Whirpool fridge leaking water inside

Refrigerator & Freezer Repair
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Hi -

First, let me say THANK YOU to all of you pros, handyfolks, and generous people willing to share their knowledge with those of us trying to learn! I have benefited several times by being walked through appliance repairs in the past couple of years. Solid info, savings, and just general peace of mind.

So, now I have a fairly new Whirlpool refrigerator, WSF26C2EXF01. Almost hate it as much as my GE dishwasher which is now being replaced by them after 5 failed repair attempts at the age of 8 months!

Anyway, my refrigerator started leaking water along the inside wall below the water filter. I should note that about a day prior to noticing the leak, we heard a ‘pop’ and opened the door to find the filter door open and the filter itself ejected about halfway.

Bought new filter as that seemed obvious. Did not change leak status. Checked forums and determined it was probably the housing itself (part AP4514852). Which I have ordered and have in hand.

My question involves removing the existing housing to replace this. I know to disconnect electric and water, but the filter housing has another plastic frame over it that basically is the right hand side of a U that covers other items in the upper section of the fridge. I don’t see any obvious clips or screws, and I don’t want to break the plastic parts. Cannot find a schematic that will show me how to disassemble/remove that plastic cover so that I can get to the actual filter housing.

As always, would love to heat tips from anyone with experience. Thanks in advance!

Jules

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refrigerator whrilpool model ET8CHEXVQ00 LEAKING WATER INSIDE

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Hello -

I have found a lot of assistance on these forums. The folks are great and usually right on the money!

Where are you finding the water? Is it pooling at the bottom of fridge? Most often you will find the leak has to do with water filter and/or connections to same.

Wipe everything dry and then feel around up where the filter is. Do you feel a drip? Try getting water through the door and see if that recreates the leak for you. That may confirm that the leak is at the filter or hose connection.

Please provide a few more specifics if this is not the problem. I have had to replace my filter, housing for same (cheap plastic part had broken where it connected to filter) easily ordered on this site. And ultimately had to purchase and splice hosing into housing (purchased at Home Depot for about $5).

Annoying, but fixed myself for about $20

Let me know how you make out. And Good Luck!