Our side by side Maytag MSD2756G (I don’t remember the last two letters), was not keep the fridge compartment cold, though the freezer seemed fine. I called an appliance repair place out for an estimate and the technician took off the cover over the evaporator coils. There was no frost on any of them, but there was a big block of ice at the very top. He said the sealed system needed be replaced at a cost of $600-$700 dollars and I should just buy a new fridge. We used a blow dryer to melt the block of ice, and it seems to be working perfectly. Was that just a temporary fix? Was his assessment accurate? We have a window of opportunity to purchase a second hand, but new fridge for $500. But we obviously don’t want to spend the money if we don’t need to.
I’m unable to view example picture #1, but if you look at #2, my coils were completely bare and clean, but there was literally a block of ice sitting on top completely encompassing the coil end points and even some of the wiring.
Yes but something is strange because it is defrosting most of the evaporator coil.
Do you find a lot of frost on the inside of the freezer.
I am thinking perhaps you have a door seal problem and the defrost cannot completely clear the heavy frost off the coils so over time the frost turns to ice and builds up.
I would check that the defrost thermostat is clipped toward if not all the way at the top of the evaporator coils.
I am going to search around and see if I can find some tech info on the unit.