Mine usually never gets that bad, since I try to hit it with a 20% solution
of Simple Green after each camping trip.  (This is the key).     If it gets
real funky (i.e. if I was too lazy to clean it well last time) I use a 10%
solution of Clorox and water after removing the gunk and fuzz with Simple
Green and a sponge.  Then I air-dry for a day or so, and voila!  fresh as a
daisy.

One area not to neglect is the cooling fins of the evaporator unit - they
can harbor some nasty critters, and can be tough to clean.  Also, don't miss
the door seals.

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Jason Yasment
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:07 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Phunky Phridge Smells
>
>
>     No.  This is not the latest flavor for Ben & Jerry's Ice
> Cream.  It
> always seems when I first crack the fridge from it's winter
> slumber that the
> funk from it is unbearable.  I leave a box of baking soda in
> it to no avail.
>   Now, i've bungeed the door open in order to help clear it all out.
>
>     Also, I've used about every anti-bacterial cleaning
> concoction that I
> could lay my hands on.  To look at it, it is the cleanest
> looking just not
> the cleanest smelling.
>
>   Aby ideas on how to combat the evil Phunk of the Phridge?
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