Leaking Water Chiller/Heater Advice

Hey everyone. I picked up a Whirlpool Water Chiller/Heater today and I am trying to fix it to flip it on Craigslist, but I can't figure out where this thing is leaking. It was pulled out of commission after it peed itself in a local businesses office (I was there when it happened and I cleaned it up. Got my foot in the door to it though). It leakes in the bottom left hand corner, and has a pretty steady stream of water coming out of it that doesn't really stop. The compressor and heater are fine, so I want to sell it and make a good $40-$50 off of it on Craigslist if I can get it to stop leaking. If anyone has any ideas on how to get this thing to stop peeing all over my garage, I would appreciate it. Thanks- Gravitar

Sorry for the big photos btw,


The machine from the front^

Where the water leak is^

From the inside of where it's leaking^

The what I think is water heater tank that has a whole bunch of rust on the bottom. I thought this was where it was leaking from, but nothing is dripping now. I made a stupid move and didn't put on new tape over the old stuff to hold the bottom foam on before I put the coil back on it. Facepalm. I will have to fix that later.

any idea whether the leak is on a plastic line or copper line?

maybe you could add some food coloring to the water then put some nice white paper towels in there so it would be easy to find the leak

Originally Posted by jghilino

any idea whether the leak is on a plastic line or copper line?

maybe you could add some food coloring to the water then put some nice white paper towels in there so it would be easy to find the leak

That's actually a really good idea, I will have to try that later.

try soapy water and look for the bubbles is it under pressure or gravity fed?

Those have some really cheesy rubber hoses held on by either zip ties or a clamp, I bet one of those slipped off or the hose broke, the covers are easy to take off so I would start there.

Originally Posted by brandon

Those have some really cheesy rubber hoses held on by either zip ties or a clamp, I bet one of those slipped off or the hose broke, the covers are easy to take off so I would start there.

I'm going to take another look at it. I will take off the shell and see if anythings loose.

If it's hose then hose can sometimes weathercrack.