Viking Check Water flashing: the older 5 Series ice machine has no water
The 5 Series clear-ice and nugget machines check for water every 20 minutes.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Water supply
- Ice machine water valve and filter repair
- Source: Viking
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What Check Water flashing
actually means.
The 5 Series clear-ice and nugget machines check for water every 20 minutes. While the supply is missing, the Check Water light flashes blue, and once water is back the machine resumes making ice without a reset.
Viking ice machine display · also shown as Check Water light flashing blue
What to do when Check Water flashing shows on the ice machineKind of codeWater supply
The water side came up short: the trough did not fill in the time allowed, the float or level probe never saw water, or water kept flowing when the inlet valve should have closed. A supply valve left partly shut, a clogged filter cartridge, low building pressure or a sticking inlet valve are the usual causes. Opening the valve fully and fitting a fresh filter clears the simple cases; a valve that hums without passing water is a visit.
Usually leads toIce machine water valve and filter repair
The inlet valve, filter, sump float or level probe and supply line, tested and replaced when water arrives short, dirty or nonstop.
Shows up asIce Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You
An ice machine error code may show as a number on a small display, a pattern of blinking lights on the control board, a colored light on the front, or a machine that stops with one indicator flashing.
MakeViking
A Viking ice machine call covers the panel-ready install, the drain and the water side before the cooling system is looked at.
SourceViking 5 Series FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 ice machine Use & Care manual
Older Viking 5 Series machines: FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 clear ice and FGNI515 / FPNI515 nugget.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Check Water flashing on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Open the supply valve fully and check the line for kinks.
Wait up to 20 minutes after restoring water for the machine to notice and restart.
If the light keeps flashing with a good supply, book a visit to check the inlet valve.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine water valve and filter repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Check Water is not a cleaning reminder; that is the separate Time to Clean light. It does not appear on the current FNIU515D or FIUI5152D models, which use lamps or a display instead.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Check Water flashing tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Check Water flashing usually leads
Ice machine water valve and filter repair.
Viking
ice machines.
A Viking ice machine call covers the panel-ready install, the drain and the water side before the cooling system is looked at.
Viking ice machine repairMore Viking codes
Water supply on other makes
Undercounter ice machine
A self-contained ice machine that makes and stores its own ice under a bar, a service counter or a kitchen island, from commercial units to clear-ice models in large homes.
Nugget ice machine
An ice machine that freezes a thin layer inside a chilled cylinder and pushes it out with an auger as soft, chewable nuggets, for clinics, offices, hotels and large homes.
In Viking's own words
If the “Check Water” light is flashing blue, check water supply. The control system checks for water every 20 minutes.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Older Viking 5 Series machines: FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 clear ice and FGNI515 / FPNI515 nugget.
Viking Check Water flashing ice machine repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Check Water flashing.
Can I clear Check Water flashing myself?
Do I need to reset my older Viking after fixing the water?
Why does my older Viking flash Check Water after the house water was shut off?
Does the Viking Check Water light mean the filter is clogged?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Check Water flashing?
A booking with a code goes further when it carries the light or code copied as it appeared, the model and serial off the data plate, and a word on whether cubes still fall into the bin. With those three in hand, our office can match the probable part to your machine the same afternoon.