# Whirlpool evaporator fan **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whirlpool-evaporator-fan/456877 "2008-07-17T21:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whirlpool-evaporator-fan/456877/1 "2008-07-17T21:55:32Z")
For about the 5th time the evaporator fan in our Whirlpool refrigerator freezer has died. I want to fix it myself this time, it doesn’t seen all that hard. It is Model: ET 25DKXBW02 Serial Number: ee 2614328 Can someone direct me to a website that has simple to understand instructions on how to do this. From watching the repairmen in the past I know I have to get to the back of the freezer. After removing the back the rest seems pretty easy. And of course I have to buy the evaporator fan itself. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whirlpool-evaporator-fan/456877/2 "2008-07-18T02:15:14Z")
[How To Replace the Evaporator Fan](http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/repair/evapfan.php) I have used guides on that website for other repairs, though not this evap fan guide. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whirlpool-evaporator-fan/456877/3 "2008-07-18T12:02:24Z")
They are easy to replace if you have any mechanical ability. A 5th dead fan for a refrigerator is a really excessive burnout rate. You may wish to write Whirlpool about the quality problem. They were a company I worked with that really cared about quality problems. At least the engineers did. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whirlpool-evaporator-fan/456877/4 "2008-07-18T12:13:19Z")
By any chance, was one of the symptoms a water accumulations behind the fridge that you could not trace?