Refrigerator accumulating water

[Baboontyme 2821]

Hey. I have a basement fridge. It's old but very useful. Probably 20+ year old Kenmore. Within the past week there seems to be water coming from somewhere pooling up underneath the drawers at the bottom. I googled and it seems there is some kind of a clean out valve that can get clogged and cause this, but this old lady doesn't seem to have one of those. 

Hell I kept the glass shelf in above the drawers and put a full size aluminum pan on top to see what was going on and it covered 90% of the length. It accumulated a few drops of water but still getting a saturated pool below the drawers.

Any ideas?

Edited September 6, 2019 by Baboontyme
Cuz

[immortal13 4059]

Did you try turning the temp down?

[Not that Bob 739]

Ice maker leaking. Anti condensation heater not working in the door. Defrost timer off. 

Edited September 6, 2019 by Not that Bob

[Baboontyme 2821]

No icemaker, not hooked up to water supply. Yes I turned the temp down. Same results. 

[millhouse 2616]

Is there a condensation drain hole near the coil inside the fridge? If that froze over or got clogged you would get some standing water. May need to remove a panel to see the coil to find the drain hole.

[DCA_HORN 725]

Are the coils clean?

[mycox 582]

It's 20+ years old. Buy a new fridge

[South Austin 52567]

It might be the bypass line.

[deadshank 24653]

You ma didn't bypass my line last night. 

[Baboontyme 2821]

Everything seems to point to a drain being clogged. But I see no drain. There is no fucking drain. I don't know the first thing about fridges. Would prefer not to buy a new one if I don't have to.

I'm guessing the condensation is coming from this? 

[mapplewhite132 309]

I don't think you have a drainage issue...looks like classic case of fridge aids

[NeverMarryAStripper 21920]

13 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

No icemaker, not hooked up to water supply. Yes I turned the temp down. Same results. 

Well there's your problem.  The water is shooting out of the water supply line that's not hooked up.

[TonyTexas 10524]

Is your freezer iced up? I had a water problem with a fridge once and defrosting fixed it.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

Do you get drunk and pee in it at night?

[houston1108 6]

The drain line is under the evaporator coil which isn't visible from your picture. Is the freezer on the side? if you remove all the drawers and shelf attachments there will be a way to expose the coil on the freezer. You should see a lot of ice at the bottom. Unplug the fridge and let it thaw out and clear out the drain line. There is a rubber check valve that debris from the coil can get trapped in. Had this happen on my fridge a couple months ago. 

[immortal13 4059]

2 hours ago, houston1108 said:

The drain line is under the evaporator coil which isn't visible from your picture. Is the freezer on the side? if you remove all the drawers and shelf attachments there will be a way to expose the coil on the freezer. You should see a lot of ice at the bottom. Unplug the fridge and let it thaw out and clear out the drain line. There is a rubber check valve that debris from the coil can get trapped in. Had this happen on my fridge a couple months ago. 

Nice first post. Very helpful. Pos rep

[Baboontyme 2821]

That was a nice post and thank you. I got impatient and bought a new fridge. 

[Lat22 4014]

You need new door gaskets. Easy fix. 

[deadshank 24653]

14 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

That was a nice post and thank you. I got impatient and bought a new fridge. 

Can I have your old one?

[El Diablo 4232]

4 hours ago, deadshank said:

Can I have your old one?

I've heard that it will pee on your floor.

[deadshank 24653]

1 minute ago, El Diablo said:

I've heard that it will pee on your floor.

Don't care if it happens on the front porch. 

[tchookem 3905]

Is there a condensation drain hole near the coil inside the fridge? If that froze over or got clogged you would get some standing water. May need to remove a panel to see the coil to find the drain hole.

This is probably your problem.

Here is the solution. I have to do this about twice a year...

[Baboontyme 2821]

That's actually a very helpful video, thanks for posting. I could not find anything like that when I was looking on the youtubes. But fuck it, that thing is old and I'm pot committed at this point, looking forward to getting rid of it. 

deadshank you can have my old one if you want. You just need to pick it up by 9/22 when the new one comes. And I'm not helping you move it. 

[deadshank 24653]

3 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

That's actually a very helpful video, thanks for posting. I could not find anything like that when I was looking on the youtubes. But fuck it, that thing is old and I'm pot committed at this point, looking forward to getting rid of it. 

deadshank you can have my old one if you want. You just need to pick it up by 9/22 when the new one comes. And I'm not helping you move it. 

Where are you?

[Baboontyme 2821]

I'm about 20 minutes north of Detroit. Let me know what day you're coming, maybe I can get my $20 haul away fee back from Lowe's.

[deadshank 24653]

13 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

I'm about 20 minutes north of Detroit. Let me know what day you're coming, maybe I can get my $20 haul away fee back from Lowe's.

Sweet.  I'm in Warren.  Be by in 20 minutes. 

[horn4life 3783]

The good news is if you unplug the fridge it will work perfectly by the time Deadshank picks it up.

 

 

Though is did think about making a joke about Death, Shanks and Detroit...