Fridge always icing up and running too cold

[rigger67]

Hey everyone

I’ve got a Fridgemaster MTRF 242 fridge freezer that I’ve had for about six or seven years now and the freezer section is perfect and never causes me any problems but the fridge bit is a nightmare.

The back wall ices up really quickly and the little channel for the water to drain away down the hole gets clogged up, which means the salad crispers are now salad “freezers” and I can’t keep anything cold anymore – it’s almost like a second sub-freezer section now.

I’ve defrosted the whole unit completely, checked the drain hole for blockages and it seems fine. The door seal looks okay, but it’s difficult to see all the way round when it’s closed.

Whatever I do, within a couple of hours that black plate ices over and within two days the problem is back and everything’s frozen – and I’m left with veg and salad I can’t use and it’s driving me mad.

Can anyone suggest anything like a new door seal/thermostat or is it just a case of buying a new fridge freezer ?

Thanks for reading this ..

[kwatt]

Re: Fridge always icing up and running too cold

Sounds like a thermostat problem.

But, Fridgemaster no longer exist, they went bust last year. 🙁

K.

[rigger67]

Re: Fridge always icing up and running too cold

Hey
Thanks for replying, K.

Would it be possible to get a third party thermostat ?
Do they even exist, do you know ?

[kwatt]

Re: Fridge always icing up and running too cold

Possibly, if that’s the problem. It sounds like it but IIRC some of those units do some weird stuff at times.

Give Dave a shout on spares@ukwhitegoods.co.uk and he can probably steer you to the right compatible if there’s one suitable. Even if there is it won’t be exactly the same and will likely require the phial to be coiled up a bit.

K.

[rigger67]

Re: Fridge always icing up and running too cold

Thanks – I’ll give that a go then 🙂

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