Electrolux Fridge problem

Hi

Dunno if my fridge is giving a problem. Was away for the last 3 days, all wild camping and running the fridge on gas but only the freezer section seems to cool down. I had 5 ice blocks in the freezer and was putting a couple every few hours into the fridge section. Once the ice blocks where thawed put them back into the freezer section on top and they froze up ok.

I have a cheap thermometer from Tesco and it only goes to about 7c but running on mains or when the MH is engine is running gets to about 2/3c

Anything I can try or is that as good as I can expect. Lost no milk or anything else in the fridge section

Will pull the fridge out and try that. Just odd on mains or battery she is fine

if you can get access from the outside vents dont pull it out, another tip is to pull it out and turn it upside down for a couple of hours and then refit. It may sound strange but it does work with that type of fridge.

Yeah does concern me, also found this in the forum http://www.motorhomecraic.com/forum/topic.php?t=2342 so going to try that as well

I think I may do, gas is scary anyway

I plugged the MH into the mains 3 hours ago and the freezer section is almost frozen but the fridge has not dropped in temp, so guessing it is not gas related as I originally thought. The vanes at the back are not cold at all. I am guessing that I am getting cold air from the freezer chilling the fridge.

I did see somewhere that heat exchange paste can harden and give up the ghost with age, guessing it could be worth a try. Is there a quick check that I can do from the outside on the coil?

I think you need to get it looked at by a professional

Sorry not to contradict you , but you can't just poke a wire brush down from the top , as there is a Helix/spiral in the way that has to be removed , and if you do dislodge any of the soot or carbon , it will only fall into the burner and make matters worse .

But you are spot on about having the fridge level to work best , Also about not going at the burner... well I strip them as a matter of cours , but only because I got some training from Dometic/Electrolux and Thetford! And also because I keep a stock of burner jets .

If a jet won't fall out in my hand , once I get it poked out I discard it , the hole in them is only microns wide and any prodding can make matters drastically worse. Also most people seem to put the thermocouple or spark electrode back in wrong , for some strange reason.