I need advice on refrigerator repair

I don't repair refrigerators for a living. But I think you are correct about the air flow. If you have not already allowed the frig to

I poured two cups of scalding hot water down the vent to the refrigerator. It all went through. Fortunately, I had catch bowls in the refrigerator to catch it all.

That does not mean I got it all.

I wouldn't advise this guy's methods - but his video shows why it might take quite a long while to completely thaw-out your unit ...

Could be the self defrost is not working and the coil froze up. You can verify if you can see the coil, otherwise, turn off, open door, use a hair dryer to get some hot air. Once done, it may be good for a few days to a week and will freeze again.

I just had the same issue with a friend's freezer. Ends up it was over-filled and could not "breathe" - like the one in the video. By enabling air flow it "allowed" the defrost to work and prevented re-freazing. It has been working effectively now for over a month (actually over 2 now). It took 2 applications of the hair drier to get the air moving and keep it moving - along with removing about 10 lbs of "frozen stuff" from the freezer compartment and moving things around in the fridge compartment.. This was in a bottom freezer unit. The warning sign here was the fan got noisy - then she realized her lettuce was frozen - along with other things in the refrigerator, while her ice cream was getting soft .

Hi Claire,

The freezer is getting super cold (-20F) and the refrigerator is getting hot. No air flow from the freezer. The fan in the freeze runs constantly. (That was some hard broccoli!)

I did empty and shut off the units and opened all the doors for half a day. The Freezer is now at +5F and seems to be staying there but it is reloaded with stuff that had warmed up a bit.

The refrigerator is sitting a +45F with a tons of ice blocks and blue ice in it.

There is still no air being blown into the refrigerator.

If I turn the freeze temperature control knob up, I can hear the click. The freeze still runs anyway.

I poured scalding hot water down the air hole from the freezer at the vents in the freezer. It all came right through.

-T

It went into a defrost cycle last night.

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is rusted in place of something?