The short answer
On the 2W360 refrigerator this symptom is usually the defrost drain, which on this platform silts up, freezes at the trap and then sends every defrost cycle onto the floor instead of into the pan. The 2W360 family is one platform carried across a run of revisions, and the trailing digits of the model number are what separate them: the fault set is shared, the part numbers are not.
What you observe
- Water under the crisper drawers with a dry floor outside — Water inside the cabinet and none behind it means the drain path, not the supply.
- A puddle that reappears behind the unit after it is mopped — Outside the cabinet and towards the wall points at plumbing or the pan rather than at anything cold.
- Water at the front, in front of a closed door — The door circuit and the door seal both produce this, and nothing at the back of the machine does.
- Ice building in a mound under the ice maker — Water arriving where the mould is not, which is a fill fault and not a drain fault.
- NEAR MISS — water only on top of the fresh food, never on the floor — Condensation on food and shelves with a dry floor is a door-left-ajar or over-full cabinet problem, and no part needs replacing.
Causes, most likely first on the 2W360 family
- Blocked defrost drain backing up into the cabinet — First on this family. It is the cause that produces water inside the cabinet rather than beside it, which is the single most useful thing to notice about a leak.
- Supply line, shut-off valve or compression fitting weeping — Second on these models. A weeping compression nut or a pierced saddle valve leaves a slow puddle that always appears behind or beside the unit and never inside it.
- Water filter head, cartridge seal or a filter fitted wrong — Third. The give-away is a leak that starts within a day of a filter change and appears at the front of the cabinet rather than the back.
- Drain pan cracked, displaced or overflowing — Last of the four, and the one to reach for only when the others are clean. A pan that was displaced when the unit was last moved delivers water to the floor from the exact point the machine is designed to deliver it to the pan.
- Body: A brand-generic article on this symptom starts with the blocked defrost drain, and so does this one.
Check in this order, and why
- Look for ice or standing water in the channel under the evaporator — Water under the crisper drawers with a dry floor behind the unit puts this at the top of the list every time.
- Dry the floor behind the unit and lay a sheet of paper under each fitting — A damp patch that reappears on the paper within an hour names the fitting without any dismantling.
- Reseat the filter fully and dry the housing, then dispense a glass of water — Fresh wetness at the housing after one dispense settles it; nothing there sends you elsewhere.
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel, and before reaching behind the cabinet to dry a fitting — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off.
Models in the 2W360 family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| 2W360 | amana:refrigerator:2w360 |
| 2W360-01 | amana:refrigerator:2w360 |
When to call a technician
Call once the drain, the pan and the visible fittings are clean and dry and the water still returns, because the remaining causes sit behind the liner. Call straight away if water is reaching a socket, an extension lead or the compressor compartment — that is an electrical problem before it is a leak.
Other faults covered for the 2W360 family
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