I awoke to my Amana fridge leaking water everywhere. I pulled it out and the water tube had blown off the elbow where it enters the back of the fridge. I replaced the tube and looked in the freezer. The ice tray fill tube was solid ice. I took a hair dryer and thawed the elbow and the ice tube. I turned the water on and several hours later noticed water coming out of the front of the freezer. The inside was flooded and water was running out the ice tray. I dumped the ice bin. removed the ice maker and let the unit thaw. I put everything back together and turned the water on. I waited an hour or so and no leak. I had to leave so I lifted the ice maker arm to stop the cycle. I wanted to observe the fill. An hour later the water started leaking everywhere. The tube at the back top on the elbow entering the box was still on but partially blown off again. I mopped up about a gallon of water. Do I have a bad water inlet valve? What tells the valve to open? Is it normal to push the tubing off the elbow into the box?

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Jeff, I didn't have time to mess with the refrigerator. We don't use the ice very much but use the water dispenser all the time. I disconnected the power to to the water valve on the ice maker but left the power hooked up on the water dispenser at the valve. I turned the water on an it began to spew from the water tube at the elbow into the box. Shouldn't that valve be closed with the wire harness disconnected?

Thanks Jeff