I’ve got a Maytag side by side refrigerator that won’t cool. The condenser fan and evap fan are both running and appear to be fine. I cleaned the condenser coils to be sure that wasn’t the problem. The compressor seems to be humming but doesn’t sound like its pumping. I removed the OL relay/cap. The relay does not rattle when I shake it and the cap appears ok, but I have no way to check it. I took ohm readings and they are as follows: C to S 5 ohms, C to R 5 ohms and across the S and R 10 ohms. None of the terminations read anything to ground. These tests seem to indicate the windings are ok. My questions are: 1) Could the OL/Cap be holding out the run portion of control? 2) Is it worth it to replace the OL relay/Cap?
3) Does it sound like I’m looking at a bad compressor?
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.