LEAK! Norcold 1210IM - 2018 Sunseeker 3010DS

RVrover · 05-29-2023, 12:32 PM

I have a recent leak coming from the front of the wood platform underneath my 4-door Norcold fridge with ice-maker especially the left corner when facing the fridge. See photos. The fridge is dry inside and outside elsewhere and functions as it supposes to.

I am suspecting something relating to the drain hose as the drain cup at the rear of the refrigerator has been dry recently. Yet, there is no leak at the rear. Where is this water coming from? Searched here and on Google, but could not find a solution yet.

What are your thoughts or recommendations to find the source of the leak?

Bill and Gail · 05-29-2023, 03:08 PM

On my 2016 3010DS, the condensate drain hose drains out thru the vent opening in the outside cover, so it drains outside the rv.
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RVrover · 05-30-2023, 08:43 PM

B&G: attachment link doesn't work.

UPDATE: The leak still going. I opened the furnace cover from outside, which is below the fridge compartment, and saw more water there. I now suspect that the issue is the ice maker line. So, I turned off the water line to the ice maker. If this stops the water, then the ice maker's water line will have to be replaced. I read somewhere that sometimes, the heating element to the line will burn through the plastic line causing it to leak.

Once this is taken care of, then I will also need to get the damaged cabinetry under the fridge replaced.

Bill and Gail · 05-31-2023, 11:25 AM

I don’t know why it added as an attachment ( It never did that before). You may be right about the ice maker. I never used mine, so I shut the water valve in the beginning.

RVrover · 06-01-2023, 11:50 AM

The ice maker line was the issue. I will keep it off. Chances it is the Solenoid and I will not change it for now. BTW, you can't shut off the water from the ice maker by raising the handle in the freezer. To shut it off, the shut-off valve is accessible from the panel under the fridge but easier from the drawer under the stove next to the fridge. See the photos attached. You pull to close. If anyone has some suggestions than giving up on the ice-make, let us know.

For the curious minds, while I was searching the topic, I found this very informative video for a complete build up of the same fridge. https://youtu.be/u9XJY7YMCCI

Water Inlet Valve replacement:

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