--- title: "The ice maker keeps taking water" description: "U-Line the ice maker keeps taking water: a machine that fills continuously, overflows, or keeps its inlet valve open is doing something with a short list of…" url: "https://ulinemiami.support/symptoms/ice-maker-water-keeps-running/" date_modified: "2026-08-29" Appliance type: "Ice machines, Ice makers" --- # U-Line the ice maker keeps taking water ### Close the supply, then diagnose Shut the water off at the valve behind or under the machine before anything else. An inlet valve that will not close is not going to stop on its own, and a built-in machine puts that water into the cabinet carcase and the floor rather than somewhere you can see it. ### The one that damages a kitchen fastest Everything else on this site can wait a few days. A machine that is taking water and not stopping cannot, because a built-in appliance puts that water into the carcase and the floor rather than somewhere visible. Shutting the supply off is the first instruction on this page for that reason. ### Valve, level, or drain An inlet valve holding open on a piece of debris is the most common cause and the one that behaves worst — it will sometimes close once and never again. Level sensing that cannot tell the reservoir is full produces the same symptom for a different reason, and the maker logs a high water level as its own number on these boards. And a drain that has backed up reads as water running when the water is arriving perfectly normally. An inlet valve that will not close The most likely cause and the one that does the damage. A valve holding open on debris will sometimes close once and never again. Level sensing in the reservoir The maker logs a high water level as its own number on these boards. A machine that cannot tell it is full keeps filling. The drain side backing up Water that is arriving normally and not leaving reads as water running continuously. Scale on the float or the sensor Everything that senses water in one of these machines is sitting in the water. Scale is the long answer to most of what goes wrong here. Shut the water off first At the valve behind or under the machine. An inlet valve that will not close is not going to stop on its own and every hour costs joinery. Look for where it is going Overflowing the reservoir, running out of the drain, or appearing under the unit are three different problems. Check whether the machine is otherwise working A machine making ice normally while water runs is a valve. A machine doing nothing while water runs is level sensing. Note whether it started after any work A supply reconnected without the seal seated, or a valve disturbed during a move, is a common and quick answer. A fill that never ends What it usually means Water running constantly Overflowing the reservoir Wet floor with the machine otherwise working Close the supply, then diagnose Shut the water off at the valve behind or under the machine before anything else. An inlet valve that will not close is not going to stop on its own, and a built-in machine puts that water into the cabinet carcase and the floor rather than somewhere you can see it. The one that damages a kitchen fastest Everything else on this site can wait a few days. A machine that is taking water and not stopping cannot, because a built-in appliance puts that water into the carcase and the floor rather than somewhere visible. Shutting the supply off is the first instruction on this page for that reason. Valve, level, or drain An inlet valve holding open on a piece of debris is the most common cause and the one that behaves worst — it will sometimes close once and never again. Level sensing that cannot tell the reservoir is full produces the same symptom for a different reason, and the maker logs a high water level as its own number on these boards. And a drain that has backed up reads as water running when the water is arriving perfectly normally. ### Will turning it off and on fix it? Sometimes, for a while, and that is the trap. A valve that has closed once after being power-cycled has not been repaired; it has been given an opportunity to fail again while nobody is home. ### Is the filter relevant here? Indirectly. Debris that gets past a filter is what holds a valve open, so a filter that is long overdue makes this more likely rather than less. --- **[Read full article: The ice maker keeps taking water](https://ulinemiami.support/symptoms/ice-maker-water-keeps-running/)**