engel fridge repairs.

Hi Coyote,

Ours did the same just a slight hum and no cooling. It was still just inside the warranty time and engel replaced the cooling unit, all good now.

Some house hold insurance policies cover the fridges, might be worth a look.

Christian

Any Engel problem will result in the $650 bill. That is why I went away from Engel when I suffered a problem. I am a consumer and will not put up with their attitude any longer.

G/Day Coyote

We had one of our Engels repaired, it didn,t run at all, it turned out it was the Compressor, we had this unit for just over 20 years, it cost $400 to repair, I claimed insurance and only paid $100.

Cheers

Which model is it? Have you tried another repairer?

Welcome back...

Guy here does them for 550....

How did your ''trip'' go?

Coyote,
Are you in the SE corner??

Give the 'Mini Frid-ge Man' at Helidon a call on 46 97 6666

(I hyphenated the 'F' word to avoid that stupid automated link thing that this site does with far too many words ;-))


Catch ya later... Ed C

:)

yes fridges are a lot like auto transmisions
dosnt matter what broke you have to have a fully recoed one.
cheers

If your even slightly mechanically minded these fridges are dirt easy to work on!

Like you said theres only two parts, power supply and cooling system. Everything plugs together, all plugs are unique so you can't even muddle them up. You just need to be careful handling some parts of the cooling system as it can be fragile. Remember it contains pressurized gas.

If you go to www.engeland.com.au they can supply you with what you need.

Hi Coyote (QLD)

We had our Engel repaired in November 2009 it was a Temp. Control fault
cost us $88. to repair, fridge was running and not cooling anything now it
works like a charm. Ask for another opinion might only be a Temp Control
fault like ours was.

If it's running non stop and not cooling, it's either out of gas (leak) or it has a blockage. Earlier Engels used small pencil filter/driers in the system which used to fail and block the capillary tube, thus stopping refrigerant gas flow. Both situations can be easily diagnosed and fixed by any competent fridge mechanic.

I wouldn't bother with the dealers, go find a domestic or commercial fridge expert and get them to have a look.

Cheers
Gerry (ex-fridgie)

Get a decent fridge mechanic and they can be pulled apart, flushed, regassed ect. my engel is a 'work in progress'. Have cleaned it out 4 times kept blocking the venturi tube ended up putting a later model compressor and condenser onto my evaporator. So far have spent that much on it that i could have changed out the whole thing but if i did that i wouldnt know what made them tick

dioes it do the same on 240v? my first engel i had the lead develop a intermitt fault. didn't know it was lead until i had compressor changed got it home it was doing the same thing! lol that fridge then failed at serpentine lakes on WA /SA border on anne beadelll hwy with the 12v power supply shorted out,but still worked on 240v so run it on inverter till perth. bought a new in perth uses less power but not as good as older one IMO. i'll not be buying another either

Thanks all, for the tips and advice, I was getting frustrated by not being able to find any parts supiers for Engels, or even the manufacturer of the compressor. Any way,I fugured I had nothing to loose, so I pulled it apart, gave it a good clean up and put it back together. Now, guess what.. it works. I turned it on and actualy watched the temperature drop. It hasnt worked that well for ages. My only regret is I have no idea what was wrong with it so no idea whato look out for.. Anyway, I guess I cant complain now..

Thanks to all the advice here though, if it does pack it in again I won't bother contacting engel, I'll take it to a fridge repairer.

Cheers all..