On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:40:00 GMT, "Gary"
wrote:

I have a new refridgerator and I turned it up earlier today. This evening I
found a film of a while oil type substance along the front of the fridge on
the floor beneath the door. I can't figure out where it came from. The
reason I turned the fridge up as that I think it is not cooling like it
should. Are the two related? Also how cold should I be able to get a
fridge down to on its coolest setting? TIA
Gary



The oil is sealed inside the compressor canister and should not leak.
Check for that leak. Warranty? The oil serves several functions. As
a lubricant of course, to dampen the compressor noise, to act as a
solvent for the refrigerant and to act as a "radiator" coolant. The
radiator functions by drawing oil from the bottom through the
compressor-motor shaft and flinging it out on top. The heat extracted
by the oil's passage through the shaft then runs down the wall of the
canister and yields it heat along the way.