Refrigerator makes gurgling noise

[Jeff Johnson]

Hello All,

I have a GE side-by-side Artica Refrigerator with ice maker and water
dispenser. Everytime I open and close the freezer, the refrigerator
makes a water gurgling sound. The Refrigerator has always done this
and it's less than a year old. Is this normal? If not, any ideas as to
the problem?

Thanks

[email @nospam.com Stephen R]

Mine does the same. I never called about it, but I do notice it pulls some
sort of vacuum after closing the doors. I surmise it is some sort of
pressure equalizing effect. Does not do it all the time.

Stephen R.

"Jeff Johnson" <golde...@nospamexcite.con> wrote in message
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[steve]

Hey! my arctica does exactly the same thing, but only sometimes. I
believe that the gurgling happens when the unit has recently performed
an auto defrost cycle and there is water in the evaporator tray, but I
have not dissected it to find out for sure.

It also pulls quite a vacuum sometimes, and you have to yank on the
doors pretty hard to get them open when this happens. I am very willing
to live with this because it shows how well the door seals are working.

Also, when it is very quiet in the house, and you listen very carefully,
the unit makes very quiet noises that I can only describe as sounding
like a cat coughing up a hairball in the other end of the house :)

Best refrigerator I've ever had though! 'Hairballs' or not!

steve

[Dan O.]

>> Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>
>> I have a GE side-by-side Artica Refrigerator
>> with ice maker and water dispenser. Everytime
>> I open and close the freezer, the refrigerator
>> makes a water gurgling sound. The Refrigerator
>> has always done this and it's less than a year old.
>> Is this normal? If not, any ideas as to
>> the problem?

>steve wrote in message ...

>
>Hey! my arctica does exactly the same thing,
>but only sometimes. I believe that the gurgling
>happens when the unit has recently performed
>an auto defrost cycle and there is water in the
>evaporator tray, but I have not dissected it to
>find out for sure.
>
>It also pulls quite a vacuum sometimes, and
>you have to yank on the doors pretty hard to
>get them open when this happens. I am very
>willing to live with this because it shows how
>well the door seals are working.
>
>Also, when it is very quiet in the house, and you
>listen very carefully, the unit makes very quiet
>noises that I can only describe as sounding
>like a cat coughing up a hairball in the other
>end of the house :)

>> Everytime I open and close the freezer,

>> the refrigerator makes a water gurgling
>> sound.

I don't know about your specific model (since you never said which one
you have) but some other makes have experienced a similar sound caused
by air bubbling up into the fridge through a 'goose neck' in the
defrost water drain system.

I would suggest you contact a local GE authorized factory service
depot with the model and serial number of your fridge and ask if there
are any 'service kits' available to correct such an occurrence (if
indeed that is your problem).

You can find tips for locating the model and serial number tag *on
your appliances* in the 'Repair Parts' section of my site linked
below.

> the unit makes very quiet
>noises that I can only describe as sounding
>like a cat coughing up a hairball in the other
>end of the house :)

You can read about some normal sounds heard on new refrigerators at
the following link:

My new refrigerator is making strange sounds. What is wrong with it?
http://ng.appliance411.com/links/jump.cgi?ID=768

Dan O.
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Appliance411.com
http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=+GE+fridges

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