Amana BCI20TL Hollow Ice

[gary]

Hi.  First time I've been to this site in a few years and things have changed.  I know I have asked this "hollow ice" question in the past, but I can't pull up my oldest posts.  I would have posted in the Kitchen Appliance section, but that is now a technician only forum.  Maybe my old posts are still buried in there?  In any case...

I have an Amana bottom freezer that has served us relatively well for about 20 years now.  The ice maker has been replaced a few times.  A fan a time or two, and some other things too.  It has been producing hollow ice for a couple/few months now.  A couple days ago I replaced the ice maker unit.  When I was replacing it I noticed the fill tube had a partial plug of ice.  It worked fine for the first few ice loads and I'm again back to hollow ice.  Squeezing the fill tube indicates it once again has a partial ice plug.

I think when this happened the last time I had to replace the part that controls the water flow into the ice maker.  I'm here because I don't recall what part I replaced, and I'm also not 100% sure this is the problem.

This site has been an amazing resource over the years.

Cheers, Gary

[certified tech group 51]

water valve is what it is called.......it be leaking

[TerrysApplianceRepair]

If water pressure to unit is okay, then you need to replace the valve where water connects to refrigerator

[gary]

Thank you, kind Sirs.  Next stop is water valve replacement.

Cheers, Gary