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Anonymous Posted on Jan 10, 2009

Foul odor coming from freezer.

Kenmore model w/ freezer on top.

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Hi,

Problem was fixed by removing the drain tube- which was full of "sludge"- cleaning it out and the connecting piece. I also removed all the built up dust from all of the coils that I could read. I think the main problem was the stopped up drain tube. The foul odor is GONE!!!

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