Blockage cure!!?

[Navaho]

Hi, foolishly transported my Hotpoint RLM34 on its side
Now it wont cool down & the comp. just keeps running....think there is a blockage. None of the pipes etc are damaged so it does look like a blockage

Question is how do i cure it or should i look at a re-gas?

Thanks

[nike123]

Hi, foolishly transported my Hotpoint RLM34 on its side
Now it wont cool down & the comp. just keeps running....think there is a blockage. None of the pipes etc are damaged so it does look like a blockage

Question is how do i cure it or should i look at a re-gas?

Thanks

Turn it of and leave 24 hr like that. Then start it again and see what is happening.

[Navaho]

Tried that, left it turned off for 48hrs...no difference. Someone suggested turning it upside down & leaving it for a while as this should unblock it!! Worth a try i suppose...

[nike123]

Tried that, left it turned off for 48hrs...no difference. Someone suggested turning it upside down & leaving it for a while as this should unblock it!! Worth a try i suppose...

If nothing else works, give it a try!

[philfridge]

Someone suggested turning it upside down & leaving it for a while as this should unblock it!! Worth a try i suppose...

Yer that will get all the oil out of the compressor any bugger it up. Sounds like the compressor is damaged anyway now by being incorrectly moved.

[frank]

More than likely, the internal discharge pipe has been severed from the casing within the compressor rendering the compressor U/S

The motor within the sealed compressor is suspended on springs and the discharge pipe connected to it is very fragile. Turning the fridge/compressor on it's side and then transporting it will have put considerable strain on this internal connection/joint.

Looks like a new compressor is needed.

[icecube51]

if you started the comp. to soon after transport i am sure it is brocken.due to liquid or oil on suction line.

only the absorbtion sytems are happy to get a headstand once and a wile. whe call it a mixture reset.

Ice