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System 2000 design sounds like it’s about to explode

For about 3-4 months our fridge has been making a strange noise. It appears to work fine (i.e. food is kept cold) except that every couple of hours it makes this noise like its about to explode. The noise is very brief (1 second) and then its fine until it happens again in 2-3 hours.

Any ideas as to what's wrong? Should I call a service repairman? Any advice you can give is greatly appreciated.

P.S. The fridge is an Inglis Royal System 2000 (about 8 yrs old)

You forgot to describe the noise it makes, if it’s a banging sound--- I know one of the noises the system 2000 will make is a bang or rattle at the end of the run cycle, which we call "shudder stop". If this is your noise then I have to give you some bad news here. Sorry.......

The only way of repairing this is by having your compressor replaced as it has to do with an internal problem in the compressor itself. There may be a silver lining, though, if you are the original purchaser and you have the receipt. Some of these systems came with a 10 year warranty on the compressor, so you might want to check this out.