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title: "Refrigerator leak repair"
description: "LG refrigerator leak repair — water arrives from two places on this appliance and they are entirely different repairs."
url: "https://lgmiami.support/services/refrigerator-leak-repair/"
date_modified: "2026-09-06"
Appliance type: "Freezers, Ice makers, Refrigerators, Wine coolers"
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# LG refrigerator leak repair

### Where the water is tells us most of it

Before you mop it up, look at where it started. Water under the crispers, or a sheet of ice across the freezer floor, is melt water that could not find its drain — a defrost problem wearing a different hat, and nothing to do with your plumbing. A puddle that appears in front of the machine or runs toward the baseboard while the ice maker is filling is supply water, and the first thing to do is close the shutoff behind the cabinet. Water at one back corner and nowhere else is usually the drain pan, which cracks or gets knocked out of position when a machine is moved for cleaning.

What this involves

Under the crisper is the defrost drain; at the back is the supply

A cracked drain pan leaves a trail rather than a puddle

A filter housing that was not seated is the cheapest cause and the most missed

Find where it is actually wet

Paper towel in three places for an hour beats an hour of speculation.

Clear the defrost drain properly

From the trough, not by pouring hot water in from the top and hoping.

Check the pan and the line

A cracked pan, a weeping compression fitting, or a saddle valve that has been dripping for a year.

Reseat or replace the filter housing

The commonest cause after a cartridge change and the easiest to confirm.

Dry and re-check the next day

A leak that is intermittent needs a second look rather than a guess.

### Is it safe to keep using while I wait?

If it is melt water, yes, with a towel under the crispers. If it is supply water, close the valve and use the machine without the dispenser and the ice maker until we get there.

### It only leaks on some days. Why?

Because a defrost drain only ices over between cycles, and a supply leak only shows while something is filling. The pattern is the diagnosis, so it is worth telling us what you were doing when you found it.

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