We have noticed a bad fishy smell coming from fridge, we cleaned it out looked under it behind it and cant find the problem. We have noticed the smell is strong coing from the fan in the back and inside when then the fan is on. The smell has changed in the last week from a fishy smell to a funk smell. GROSS We have had the fridge for 3 or 4 or so years and never had this happen before.
thank you
Christina
Our fridge and freezer both have this funky smell and it makes the ice and any juice or anything smell, and worse, taste horrible. It's worse in the freezer and I can't figure out why...
Unplug fridge. Remove the panel on the back of the fridge look for dead rodents or fungal growth in the drain pan. consult your local appliance parts distributor for a product called kleene air or try www.reliableparts.com
I don't have a solution but I have the same problem. We took the panel off looked for dead rodents and found nothing. It is def coming from the fan somehow...ours smells like an allergy sneeze sooo gross
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look up the fridge on line or check the manual how the freezer is build. some freezers have a small space under the bottom of what you see as the bottom, where liquids can be trapped and haunt you for ever if you done lift the bottom part up and get under it. good luck
if you found smell [ which cant be smelled online ] clean source so it doesnt smell any more and then no headaches and as to toxic that is also unknown
They freon used is mainly amonia,best thing to use is bleach put in spray bottle mix 70 percent water and 30 percent bleach squirt entire fridge let soak then wipe clean let air out as much as possible!!!! :)
pull out the fridge and remove the back panel, and clean that area. Make sure no food is stuck under the fridge also. A rotten piece of fruit or other food, once under there, will smell until it totally decomposes. We have seen this before. Hope this helps!
I had a side by side refrigerator with an Ice maker from Sears. The ice it makes smell fishy so bad that I could not use to drink with anything else but throw away to the plants. So I unscrewed the ice maker . It is not that bad, but quite simple to take it out. I noticed rusted pieces of metal generating strong fishy smell. I could not get rid of rust with soap, detergent, oil so I wrap it in plastic bag then screw it back into the refrigerator. Screwing back the ice maker. Voila. The smell is going away. The ice is good. Pina Colada and Daiquiri here we go .
Is there any chance that small food particles have simply fallen into the fan and now trapped near or behind the fan ?
If this is the case, the food may be lodged in such a way that either heat given off from the fan or the fact the food may not be getting cool/frozen any longer, may have sent the food bad and is now generating the smell you describe.
I don't know of any fridge gas that smells like fish or funk as you put it, most are fairly neutral smelling or odorless to a point and certainly would not smell the way you have described.
Make sure the area is well ventilated ( run a pedestal fan nearby or open a window ), fridge gas can be harmful, even in small amounts ( especially if you don't know you're breathing it ), and if the smell is as bad as you say, you may very well be gasping for air.
Always have someone nearby when you attempt to do your own repair work of this nature, you just never know when you might need their assistance.
If you plan on looking into the problem yourself, firstly ensure the fridge is off, and unplugged before sticking fingers anywhere near a fan - plastic or not, i have seen 4 inch biscuit fan take the tip off an index finger of in a fraction of a second, so don't think for a minute because it's plastic, it won't bite.
Do not use any sharp pointed or metal objects to remove the fan or it's plastic cover, use fingers or flat blunt objects that can not puncture the lining of the fridge itself.
( trust me when i say i speak from experience on this )
Be extra careful when removing the shroud around the fan, it should simply either click in or there maybe small coverings, covering 3-4 screws around the unit.
Remove the fan cover, being again extra careful of the unit itself and check around with a flashlight and perhaps even a magnifying glass.
If you can not find any offending objects, it is probably best to replace the fan and shroud and call the repair guy.
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