fine so
I was wondering if someone could tell me if the the ice maker and
water dispenser use the same pump?

Thanks in advance,
V

Pump? There is a big pump down at the water department so, yes, they do
use the same one.

Check out www.repairclinic.com or www.applianceaid.com for some
troubleshooting ideas. Ice makers are the most frequent repair on
refrigerators, but I sure like having one. They are easy to replace if
that is what you need. Be sure the lever is in proper position. There
is a heater, a small motor, a fill valve. Sometimes the fill tube get
frozen and just needs to be thawed and cleaned out and it will start up
OK.

Ed, I totally agree. And, I have never failed to have some kind of problem
with side-by-side units with ice-thru-the-door and water dispensers,
whereas I have absolutely never had a problem with an ice maker in a top
freezer model which just has an ice bin. I've never figured out the
correlation of problems with the SBS, as opposed to none with top freezer.
Obviously, there is a lot more to the delivery mechanism in the SBS, but
the unit which produces the ice in both is virtually identical, yet the
problem was always with the ice maker itself, not the delivery system.

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Wayne Boatwright
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