On 07/02/2012 18:03, Jo wrote:
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.



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.