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Posted by JimL on July 28, 2006, 10:54 am
Ignore the noise until you can't stand it anymore, then get a new
fridge. Repairing that unit will cost over $400.
wrote:
>
>I bought the Amana 18 cu. " in 1984. It's been a good
>'fridge.
>
>Lately it makes a sort-of growling noise when the
>compressor runs, kinda like:
>
> "grrROWLgrrROWLgrrROWLgrrROWLgrrROWL ..."
>
>varying in intensity from second to second, but in
>a regular fashion.
>
>I checked the fins/tubing underneath: a little dirty,
>but not clogged up at all.
>
>Sound like the compressor going south? This'd be
>an R12 system?
>
>It's 22 years old. Can one nurse say 30 years
>outa such a unit?
>
> TIA,
> Puddin'
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