Kenmore 106.41163310 - still leaking after water inlet valve replacement

Hi there,

I have a Kenmore Cold Spot 106.41163310 that dumped a ton of water from the dispenser onto the floor. I replaced the water inlet valve from a part I ordered through Appliance Parts Pros and flushed the water line to ensure there was no air in the line. It seemed to fix the issue, or so I thought.

About 2 weeks later, I woke up to another pool of water that clearly leaked from the water dispenser. After mopping everything up, I opened up the ice maker panel for giggles and noticed I had some ice blockage there, so I defrosted it with a hair dryer. I thought I was good to go, but then it leaked again.

The ice maker has no trouble making ice, but I’m at a loss here thinking of other reasons for the leak. I have no water coming from any of the other top 8 or 9 reasons for leaking – it’s all through the water dispenser, and it only seems to happen overnight between 1am-5am. I’m a nightowl and my wife is up for work at 5am, and it never happens during the other hours of the day when we are up.

I appreciate your input.

Andy

The specific time range definitely makes this an interesting failure. Does the leak occur every night, or just occasionally?

Also, have you tried activating the control lock on the dispenser to see if the issue still happens? That can help rule out any electrical or control-related malfunction triggering the dispenser overnight.