Hi my freezer was working but my refrigerator would not get cold the frezzer would frost up now nothen worke’s I hear a clicking but nothen kicks in what could be the problem ? :mad: :mad:
I cannot find any info on the given model number, please check it.
I tried at AppliancePartsPros and the Sears site.
Kenmore numbers are usually 3 digits. a period and the 8 digits.
Below are a couple good sites that may help you trouble shoot this.
http://www.applianceaid.com/frig.html
Appliance Repair Guide: How To Fix a Refrigerator - ACME HOW TO.com
If by frosting up you mean that the evaporator coils were frosting/icing up to the point that the evaporator/freezer fan could not pull air through them then it sounds like this was a defrost problem.
Your current problem sounds like either a compressor start device problem or a compressor problem. The second link above has info on how to check these.
Hi thank you Denman. I unpluged the frig.for a few hours and I plug’ed it up and the freezer is freezing. But the refrigerator is not getting cold. I had problems with my whirlpool washer and I was told to order a lid switch and order’ed one an that was problem . people should not drop the lid when closeing the lid . Thank you very MUCH . Opress.
You need to do more troubleshooting.
And I need a model number in order to help you further.
It sounds like the compressor is running which is good.
It will take quite a while for the fresh food section to drop in temperature.
Is the condenser/compressor fan running?
Is the evaporator/freezer fan running?
Can you say where the clicking was coming from?
Sorry i put wrong name it is a Whirlpool refrig. when the refig. or freezer started working the clicking sound stop’ed but the noise was comeing from the Round ball . and both fan’s are working. Thank you .
Opress.
Sorry but I still cannot find any info on this unit.
If it is a non-USA model then perhaps info is not available.
If by “Round ball” you mean the compressor then perhaps the start device is going.
Sorry Denman here is the correct model for my Frig. #ET17HKXL Whirlpool.Thank you Opress
The following info is for a ET17HKXLWR0 which is probably the same as yours.
Here are the parts.
Replacement parts for WHIRLPOOL ET17HKXLWR0 Refrigerators* | AppliancePartsPros.com
See the attachment for the tech sheet.
The compressor is Item 1 in section 4.
Trouble shooting stays the same as my earlier post.
ET17.pdf (270.2 KB)