Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a copper water line going into
my refrigerator. It's leaking at the connector line in the
attached picture. It looks like the leak is not from the fridge,
but from the connection line, right where the copper attaches to
the threaded connector.  What do I need to do to fix the
problem?  Water leak at connection  share|improve this question
What is that small blue thing? –  user13816 Jul 4 '13 at 17:52
This blue thing appears to be part of the refrigerator valve. – 
BMitch Jul 5 '13 at 2:47  1 Answer 1  It looks like a
compression fitting which requires that the tubing be round to
make a good seal. The tight bend seems like it has crimped the
tubing and probably has broken the seal.  You need a new
compression fitting attached to the fridge. If there is play in
the copper line, you may be able to remove the fitting, cut the
tubing to get to a place where the tubing is not bent and
crimped,replace the nut on the tubing and place a new
compression ring on the tubing and reseal (wi