I feel a little guilty asking again about machine oil smell from appliances . Well, here goes.
I rent an apartment which supplies a relatively new fridge (2009 maybe). B ut it has received knocks and shaking as it has been moved around quite a b it. I've recently noticed a faint machine oil smell that accompanies the v ented air coming from the fridge. It's no big deal initially, but after so me time, it seems to pervade the apartment, or at least I notice it everywh ere. Then the scratchy throat sets in. Harumph.
The fridge is an Eletrolux P/N 241857201. I opened the back and there is a warm compressor, a fan, and coils. There isn't much label information exc ept on the compressor: Embraco EM2Z 60HLT. There's lots of technical data online, much of which I can't interpret, and I'm not sure if it would help to troubleshoot the smell anyway
Is it unusual to have a faint machine oil smell coming from the output vent air of a fridge? If so, I should just get over it and get use to the haru mphing. If not, would the cause typically be the fan or the compressor? I 'm not sure if it would necessarily be a leak that causes this, but if ther e was a small or slow leak, where would the best place be to check?