What Is Causing This

[jennyjoan]

I have had about 4-5 fridge freezers in my day.

Every one of them including this one "leaks".

Where the drainage hole at back of fridge - water seems to leak from it resulting perhaps some water in the vegetable basket and also underneath it.

All these years I just rolled up a kitchen towel and put it at the hole and just changed it when I had to. Anybody know how I can stop the "leaks".

I have cleaned the hole many times but to no success.

[jennyjoan]

Never thought of that Anne - gee thanks LOL

[chiaroscuro]

Shame the wire didn't work. If you are going to poke around the back of the fridge be sure to unplug it first.

[anneasquith]

Sorry conn. :-)

[chiaroscuro]

Just a thought, perhaps the drain is blocked by ice.

[jennyjoan]

Thanks Cheerio - Anne just reminded me there.

I am hell for poking lots of things without switching off - particularly vacuum cleaners - changing belts and removing fluff etc.

Yesterday thought hoover was not sucking as well as it should have been - stripped it down a bit - took off hose top and bottom (didn't switch off) but lucky for me there was a finger of Time-Out stuck in the hose. Yeah it might have been Time-Out for me if I hadda poked anymore. LOL

[jennyjoan]

Well Chia - fridge/freezer is auto defrost.

[Chipchopper]

I went through this reoccurring problem once, but sorted it in the end by prodding the drain hole with a cable tie.

[jennyjoan]

chippie - I won't be buying anything else - will just buy more kitchen towels.

Will hoke and poke a bit more tomorrow.

[tonyav]

jj, have you checked if the pan that the drain tube drains into ( back of the fridge freezer hasn't frozen up, if it has then that would stop the water / condensation from draining away.

[jennyjoan]

Yes Tony - have checked out - you will see in earlier posts here. Nothing in the little pan.

[Togo]

Jenny if you pull the freezer out again yo will see a, probably, plastic tube that runs down from the condensation drain in the freezer to the heated tray ate bottom. This will probably be blocked. It will have little clips or grips that hold it in place. Remove the little tube and put it in a bowl of warm soapy water and give it a soak for a few minutes or until you have cleared the blockage. Warning it is not a pretty sight and will probably look like grey and brown slime.

[Togo]

yo = you. ate = at the

[tonyav]

Ah, sorry jj I should have read the whole thread.
I wonder if the door seal ( rubber ) needs replacing.

[chiaroscuro]

Did you fix it?

[jennyjoan]

chia - just haven't got around to pulling fridge out yet but will soon.