Stinky A/C

Ron · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:57 pm

The boss/wife is complaining the A/C smells like an old refer. Has anyone else noticed? I though I'd spray some oust in the air vents and see if it helps.

Suggestions?

thanks

Goglio704 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:11 pm

An auto air conditioning shop can shoot some kind of cleaning foam solution into the evaporator coil housing to clean the crud out of there. There may be a kit to do it yourself, I don't know.

allscan · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:56 pm

Plain Lysol in the air vents and then run them dry. Probably mold in there. When I picked up my 05 the salesman told me not to run the AC on recirc all the time as this can speed up the creation of condensation in the vents.

ShadE · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:44 pm

yeah. I have the same problem, but it ussually happens when I leave it parked after using the recirc allot.

saxdogg · **Joined:** Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:26 pm **Posts:** 199

I use the panel (fresh air) setting for a minute or two before you cut the car off....never had that problem

corwyyn · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:38 pm

Edit: never mind, I was going to suggest the exact same thing Saxxdogg said.

Ron · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:22 am

Thanks for the ideas... I'll try the lysol and have her change how she uses it and see if that doesn't help any...

JuanS_TX · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:27 am

I had a similar problem right before my ac clutch went out. It also would stop blowing cold air for about 20 minutes at a time. Replacing the AC cluch solved the problem for me.

warblade666 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:09 am

Vents full of trail dust...

My XJ is really bad, some day I will have to take all the ducts apart to clean them out.

unixxx · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:14 pm

Isn't there a TSB for this where they pour baking soda into your air vents?

Guyute1210 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:26 am

unixxx wrote:

Isn't there a TSB for this where they pour baking soda into your air vents?

Make sure you use lots of peanut butter to catch the baking soda when it comes flying out of the vents...

unixxx · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:22 pm

Here comes the peanut butter again :lol:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:01 pm

saxdogg wrote:

I use the panel (fresh air) setting for a minute or two before you cut the car off....never had that problem

I do the same thing. :wink:

I also put a filter on my outside air to keep dust from building up on the evap.

Ron · **Posted:** Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:33 am

Tried the PB but now the squirrls are back...was I supposed to leave it in the events or take it out?

I cranked the air on and sprayed the vents and that seemed to help a lot.
Thanks guys

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