Chemical Smell From Oven

[Jo]

The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a half years ago. so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated.

Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine.

[stuart noble]

Cookers certainly smell that way from new due to whatever they coat them with to stop them rusting in storage. Gradually gets better, but takes a lot longer than the makers imply. The only thing I can think of that would cause a chemical smell after that is burnt plastic, possibly some kind of container that has softened and welded itself to the metal. Normal oven cleaners won't touch it but the firms that come round and clean in situ use different chemicals which, in theory should work. Not expensive judging by the leaflets I get through the door.

[Graham.]

Or the transformer that powers the clock doing the same. The OP doesn't say it only smells when the oven is running.

If it does smell when not in use, then turn it off at the mains to see if it's electrical. While there is any doubt I recommend it is turned off whilst unattended.

[The Natural Philosopher]

its either burning fat - which is pretty similar to tear gas in general effects - or a burning insulation, in which case prepare for a bit of a bang when it finally turns to conductive carbon...

[Fredxx]

I could be wrong but it implies a bad connection and subsequent heating and burning of wire.

A visual inspection would be easily carried out if the oven is removed from its housing.

[Derek Geldard]

Some grouchy old sod charged SWMBO £200 quid for cleaning 2 ovens. Took

3 hours and complained about the state of them (= Normal) all the while.

One as a brand new replacement on Ebay would have started at about £150.

Derek

[thebluetone2000]

Hi I?ve have this happening now, same oven and scenario moved into house 2 years ago and oven was here. Now has a chemical / toxic smell coming from inside when it?s switched on. What happened with yours? Not sure if it is the element that needs replacing or the motor as mentioned below? Thanks Michelle

[alan_m]

I assume an electric oven. Is it permanently wired in or is it plugged into a 13 map socket? Could the toxic smelly be described as being "fishy"

[tabbypurr]

burnt food residue & burning insulation/plastic smell very different. Not sure I can really put them into words. The only way to find the problem is, if it's not burnt food, to open the oven & look, after disconnecting power.

NT

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Is there some new usenet portal around. This is the second orphaned message I've seen here today. Brian

[Paul]

The thread is a mixture of old posts (2012), orphan responses, and a couple new at the bottom.

$20Smell$20From$20Oven/uk.d-i-y/yV2ueFx__zU/SlpvLSZwPP8J The poster "Michelle" [e-mail] is necro-posting into the original thread, with the new message.

If you're using your screen reader, it's going to be very hard to follow the sequence of events.

It suggests some people still have the original thread in their newsreader from 2012, and thus they're able to reply using the original header <MID> values, whereas other people, the depth of their header store is such, the message is an orphan, and they're just not seeing the same thread in a sense. There's still something about the sequence that doesn't make sense. Like why we can't see this posting. This should have showed up as a response.

Paul

[Roger Hayter]

It showed up here.

[GB]

What did the smell of you're dead wifes pussy.

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[konchokrangdrol]

Im not sure if you resolved this issue but I have a gas stove and have the same issue. I even called my gas company as I rent and the stove is not mine. It started this weekend and I thought that maybe a tenant or landlord was spraying for bugs in another apartment, but no.m

The smell is very similar to the spray professionals use when spraying for insects like cockroaches. It smells in the kitchen and it?s not a gas leak as the gas company and foremen were over. Both declared the gas stove fine. The Energir inspector, from my gas company refused to take his mask off, when I suggested he stick his head in the oven and smell, as that is where the smell emanates from. He didn?t want to remove his mask, even for a second, even though I told him I?ve been isolating for months and am not and have not been sick

So last time I cleaned my oven was about a month ago, with hot water and suds so I didn?t use anything chemical. I?m baffled. Any ideas?

[Tim+]

Dead mouse? Can give of a sweetish sickly smell.

Tim

[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

Is there some form of ventilation that may join up with next door? I have an old larder where the fridge now resides, it has a mesh ventilator in the top. Sometimes you can smell what they are cooking next door. Brian