Bad smell in Fridge

Linda,

I would suggest that it will be in under the rubber seal at the bottom of the fridge door.

The easiest way to give this area a thorough clean is to remove the door by taking the small hinge bolt out at the bottom and then it will slide away from the top hinge bolt.

Turn it over and you will probably see spilt milk or egg or similar in under the seal. Give that a good clean out and then spray the fridge with "Fridge Vanilla" available in supermarkets.

At least this method has worked for us a couple of times.

Brian

Linda
Brian could be right but also try bottom drain use hot water and make sure it's not blocked. Use Vanilla essence to wipe fridge out will eventually get rid of smell Waeco said to do that way hope this helps.

Darrell

Thanks Brian and Darren
I will give this a go. Hope it works.
Cheers and thanks
Linda

Hi Linda

We had a weekender before we bought our BT. In about 1988 the deep freezer which lived in the garage died along with its contents after a power failure. It had a stainless steel liner, & no matter what we used, we could not eliminate the smell, so it finished up at the tip.

In about 1993 we had a power failure which took out the main fuse, & a couple of weeks later we returned to find the smell from the dead contents of the frig almost prevented us getting into the house.
It was so bad, we were going to junk the frig, until I met an oldtimer (like I am now) who gave me the fix!
Fill the frig with fresh young gumleaves, & change them on a regular basis. For the weekender, this meant each weekend (or longer). However after about a month or so (could be a lot quicker with regular changing) the frig recovered & was in use (smell free) for 10 years until we sold the place.
No chemicals or cleaning agents were used.
I know this may not be suitable for your application, but if everything else fails, it may be worth a try

Neil

Have you found the source of the bad smell yet?

Brian