What's wrong with the fridge?

Question

My refrigerator is behaving strangely. These are the symptoms:

- The compressor runs continuously--no cycling. It used to cycle (but
ran a lot), now it just runs all the time.

- The freezer section is plenty cold, with frost inside but not very
much (maybe 1/2 inch around the inside).

- The refrigerator side isn't as cold as it used to be. Drinks stored
on the shelves in the door are only slightly cold. Stuff placed on the
shelves is a lot colder, but still doesn't seem to be as cold as it
used to be.

- What looks like an evaporator plate at the back of the refrigerator
section is about 2/3 covered with frost, the final third being clean.

The refrigerator is almost twenty years old. I open the door many times each day.

I'm worried that the refrigerator may be nearing the end of its life.
What do you think? Is there something really wrong with it? Anything I can fix? Anything that is worth having fixed? Or will it soon be time to replace the refrigerator?

RA · Accepted Answer

The evaporator coil should have an even layer of frost covering the whole coil, if it is only getting cold on part of the coil that often indicates a leak in the sealed system.  On a 20+ year old refrigerator, it would cost more to repair the sealed system properly than to replace the refrigerator.  Usually when you have a sealed system leak it will progressively get worse and worse until it doesn't cool at all (that can take days or months to happen).

You would also need a professional to do sealed system work, that is not something a DIY can do.

kohus · Answer

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Polar Bear · Answer

Replace defrost timer,.....keep it for another 10 years.

? · Answer

It is time to replace it.

Rahana · Answer

Very noisy

What's wrong with the fridge?

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