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I have dismantled a 23-year-old eye-level drop down oven door to clean it up. Pretty horrendous deposits between the front and rear door skins. Standard sort of hinges as used on Neff and many other brands of oven.
The hinges clean up well but should I try to oil or grease the pivots on it? What sort of grease should I use? Presumably standard lithium car grease will just run in the heat. What is there now looks quite black and thick, like high temperature graphite grease.
If I had the right grease I could clean off the existing grease and replace it. Or am I wasting my time and should just leave it alone as pivots do not seem worn?
not someting i have ever thought about but your max working temp is aroud 250 degrees in the cavity but the temp of the hinge would be lower than this unless there was a serious air leak
the only exeption would be some self clean ovens that use very high temperatures to burn off deposits
Dave
One thing that occurs to me is that I have some powdered graphite. If I sprinkle that onto the old grease and work it in it should add lubricity although it will make the grease even thicker so might be counterproductive.
Had to take a Stanley knife type paint scraper to the inside glass to remove the carbon as caustic soda alone did not remove it all.
Not sure if the oven is catalytic. A neighbour should know.
Want a tragic story?! After spending hours cleaning up this badly neglected oven all was well. Final step was to put the smaller lower door back on. We had put some sample new floor tiles down and I tripped up over these whilst walking towards the oven to fit the door. Front glass and handle smashed.
Not sure the exact parts are still sold and even if it were the handle might be £80 and the glass £200. Ug! Might as well buy a new oven of a less exotic brand. Handle could perhaps be araldited.
Will be looking out for a s/h door or glass off eBay or begging a neighbour with a similar oven who might be thinking of upgrading. There are about 30 houses in the road all with these appliances, although many will have already upgraded.
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