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Anonymous Posted on Oct 19, 2014

How do I fix the smell coming out of engine area. everytime it turns on it smells.

It has a bad smell like a dead animal and its coming from the bottom of refrigerator.

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Hello friend, thank you for your inquiry!

I understand that you are receiving a smell from the engine area of your Frigidaire refrigerator. I would recommend cleaning your drain pan area, you can do that by using water and bleach in a spray bottle then spraying it into the drain pan. Also, get a vacuum attachment to help suck out any debris located in the drain pan. You can also seek consultation with a professional technician for additional assistance if needed. I hope this helps. -Matt

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 24, 2009

SOURCE: MAYTAG FRIG SMELLS LIKE A DEAD ANIMAL!!

use bleach straight bleach to clean it it will usually kill any odors coming from a refrigerator clean it both inside and out

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 05, 2009

SOURCE: weird smell from refrigerator

Is the smell from inside the refrigerator or on the outside? If outside, it is possible a humid smell from the condensate drainpan water evaporating. You could put a very small amount (a couple of granules) of pool chlorine in the drainpan.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 07, 2009

SOURCE: Can't find drip pan and have a really bad smell

drip pan is on top of compressor

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 09, 2009

SOURCE: the refrigerator started smoking this morning and

Sounds like the overload/relay kit , has burnt . This piece is plugged onto the compressor , with 2 or 3 wires going to it . Can be easily replaced . Without model number , can't give you the part number . Take the model number with you , when you go to get the part .

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  • Posted on Oct 27, 2010

SOURCE: Foul dead animal smell from kenmoore side by side refrigerator/ice maker

I'm sorry that I don't have a solution, but we have the exact same problem with an older model KitchenAid side-by-side. Did you get this problem solved? If so, can you share what you did?

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