by The Handyguys
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In this video episode of The Handyguys Podcast Handyguy Paul replaces the water tank on his GE Side By Side refrigerator. His tank was leaking so he found the part and replaced it. This repair will be similar for many different makes and models of refrigerators.
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Very straight forward, thank you.
nice videos of putting a water tank
Great video!!
Hey how’s it going! I really found this video helpful! I replaced the tank in my GE side by side this saturday after it froze and split. The unit has so many other issues…but at least now its dry!
One thing. I ran about 10 glasses of water through it. No leaks, no air pockets. However the water now tastes AWFUL! Like chemcials. The filter isnt that old, and our straight tap water from any other faucet tastes fine.
Did you notice any odd taste after you were finished? If so…how did you deal with it? Just run more water through it?
Thanks!
I didn’t notice such a bad taste. We ran at least 10 glasses of water through the unit. BTW, if you unit is freezing, you may have a problem with your defrost coils. I ultimately had to change the control board to solve my defrost problems. However, 3 months later, my water/ice dispenser stopped working completely (after intermittently not working for a few weeks). I may need to change out my control board again.
Paul,
Thanks for the feedback. I have freezing in my fresh food drawers. Also my ice would melt together and re-freeze in the bucket. Causing it to be one big chunk. I read online, amongst the abundence of other issues with these units, that the dampener at the top of the fridge side could be the issue. I was having intermittent issues with my water dispenser, NOT related to freezing as well.
So I replaced the leaking water tank, water inlet valve/solenoid, and the dampner assembly. I put water in bot of the fresh food drawers at the bottom, and Im monitoring the temp via another thermometer inside the fridge. So far so good there. Next on my list is the heater and control board, which ill do at the same time probably. I havent had frost on the freezer back panel though…so I figured it wasnt the heater.
Im not sure what to do about the bad tasting water. Im going to run a crazy amount through it tonight. Maybe another couple gallons. I hate taking life off the filter for this. I should have ordered the cheap bypass while I was buying parts haha. Im not sure where to go if running water doesnt fix it.