Any refridgeration experts in the house?

spitfire · Trackday Trickster Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Karma :

My fridge freezer is poorly. It's about 5 years old and the fridge compartment seems to be freezing up, turning the temperature to min or max does not seem to make any difference.

It is also making a kind of glug glug noise and the motor seems to run non stop.

Worth fixing or time to get a new one?

306_abb · Nova Slayer Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Karma :

sounds fucked mate get a new one

BanditBitch · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Karma :

veduk · L Plate Warrior Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Karma :

Mine was the same last year, turns out it was short of gas. Luckily my brother in law is a fridge engineer and he topped up the gas for free.

Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Possibly the thermostat has gone? The can fridge at work did the same sort of thing. It froze up all the cans, but then when they defrosted a bit they all exploded! Wiping frozen coke off the ones that hadn't exploded was a bitch. Rolling Eyes

spitfire · Trackday Trickster Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Karma :

cheers all.

I removed the thermostat tested it and that has failed. Someone at work said they had a similar "glug glug" noise and that was because it was short of gas. I can change the Thermostat for £40 but a gas refill will cost me £25 call out charge + £50/hour labour + vat.

It's not worth it, going to get a new one.