water leak in freezer

[rodey]

last nite I found about 2" of ice in the bottom of my freezer. I cleaned it out and later had water in the bottom again. I lifted the rod to shut the ice maker off, and checked this morning and had frozen water again in the bottom. I am sure its from the ice maker though. what do you think?

Model msd2554arw

[rodey]

I guess i should add that the water dispenser works and it still makes ice

[rodey]

is there a way to manually cycle the ice maker to fill so I can observe whats going on with this?

[Mr. Fix-It]

It is probably not your ice maker causing this, I would suspect a plugged defrost drain. To be sure just shut off the water supply to the fridge for a day if your still getting the ice in the bottom of the freezer then you have a plugged drain.

[rodey]

thanks, i will try that. if it is a plugged drain, where is this drain located, and where would it drain to?

[Mr. Fix-It]

You have to remove the back panel of the freezer the drain is at the bottom and is usually plugged with ice or debris. It drains into a drip pan under the fridge. Thaw it with a blow dryer then blow compressed air through it to clear the hose.

[rodey]

thanks for that info, i will pull it out and have a look