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Title: Smelly aircon
Post by: rands100 on 11 April 2007, 16:02:23
When I turn on my aircon it smells! The fan alone is ok and the aircon seems to work ok.
Any ideas?
Richard
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: TheBoy on 11 April 2007, 16:07:16
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When I turn on my aircon it smells! The fan alone is ok and the aircon seems to work ok.
Any ideas?
Richard
Can happen.  You can get special sprays to overcome, Halfords sell them.  Usually, you start car, with A/C on full, hit the spray discharge button, and quickly shut the door, and it carries on discharging for a few mins....
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Admin on 11 April 2007, 16:49:03
The smells are not very nice bacteria...

The cans TheBoy mentions seem to work ok.

I take it you have not been using the aircon very much then?
Use it more, it does not have a signifacant effect on fuel usage, and is cheaper than fixing a system that has failed due to seals drying out.
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Markjay on 11 April 2007, 17:56:47
As said, and it's around a tenner form Halfords:

(http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/92/airconditioningcleanerpe5.gif) (http://imageshack.us)





Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: rands100 on 11 April 2007, 18:00:18
Thats great, thanks for the replies. I havent had the car long and it had been standing for several months. I dont know if the previous owner used the aircon much. In my other car (V8 Discovery) I use the aircon in winter as well as it helps demisting.
Richard
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Bo Bo on 11 April 2007, 19:40:34
Be prepared to clean your windcreen after, it left a right mess on mine when I used it on my last car....
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: rands100 on 11 April 2007, 20:42:55
clean windscreen? what did it do to it?
Ive just bought a can (£11.99) and will have a go tomorrow
Richard
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 April 2007, 22:31:54
Well direct the ventilation at the floor then......not the windscreen.... :y
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Bo Bo on 12 April 2007, 00:48:50
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Well direct the ventilation at the floor then......not the windscreen.... :y
If was ever to do it again; I would, the instructions on mine said to leave all vents open...
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Kaycee on 12 April 2007, 07:31:47
Can confirm it is good stuff from Halfords but if it as been stood it will be the system that is trying to clean the dampness out of the car as been said it must be run at least once a week to make sure it is working but i wud definatly get the cleaner but if its been stood for all that time i wud clean the carpets in other words get a interior valet from a professional

Robert
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: TheBoy on 13 April 2007, 15:19:42
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Well direct the ventilation at the floor then......not the windscreen.... :y
Had to do a mates A4 a while back, it says leave all vents open.  It tends to leave a dampness everywhere, that needs wiping up afterwards...
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 13 April 2007, 15:57:06
How incredibly forward thinking of Gresley to fit aircon in the A4's....

(http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a4_mallard.jpg)
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 April 2007, 16:07:29
My aircon was smelly today on the way home from the Drax do but I think it had something to do with the Boddingtons gas being recirculated ::)
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Martin_1962 on 14 April 2007, 09:27:39
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How incredibly forward thinking of Gresley to fit aircon in the A4's....

(http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a4_mallard.jpg)

Pity the big ends were weak ;)
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: Martin_1962 on 14 April 2007, 09:28:32
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Well direct the ventilation at the floor then......not the windscreen.... :y
Had to do a mates A4 a while back, it says leave all vents open.  It tends to leave a dampness everywhere, that needs wiping up afterwards...

Which one?
Mallard, Bittern, Sir Nigel Gresley, or Union of South Africa?
Title: Re: Smelly aircon
Post by: TheBoy on 14 April 2007, 10:31:00
bloody trainspotters  >:(   ;D