Hello,

We moved into a house with a fitted Hotpoint oven, I can't remember
the model number apart from the fact it's obsolete but I imagine most
ovens are the same in this regard. The oven has panels on the sides
and back, with thumb screws holding these panels on. I have unscrewed
the side panels and removed them from the oven for cleaning but I am
having problems removing the rear panel.

The rear panel has two screws: one either side. I am trying to unscrew
these. the nuts rotate but never actually come off. I presume the
whole nut and bolt are rotating as one. Perhaps they are so gunged up,
the grease has "welded" them together! Perhaps the previous house
owners never cleaned it!

Can anyone offer any suggestions how to remove this plate?

The fan is behind this plate; I presume there is an element also? Will
anything dangerous be exposed when I remove the plate? Power off
first!

The fan looks absolutely filthy. Do I leave that as it is, or should I
remove that and give that a good clean too?

Thanks.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:16:20 +0000, invalid.address wrote:

Hello,

We moved into a house with a fitted Hotpoint oven, I can't remember the
model number apart from the fact it's obsolete but I imagine most ovens
are the same in this regard. The oven has panels on the sides and back,
with thumb screws holding these panels on. I have unscrewed the side
panels and removed them from the oven for cleaning but I am having
problems removing the rear panel.

The rear panel has two screws: one either side. I am trying to unscrew
these. the nuts rotate but never actually come off. I presume the whole
nut and bolt are rotating as one. Perhaps they are so gunged up, the
grease has "welded" them together! Perhaps the previous house owners never
cleaned it!

Can anyone offer any suggestions how to remove this plate?

The fan is behind this plate; I presume there is an element also? Will
anything dangerous be exposed when I remove the plate? Power off first!

The fan looks absolutely filthy. Do I leave that as it is, or should I
remove that and give that a good clean too?

Thanks.

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There may be some kind of latching mechanism. Try this. Turn each
screw clockwise until it locks. Then try turning each screw so that the
slot is vertical before pulling the plate out. If that doesn't work try
turning the screw slots to horizontal.


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writes:
Hello,

We moved into a house with a fitted Hotpoint oven, I can't remember
the model number apart from the fact it's obsolete but I imagine most
ovens are the same in this regard. The oven has panels on the sides
and back, with thumb screws holding these panels on. I have unscrewed
the side panels and removed them from the oven for cleaning but I am
having problems removing the rear panel.

If they are pyrolytic self-cleaning liners (slightly rough
absorbant surface), then you mustn't clean them this way.
You just turn oven up to max, and they self-clean, leaving
ash at the bottom of the oven to sweep out when cooled.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On 29 Dec 2007 00:22:10 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

If they are pyrolytic self-cleaning liners (slightly rough
absorbant surface), then you mustn't clean them this way.
You just turn oven up to max, and they self-clean, leaving
ash at the bottom of the oven to sweep out when cooled.

I shall have a closer look. I still think I need to remove them
because the grease gets behind them (or has done on the side panels).
How long do you have to turn the heat up for? Why don't they clean
each time you do a Sunday roast? Do they actually work and how?

Thanks.