My newly acquired but secondhand smeg fridge-freezer has several hairline cracks in the bottom of the lining under the salad drawer - you have to look very hard to see them, but sadly they are there. How bad news is this - will the coolant leak out over time? Fridge seems to work OK at the mo? What are the implications and can I do anything to help?
Fridge lining has hairline cracks
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It really isn't a problem. The refrigerant is contained in metal tubing within the fridge/freezer cabinets, so there's no more chance of refrigerant leaking out through those cracks then there is of gasoline leaking out of a car if it's windows aren't tightly shut.
Those cracks don't do any good at all, but they don't do any harm at all either.
Those cracks don't do any good at all, but they don't do any harm at all either.
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