Range oven - corrosion / leaking heat
Range oven - corrosion / leaking heat
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essayer

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10,220 posts

210 months

Wednesday 27th November 2024
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The fan oven on our Britannia range is corroding on the rear top edge and leaking hot air into the body, causing issues with the wiring, overheat stat etc.

Can these be repaired easily or is it new range time? frown
I'm guessing replacing just the oven body would be impossible now (the unit is from 2009).

Unless there's any way to patch in situ? Some sort of sealant that will be happy at 200c+ ? (I don't have a welder)






Edited by essayer on Wednesday 27th November 11:40

trickywoo

13,120 posts

246 months

Wednesday 27th November 2024
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As this is PH I’d try some gun gum exhaust paste. Get everything as clean as you can before application.

essayer

Original Poster:

10,220 posts

210 months

Wednesday 27th November 2024
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gun gum, I’d forgotten about that stuff! Got to be worth a try hasn’t it.

Although.. is it food safe? hehe

e: I ended up googling what gun gum was made of and ended up here which might be worth a go (don’t quite fancy £2k+ on a new range!)

https://shop.vitcas.com/heat-resistant-silicone-se...

Edited by essayer on Wednesday 27th November 20:47

WyrleyD

2,206 posts

164 months

Thursday 28th November 2024
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essayer said:
gun gum, I’d forgotten about that stuff! Got to be worth a try hasn’t it.

Although.. is it food safe? hehe

e: I ended up googling what gun gum was made of and ended up here which might be worth a go (don’t quite fancy £2k+ on a new range!)

https://shop.vitcas.com/heat-resistant-silicone-se...

Edited by essayer on Wednesday 27th November 20:47
I've used that on a crack in the back of an old wood stove, works really well.