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I have a copper water line going into my refrigerator. It's leaking at the connector line in the attached picture. It looks like the leak is not from the fridge, but from the connection line, right where the copper attaches to the threaded connector.
What do I need to do to fix the problem?
Sorry to have wasted people's time, but I did learn a lot. The technician came, and the answer was that the valve was defective. The inner parts should have been clamped tightly around the lip during the manufacturing process.
I think kitchen sinks are 3/8" (but I can never remember). So you'll want a 3/8" female, 1/4" male, 3/8" male tee. You should be able to find one at the local big box, or hardware store.
Something like this
NOTE: Use your preferred pipe dope method (tape or goop), however, since it's a brass fitting dope should not be required.
Best Answer
It looks like a compression fitting which requires that the tubing be round to make a good seal. The tight bend seems like it has crimped the tubing and probably has broken the seal.
You need a new compression fitting attached to the fridge. If there is play in the copper line, you may be able to remove the fitting, cut the tubing to get to a place where the tubing is not bent and crimped,replace the nut on the tubing and place a new compression ring on the tubing and reseal (with teflon tape on the threads). Make sure that the tubing is going stright down toward the fridge connection and is not bent (like the current one).
If there is not enough play in the tubing, you may need to replace the whole line to the next connector.