Refrigerator

I have had the refrigerator plug in for several days and it is not working. I can hear it working, but as yet it is not cooling

A few questions....
IS the perk tube where electric element attached hot? (heating element actually working)
What do you 'hear working? (Absorption fridges don't have moving parts so there is no noise)
Do you hear 'gurgling' type noises?
Is the fridge 'level'?

Sounds like the cooling unit is plugged.......that means a new cooling unit or new fridge.

Off level operation causes a disruption in the normal gravity flow of the ammonia solution used for cooling. This disruption in flow causes overheating and the corrosion inhibitor then turns to a crystal and blocks sections of internal piping.
The damage is accumulative and permanent.

There are no 'fixes'.......turning it off/removing it and turning it upside down/kicking it etc. are just band-aid approaches that really don't do/fix anything. The blockage is attached to the inside of the tubes like a plague, is hard and does not return to solution.