Last year our first ice maker stopped working. Back then we had money so we just ordered another one. For some odd reason, instead of throwing it away I put it in the closet... Last month our 2nd ice maker took a s**t. I was in no position financially to "just buy a new one" so I Googled Magic Chef troubleshooting and your video popped up. Thanks to you I now have 2 fully functioning ice makers! 😁😁😁

Perfect example of how KZfaq is a lifesaver thanks so much

Just picked up a $130 ice maker at goodwill for $30 bucks. Didn’t work when I brought it home and this video had it running perfectly!

I do admire how professional you created this video detail by detail explanation by the explanation I am a HVAC tech for 25 years and if you know basic electricity you could do it if you have issues try to get a electrical diagram now for the HVAC part if you don't have a HVAC EPA certification do not attempted replace the compressor before you replace the compressor have knowledge of all type of freon or gas reminder there are compressors that all you need is a small spark to create an explosion anything that you have to do with replacing the compressor you must do it outside where it does not danger anyone's life it will cause respiratory issue and yes it will kill well thank you for your video very well professional and I thank you so much God bless you all have a blessed life

My mother is on her 2nd machine. Both units mysteriously stopped working. She has to have her ice to chew on. After watching this, I suspect we have same issue or certainly with same parts system. Gonna take em apart tomorrow and get em fixed. I can't be the ice runner for the rest of my life. She literally has the unit next to her room. Thanks for posting the video. I will fix these portable ice makers before I melt away. 😋 Tank Q !

Thanks for your video. I did have an obstruction in my pump, but it wasn't a hair, it was a small piece of plastic. After reassembling the machine, the pump was working but the movement of the tray was erratic. I found where the motor connects with the movable tray the plastic was broken and crumbled so the motor ran continuously but the tray didn't move. That's where the piece of plastic that was in the pump came from. It took me some time before I actually took the motor off, but I finally got there. Thanks again for your video. I didn't bother taking the front cover off.

You Sir just made me feel like an absolute capable, independent adult! I fixed our ice maker all thanks to this wonderfully in depth tutorial. You rock! Thank you so much

Thanks so much for this! It seemed like a lot of work, but i begrudgingly dismantled my Frigidaire EFIC-117 and found a single bell pepper seed inside the pump, preventing it from working. So happy to have ice again!

Thanks for the vid. you have saved another ice maker with nothing wrong with it other than a blocked pump. Praise to KZfaq!

I wish I would have seen this before…. I actually ended up making a KZfaq “what’s inside” video from it. Great info here and thanks for posting

I followed all your instructions, turns out a small piece of plastic was lodged in our water pump which was causing it not to pump or detect water. Thank you for the video!!!!

Thank you! Who would of thought a strand of hair would cause such a problem! IT's fixed and making ice again! 😊

Thank you!!! You literally saved me money! I followed every step and cleaned out the tube & water pump and my ice machine is good as new!!!

Thanks for taking apart your ice maker the 2nd time to walk us through all of this! I was about 1 minute from tossing this guy in the trash after the water sensor cleaning didn't work. Glad I checked KZfaq again :) Working like a champ and got a nice cleanup while I had it all apart. Should have ice tomorrow :)

I use in vehicle in desert - pump was making noise - used vinegar/water - ran several times - lots of sand came out - fixed now - Thanks

Cheers from Brazil, you saved our mom's ice maker. Thank you very very very much!!!

Thank you so much for this! Saved our machine and was a simple 15 minute fix! Our pump wasn't working at all, but there was a hair wrapped around inside the pump and once it was removed it started working like a champ again.

Thank you! You helped me fix our ice maker too instead of throwing it away and bying a new one!

Excellent. I cannot believe my ice maker had the same problem! Now I have to let it rest a day before I can turn it on to try it! Thanks a million.

Man you saved me. We had a bell pepper seed in the pump somehow. Works fine now. Thanks!!

That type of pump is similar to the ones used in automatic pet water fountains. An enclosed ice maker is obviously a lot cleaner than a pet bowl but my experience was that the pet water system had to be taken apart and thoroughly disinfected and cleaned at least once a week. As you saw, they are not tolerant of any debris whatsoever. One hair or bit of plastic would easily be enough to shut it down. Great DIY fix!

Thank you. I couldn’t find instructions to fill my machine but your video of going through it helped me figure it out.

You're the man!!!! I thought it was slimed up. Nope! A thin 8-inch long piece of plastic wrapped around the magnet. Some fuzz of some sort. Thanks for the how-to.

Just fixed our Dreamiracle model with the help of your video. Same problem (lots of long hair in our family) and other than a gazillion screws to disassemble, same exact method. Thanks very much!

Super grateful for this video. Was more than one single hair when I stripped the pump assembly down but working like new now!

Thanks for the advice. My pump had 2 small pieces of dirt in it. Didn’t have to remove the front. Also, checked motor with a multimeter to make sure the pump was ok.

If I had not watched your video, I would have not been able to fix a VERY minor water leak... I just stuck the water valve (hose) right back and it's good as new! Thank you so much for taking your time to do the video!

Thanks for the tip , ours is 3 years old and about a year ago I had to replace one of the limit switches that dumps the ice , replaced both to be safe , will now check my pump ! Thanks again and tell your wife that she gave you Great Moral Support !

This video was SOOOO helpful! Thank you! My pump wasn't coming on....took it apart and there was some hair in it. Cleadn it, cleaned off the coils, and it is working great!

I’m in the middle of a 2-1/2 month camping trip in my travel trailer thru Michigan. My Frigidaire ice maker (probably all same Chinese mfr) did exactly what you described. I didn’t even think to run vinegar thru it. I do my coffee makers. I’ll do that today, see what it gets me. Very helpful video.

Thank you so much for this video it’s what’s going on with my machine water tank stayed full and I knew the pump was working just didn’t know where the pump was I do know it’s good to get help because I’m the type of person that doesn’t get others involved that’s the way I’ve always been , I’m a do it myself type of person , plus when your short on funds well you have to figure things out , so thank god for you tube .

Thank you!!! I watched your video and it was hair that was in the motor of my Nostalgia Portable Ice Maker motor. It wss sucking water from the reservoir but there was not enough power from the motor to push the water to the top of the water hose and into the freezer water tray.

Glad this video is here. I couldn't figure out what was going on (although mine started working after 2 hours upright). None of the other troubleshooting videos or websites addressed this issue with the freon.

Great video, my Frigidaire was identical to what you had. Took the pump apart, removed the debris and now you can't even hear the pump running! Thanks for posting this!

Cant thank you enough for this video! This is what was wrong with my icemaker! Now it is working like new.. A million thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you SO much for this very well explained video which enabled me, a fairly mechanically inclined lady, to feel I could undertake this repair. The pump as well as the intake reservoir were slimey and disgusting! After cleaning the pump, I taped a Qtip to a very narrow pick-type fork to reach down into the reservoir, repeating with clean Qtips until it looked clean. I let it rest over night. Today it is making nice large cubes again! Thanks again for the great video and for saving me $100!

Thank you ! With your video you save us over $100.00 It was a same issue not feeding enough water and we found some residue at the pump intake and now is working like a champ.

Same thank you so much my costway ice maker had the exact same problems!!!! Now it's up and running again thanks to you!!!!!

I never would have taken this apart before watching this video, but I had a single hair too!! Hopefully it works after waiting multiple hours to turn it back on 👍🏼👍🏼 thank you so much!

Thank you for your video. It helped me out a lot. My igloo actually had a different problem then yours but thanks to your clip I was able to take the machine apart to get to the problem area. Past the pump where it is pumping the water into the reservoir was a little build up of some fuzz that directed the water behind the reservoir. Result.....water ran behind and then back down...the machine cycled without any water/ice and finished with nothing. Once the fuzz was removed it fills the reservoir again and life is good. Thanks for your clip again.....👍

A bit tight in there but took it apart, cleaned the impeller as you did and it works like a charm. Thank you!

I found a piece of hair wrapped around mine just now! Will wait 24hrs and try it! Hope it works thank you so much!!

You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you.

Thank you for your video!! Mine managed to get dog hair stuck in there with 2 good old boys here who shed like no tomorrow 😖 Got mine back up and running though!! I never like to replace anything til I give it a whack and fixing it lol

Excellent vid!! Mine is doing exactly the same thing and dumping water back into the reservoir and not reaching the ice making nozzles. Obviously a blockage or impeller jamming due to debree etc. Lookin' forward to the challenge of stripping it down and diagnosing the prob. Cheers from Glasgow, Scotland!!

Yep, This demonstration was super helpful! Thank you!

Thank you for this video! Great job tinkering with it. I was about to throw mine out. Even If I can't fix mine, I'll still open it up and see what I can find. Thanks again!

Thanks heaps! Glad I found this video I was able to fix the problem of my ice maker, I found a plastic in the water pump it's finally working again! I thought I wouldn't be able to use it anymore I just got this 2 days old Hicon ice maker it was working when it arrived then after a day suddenly it stopped pumping water. You're a life saver

I will try this tomorrow! I hope it’s that much of an easy fix for me. Mine just stopped making ice all of a serene also.

You are very kind and patient.

I took it apart and dated how you did it and mine had hair wrapped around the pump to thank you for this excellent video is very helpful and work out perfect

Thank you. My back panel was plastic and hair was wound around slowing the spin. Cleaned the magnets and it's blowing the water into the tray and freezing right now. I've learned I will drink much more if what I'm drinking doesn't have ice in it. I'm in Florida and my ice maker is about 14 years old. I make enough ice for a week in twelve hours with my old Emerson. You gave me the courage to tackle it.

Thank you! Just finished repairing my ice maker. Yes it was hair! I recommend the Emerson brand because pump is in back with easy access and covers or plastic so didn't have to worry about cutting myself. Thanks again.

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video, I just saw on fb market place someone was giving away one like this style but it's a magic chef and I'm thinking there probably made very similar, the gentleman said it was working and one day it was making the Ice slow or something so there giving it away, I said all take it, our ice maker in our fridge has broken so I was looking for one, I saw this and now I have it, im going to look it over and first just do the vinegar first thing and clean it up and see what happens, thanks again

I have a german shepherd that sheds like crazy and I'm pretty sure the small clump came from him...but followed your tutorial (and being a complete idiot when it comes to anything mechanical) it worked like a charm...up and running well! Thank you, sir!

A good video, very helpful...I had an H2O tube that had a hole and needed to replace it...however I have a Magic Chef model, and like the guy says, models differ...so I had to loosen the nut/bolts for the compressor so I had access to the H20 pump plus remove the front cover taking out the screws on the bottom of the unit...so we were able to remove the H20 pump and take out the damaged H20 tube (video does well to show that)...the bolts and nuts holding the compressor in place are metric 10mm just so you know...got it all back together but had to tweak the cover to get the screws lined up for placing the front cover back in place...Oh when you take the front cover off you will have to separate it from the insulation, pretty much forcibly taking it off...again a good video but lacking the obstacles you face when doing this..thanks

We have up to four icemakers that need repair. Have not checked the pump on any of them. Thanks for the freon tip to let it stand for 12-24 hours before start up. That wasn't done either. Also check for lime scale on the sensor. Just scrape off with your fingernail. The scale makes it think the icemaker is overfull.

Thanks for the video it was very informative learned a lot about my ice maker it stopped working on me I self cleaned it left it unplugged for a few days I removed the parts like you said in the video but one thing I’ve noticed is that the fan would run for only a few minutes and stop so I cleaned the fan and whatever else I could find that had dust on it crossing my fingers and toes it’s been running for the last half and hour and now we have ice in the tray, Again thanks for the info..

Thanks for posting this video. I found it very helpful because I'm having the same problem and I guess I'll be checking it out.

Great video and information!! Helped in fixing my loud pump.

Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Not enougn to solve my problem (at the end, the pump was ok) but it helped me to move forward!

I’ve watched 20 of these videos and took mine apart a hundred times only to realize the little flap had flipped all the way up and was getting stuck on the probes lmao. Lost a couple hours but hey, I’ve got ice!

Mine quit working. I almost threw it away but luckily I didn't. Thanks for the video, that was the problem with magic Chef . Saved me from buying a new one! 😀

Great video!! I think my pump crapped out but I’m glad that I tried to fix it. It had hair and dirt all inside!!! I use purified water 💧

Nice analysis and procedure.

Thank you for this video! Fixed my ice maker in 10-20 minutes because the tube had melted and cracked.

Make sure to Blow the fan out with compressed air every so often. If the fins cant get enough air running through it, the ice wont get cold enough.

Thank you! 30 minutes later, clean and running. Hair in the pump. This was a yard sale find for $10.

I cant believe it, thats exactly what happened with ours .thank you,!!

Thank you so much ice machine pump wasnt working in the motor there was a peice of glass we have a bar and there was a glass that broke fell of shelf from vibration from loud music this video helped a lot thanks!❤

Many thanks for showing how to fix the ice maker. Same thing, it was a single hair wrapped around the spindle. It made so much ice. I had put this one in storage since it wasn't making much ice. Now I feel more confident about seeing if I can repair my other one. Update - now both ice makers are working. A little appliance cleaner did the trick. The coils were full of dusk.

** IMPORTANT - Be sure icemaker is *NEVER* level or tilted to the right facing it from the front of the machine. Better to shim two of the rubber feet with folded cardboard so it is slightly tilted to the LEFT. Why? When it fills the bucket, it *intentionally* *overflows* it to chill the remaining water. If the machine is tilted to the right, water runs down the right end of the bucket, drips on the STEEL motor bushing/STEEL shaft creating RUST. This WILL eventually seize bucket motor.

This is wonderful thank you for the video

You saved me $100, sir! Excellent video.

Excellent video, thank you for the effort.

The biggest problem with these small ice-cube makers is that, if you leave them even a small amount of time, mould starts forming... and it's almost impossible to entirely remove. It has a reservoir that you can't get to, so you'll never know what's growing in there. So, be wary of these things - they do work - but 'health wise' may not be that good. After my first one became infested with Black Mould, I threw it away. Now - with a simple 'redesign' (Getting rid of surplus plastic) I have device that I can place my Canned beverage of choice into and have it cooled within seconds.

Im having issues with this same ice maker. Ill give this a try after i get home from work. Im trying to descale it right now. Thanks for this video.

Yep a piece of hair and plastic in the pump. Works fine now. Thanks

Thank you!! Very helpful!!👍🏼

Mines had no blockage in the pump but blockage in the water tube i cleaned out with a small wore brush for cleaning straws thank you so much!

Wow, it was fun to watch.

Thank you for this video! I also agree with vinegar being best cleaner but the hair you discovered is possibly what’s wrong with mine.

Yes this video help me a lot thank you so much.

Thank you to make this video, I have the same problem. I really appreciate 🙂😉👍

Welp, I only have a single spare part after reassembly so - we'll find out how well it works tomorrow. Wish I'd watched your method of removing the water pump before I took the bottom plate off. WOW that's a bear to get back on correctly.

This sorted my problem thank you 👍

I've been having this problem for a few months. I figured out the cause but was uncomfortable "fixing" the issue without better understanding the internals. Your video was extremely helpful.

Thank u!! I almost bought a new ice maker and I did this and there was 2 pieces of hair inside the motor and lint where the water comes out from the tube was dirty and this is why the ice had an odd taste!! I fixed it!!

Great video. Thanks 🙏🏾

This was super helpful as I was already fairly convinced the pump was the problem in our unit. I found the pump well tucked behind the refrigerant coils in this particular machine. So, instead of trying remove anything besides the back housing, I simply unhooked the tubing at the top as shown and created a gentle vacuum in the pump tubing. After pulling and pushing the air a bit, I gave the machine another good rinse and drain (both from the drain plug underneath and by tipping the unit gently). So far, this has done the trick and I'm hoping it will continue on like this for a while yet. Thank you.

I’m going to try this out today! This could very likely be my problem as I am constantly loosing my hair from chemo or it could be a couple cat hairs sucked into the pump. I’ll get back to yinz (Pittsburgh lingo) lol and let yinz know how it works out for me! On SS so I don’t have $140 laying around to just buy another one. 💕😊💕

Thank so much you just saved me some money ❤

A true hero 🫡

Thank you very much for sharing :)

OMG it worked. THANK YOU

work good its like it new Thank you For the help..

Thanks for the video

Thanks man! Saved my ass. I had the exact same problem. 👍

Thanks for the vid. It worked!

Thank you! I had a piece of plastic in the blades