Microwave made a big pop noisem now it makes a grinding noise when you turn it on

dont use the microwave until you retrieve what dropped inside when you removed the port. The grinding is most likely a foreign object that is hitting the moving parts of the microwave and causing sparking. It can catch fire

Possible there is friction within the drive , the shaft or the motor. You can remove and RESET the drive. Remove the motor , MANUALLY check the motion of the mechanism which will confirm the case. You c an reset using a bit of lubrication.

Hi, The motor that turns the turntable is bad...Here is a tip that will help you to figure out what is wrong with yourMicrowave Oven....

Microwave Oven Basic Troubleshooting Tips

heatman101

could also be turntable motor $85.....+........

Hi,
Here is a tip that will help you to figure out what is wrong with yourMicrowave Oven....

Microwave Oven Basic Troubleshooting Tips

heatman101

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this could be any thing? first ask yourself how old is it???
if its more that 3 years old you would be better off just dumping it as getting it fixed would cost more that its worth??
and there so cheep now too!
however dont go trying to get inside of it to see if you can fix it yourself
there is a lot of very hight voltage in there even if its been turned off for a long time,,this voltage is in the 1000's of volts and it kills
have you ever seen a stun gun working???????????
well this microwave has the stun guns very big brother inside of it,,
it dont stun,,,, it kills! is it realy worth taking a risk for a fuw bucks?
please play it safe

why are you diceing with death ???
to fix your microwave will cost you more that £50 thats over the price of a cheep new one??? darft that is,, why not just buy a cheepy and use that? also i do hope you know that inside your microwave there is very high voltage over 1000 volts,,, it could easly kill you if you tuch the wrong part,,,
have you ever seen a stun gun working? it realy hurts you!
your microwave has the stun guns very big brother inside of it,,,
it wont stun you,, it will kill you,, so far you have been lucky your still here, please stay that way play it safe go out and buy a new one?

It sounds like you could have one or two problems. Using the oven with metal in it could cause the magnatron to go bad at its tip causing it to arc and making a popping sound. It could be that there is bare metal exposed somewhere causing the popping sound. Take it in for service!!

This sounds like the stirrer. If it sticks or stops, the microwaves can damage or destroy it. You may have a bad stirrer or magnetron. There is an important bulletin that covers these problems. To see if yours is covered, see: http://207.234.249.73/mwd/ge_mw_mag_kit_bulletin.pdf If you need more help, please follow-up.

It will need a new turntable motor. If you or a friend decide to work on it, we have *critical* safety, disassembly, and troubleshooting info at our site, which is linked at our listing here on FixYa: http://tinyurl.com/yzjozk You can find helpful exploded view diagrams and order parts by entering your base model number (without the suffix) here: http://tinyurl.com/gv383