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campingman55
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Jun 24, 2014

norcold fridge not making ice

i have model 1201 lrimss and all of a sudden it stop making ice and yes the arm is down and i dont want to buy the little blue thing that works the water to the ice maker unles it is bad any help
  • I recently had a similar problem with mine. Have you confirmed that water is flowing through the solenoid? If the solenoid is functioning correctly, and I assume it is as you said you replaced it, then there is likely a blockage in the line going up to the ice maker.

    In my case the heater wire that wraps around the tubing had burned a small hole in the tube right at the connection to the solenoid. As stated above yours may also have frozen up at the ice maker end.

    First you need to confirm that the solenoid is getting power and is functioning correctly. If you have a hole in the tube it will show up as a leak when the solenoid tries to send water to the ice maker. Sometimes compressed air through the tube will clear a blockage if that is the problem.
  • i pour water in the ice maker and it made ice but will not refill with water and i replaced the blue water valve what else can it be
  • Manually pour water in the mold tray. wait 24 hours. if no ice ejected, then the icemaker is defective. Doug
  • oldchief7155 wrote:
    The valve is most likely the problem if no water is getting past it and you have pressure.


    X2 been there, done that !
  • The valve is most likely the problem if no water is getting past it and you have pressure.
  • It is hard to speculate, but I am thinking that one of the more common and simple reasons the ice maker stops making ice is that the unit is frozen over... So it stops cycling. When is the last time you defrosted your freezer?

    You will have to verify that the icemaker is getting water and it has power. I don't think the water solenoid goes bad often but I did have one fail..They are not expensive nor hard to replace.