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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Trucks / August 2005stinky AC
How do I get rid of the horrid smell in my air conditioner?! I've tried changing the cabin air filter, but that didn't help at all....may have made it worse. Hi! One thing that can help is to turn off the A/C a mile or so before you stop traveling. Leave the system on a vent mode with the fan running. With a few cycles this might be enough to clear up the problem. The smell is caused by bacteria, fungi and other things that like the damp and hot environment left behind when your A/C shuts down. The coils can be flushed or treated with a disinfectant to address the problem. I'd try running the A/C and then switching it to plain old "vent" mode a while before stopping. This would be a cheap thing to do and it might work after a few cycles. William The Guesser > Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > William The Guesser I tried spraying Lysol aerosol isinfectant spray into the air intake with the AC running on full power - seemed to work!! Doug I did try running just the fan on fresh air...not too hard here since the weather is mild...no help though. I think I'll try the lysol thing next. Warm and damp definately is where I used to live...Florida. Glad I moved. > Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > William The Guesser >I did try running just the fan on fresh air...not too hard here since >the >weather is mild...no help though. I think I’ll try the lysol >thing next. >Warm and damp definately is where I used to live...Florida. Glad I >moved. This would work as would a mist/spray of mild bleach water though the intake too. (about 2 ounces to the gallon of water) >>I did try running just the fan on fresh air...not too hard here since >>the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >This would work as would a mist/spray of mild bleach water though the >intake too. (about 2 ounces to the gallon of water) Stupid question alert: Where's the intake? You need to use ammonia to thoroughly clean the system. Take it apart and soak the parts with ammonia if necessary. You are breathing stuff that causes legionaires disease which can be fatal so stop this. You need to get this AC fixed quickly without breathing this stuff any longer. Companies are very careful not to let the AC units get out of hand this way. A friend of mine cleans these for a living and told me he used lots of ammonia. > Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > William The Guesser They make an expanding foam cleaner you inject into the fan housing and it cleans and deodorizes it . I used it on my voyager with success but I cant remember the name. I got the source from the net in the Dodge alt.truck group. easy to use and it worked. > How do I get rid of the horrid smell in my air conditioner?! I've tried > changing the cabin air filter, but that didn't help at all....may have made > it worse. |
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