Hi, I HAVE A OLD 1950s frigidaire fridge and it works really well, trouble is at the bottom where the motor is there is a very bad smell like rotting cabbage, so I have cleaned the motor area out but it still smells bad. can anyone help. Regards Brian.

The compressor or other electrical components have quit working. Or there has been ice that has accumulated over the coils. Or the wiring is faulty or the plugs could be loose. The cord could be frayed.You will need to have the while model to be either repaired or replaced.

i have a frigidaire gallery that has a strange smell too it all the way through it. It really smells

Hi Margaret, It is most likely that the bonding between the drain tube and liner has detiorated and moisture has infiltrated the foam insulation, And it freezes in that corner because the transfer pipe between Freezer and fridge evaporators is located there! which will be at about (- 26 degrees celcius) thus freezing the moisture in the insulation, this could also account for the smell... No cost effective repair unfortunately.

smell is urea,it is a gas produced when plastics get hot,it will go away in time,but also check the drain for a blockage (syringe with clorine bleach)and if fitted, wipe out the condensate pan with clorine
last make sure the door seals fit all round as iif not flush any condensate will drip out from the front bottom.

Hello,

You need to remove any spoiled food from the refrigerator and clean the interiors with hot water added with baking soda. You need to clean the door seals and remove the breaker strips. Also check for unusual wet insulation.
Hope this work

Can you pull out the fridge and check that the plastic power cable has not been pressed against the compressor at the rear/bottom of the fridge?
Usually, overheated plastic cable smells like rotten veg!

You got some thing in the insulation...its done

The clicking is from your compressor relay on the side of the compressor it has eather went bad or a condenser fan motor is not running this will cause the walls to be warm if the fan is running in the back try cleaning the coils hope this helps

I had a similar problem with an unbearable smell, not inside, but outside the refregeration compartment. it was from the defrosted liquid that gets stored in a small open tank at the bottom on the rear side of the fridge. over time , particles settle along with water and gives a rooten smell, cleaning this tank solved it.

Hope this helps,

Hi, i have the same problem with my Homeking fridge. Because it is a frost free firdge, there is a little resevoir at the back, with a small little tube leading from the base of the fridge into it. There are 2 screws holding it in place. Unscrew these but keep the resevoir firmly in place as the nasty parmesan-type smell is actually stagnant water and you really really dont want to spill it. Empty it and then what i did was bleach and anitbacterialise the resevoir tray and the little tube thing. Though I had the problem solved but now it is doing it again less than 2 months after this, so I'm going to contact the people who sold it to me. This is how you get rid of the smell though!!
Good luck
Laura