Logik Fridge Freezer LFC55W16- fridge drain blocked- can’t sort it – Help!!

[ellosailor]

Hi all, my neighbour has a Logik f/freezer as above, when the auto- defrost kicks in the drain channel fills up and water overflows into the fridge.

The hole into the drain pipe is clear, and a flexi-probe down the pipe goes about 350mm and then comes up against something hard. Similarly, from the bottom outlet onto the drip tray, I can only get a probe up about 50mm before hitting something hard. I’m thus unable to clear whatever it is that is causing the problem.

Of course all the associated gubbins is hidden neatly away inside the insulation, so I’m at a bit of a loss as to where to go next. The pipe is definitely blocked ‘cos I can’t blow air from a pump through it. The freezer pipe seems to be working ok, as some water is present in the drip tray from that.

Any suggestions?? My credibility as Mr Fix-Anything is on the line here………

Cheers.

[tubafan]

Certainly sounds like something has dropped into the pipe and got stuck or maybe it’s a a plug of ice? Is it perhaps possible to wind a screw into the obstruction from the bottom and see if it can be pulled out that way? If it’s ice then gentle warming from below with a hairdryer might melt it.

[ellosailor]

Hi and thanks for the response. We emptied it, unplugged it, and left it overnight to completely defrost so I don’t think it’s ice. There’s nothing to see from the bottom except a wire spring of some sort about 50mm up it (with a borescope) – maybe a clip onto the outlet pipe. I suspect there are at least two sharp bends or elbows in the pipe run that make it impossible to rod through. If nothing else occurs to me I’m tempted to make a couple of strategically placed holes in the insulation and see exactly what’s going on. Last resort!

[ellosailor]

Well just to completely eliminate the possibility of it being iced up (‘cos that was all I could find on the net) we switched it off, emptied it, put a fan heater behind it and left it on (low) for 24 hours. Just at the end of that period we poked a long pipe cleaner thingy down it and pop! out came a plug of ice. All working ok now, but just shows how prone these things are to icing up and that can only be down to poor design in the first place. Anyway at least if it happens again we know what to do.

[tubafan]

Thanks for the update and it does sound like a design issue as you say.

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