I found my kitchen flooded today, and had to shut off the water supply to my refrigerator to make it stop running. There are no obvious leaks, everything looks fine inside, no damaged pipes. It is rather dirty, though, with pet hair and dust, can't wait to clean once the water dries up. My question: does this sound like a simple repair (replacement valve?) that I might try myself? I'm fairly competent with a screwdriver and good directions, haha. Thanks for replying.

okay! It is the water filter. When I remove the filter, everything seems fine. When I reinsert the filter, there is the sound of running/sputtering water, and water leaking from underneath. With or without the filter in place, I was able to run a lot of water from the door dispenser. The filter is about a year old, so due to be replaced! But... what else should I do, since I expect the same problem might occur with a new filter?

ETA: Maybe it was just the filter. Have ordered a new one, and will find out in a few days.

I had a service call to repair the same kind of problem. When I arrived, there were beach towels hanging everywhere. I asked if they had just had a pool party. I was led to the refrigerator ( a Whirlpool) and saw the water gushing out so violently, I thought the filter housing had ruptured. When I asked them the last time they changed the filter, the response was, "I didn't know there WAS a filter"! The unit was four years old. I changed the filter (and showed them how). No more leak!

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