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Posted on Jun 01, 2011

How do I remove the plastic drip tray from behind my Wesitnghouse Aurora Fridge Freezer.

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We had a really bad smell coming from the back of our westinghouse aurora. and yes found it to be emanating from drip tray at the back. To remove this we had to undo 4 clips at the base of black motor thingy, that the plastic drip box sits on. Then we were able to lift whole thing a bit ,(10mm up and 50mm out, approx) so we could tilt everything forward and sweeze and wiggle tray out. then cleaned with bleach. also we unblocked hole inside fridge that allows water to drip into drip tray at back.

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His model Westinghouse Aurora Fridge Freezer 500 litre....has it got a sensor for the ice unit that gives command to the time machanism defrost?????

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