Camp Ovens

We have recently purchased a Furphy 12" camp oven. We are a bit disappointed and are wondering if anyone has had the same problem as us.

When we first received it there was a machine oil resin on the inside of the oven. We seasoned as recommended by Furphy (Rub oil into oven 2 - 3 times over 2 days, then heat, not boil, water) and cooked our first roast. It came out oily black, bad chemical (machine oil) smell and taste. We scrubbed it inside and out with a wire brush and repeated seasoning process only this time we heated it in the oven for about 3 hours. Same deal, shocking smell and taste. Next we boiled water till dry on lid and oven to try and heat off the machine oil residue, scrubbed with detergent, then we baked in the oven for 10 hours on 300 celsius and scrubbed with detergent again. We boiled more water in it and seasoned it with olive oil (rubbed over twice) and baked in the oven again for 2 hours. It was looking good and the smell was gone so we cooked in it again. About 10 minutes into the cooking we could smell that same smell from about 8 -10 metres away. We cooked a lamb neck for the dog. It looked ok (not black) but the smell was the same old machine oil tainted smell.

We've rung Furphy who have only suggested scrubbing with detergent and sealing in with more oil and cooking lots of times for the dog who won't care about the taste or smell.

Any ideas anyone??? Our last resort is to send it back to Furphy. They have such an excellent reputation we are a bit surprised by this dilemma.