Fridge evaporator fan noise turned out to be a puddle, not the motor

Last week I had a Whirlpool in Tacoma that sounded like a squeaky shopping cart every 20 minutes. Replaced the fan motor, still made the noise, so I pulled the rear panel again and found a slow defrost drain leak pooling right under the motor mount. Dried it out, cleared the drain line with a piece of 14 gauge wire, and the unit has been quiet for 6 days now. Anyone else run into moisture causing false fan failures before swapping the whole assembly?

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skylerc861mo ago

...so my buddy had the exact same thing happen with his GE. Swapped the motor, checked the wiring, everything. Then he found a small puddle too. Said he felt like an idiot, but honestly, who thinks to check for water first, right?