I have a 16-year-old GE Profile side-by-side refrigerator that was making a similar noise, a rattling clunk when the compressor shut off. The problem was the high pressure check valve failing to prevent pressure blowing backwards through the compressor (as correctly diagnosed by a blind handyman on this list). The refrigerator still looks new, so I decided to do the "green" thing and repair it. The compressor and labor came to about $750. Now the refrigerator works marginally satisfactory and runs almost constantly. I believe that it would have been greener for my wallet to have bought a new high efficiency refrigerator.
- Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
