LG FridgeFreezer not cooling plus bad smell

[nheather]

Hi,

My LG American style FridgeFreezer suddenly stopped cooling on both sides.

The failure was accompanied by a strong odour, not burning, not food, but more chemicaloily.

The control board is on the top – looks like all the relays and start capacitor are in there – nothing looks burnt or mis-shapen.

At the bottom is the fan, compressor and evaporator grid.

There is a catch tray under the evaporator and this has a fair amount of water but on touching it, it is quite oily.

The failure was sudden. Was working perfectly one minute and then making a terrible smeel with temperature dropping the next.

Any idea what it could be?

Cheers,

Nigel

[BobHope]

Re: LG FridgeFreezer not cooling plus bad smell

that was a common problem with the american style fridge freezer, the evaporator was leaking at the welded joints, i would contact LG first and see if the will cover the repair, model number and date of purchace would help.

Bob.

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