Smelly A/C
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Smelly A/C
So I learned the hard way that you shouldn't leave your recirculate button on for months at a time. As a result when I first get in the car and turn the A/C on it smells of rotting cheese and dead people.
It's funny because the first time it happened, someone was in the car and I was like damn this dude needs to take a ****ing shower..
I have since turned the recirculate button off and have been driving with the windows cracked. I changed the cabin air filters to those arm & hammer ones but the stench doesn't show any signs of lifting.
Has anyone dealt with this? I tried searching before hand and didn't find much. Thanks y'all.
It's funny because the first time it happened, someone was in the car and I was like damn this dude needs to take a ****ing shower..
I have since turned the recirculate button off and have been driving with the windows cracked. I changed the cabin air filters to those arm & hammer ones but the stench doesn't show any signs of lifting.
Has anyone dealt with this? I tried searching before hand and didn't find much. Thanks y'all.
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Re: Smelly A/C
Got dead mice? Rotting food from children/sloppy adults?
Lysol the snot out of it?
Check out air-sept products?
http://www.airsept.com/Products/Category/25
Lysol the snot out of it?
Check out air-sept products?
http://www.airsept.com/Products/Category/25
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No dead mice or rotting food, just mold/mildew from leaving the recirculate button on.
I bought some **** called 'frigi-clean' supposed to work pretty good. I also found a post by gearbox saying to run the heater for 10 minutes. So looks like I got some stuff to try.
I bought some **** called 'frigi-clean' supposed to work pretty good. I also found a post by gearbox saying to run the heater for 10 minutes. So looks like I got some stuff to try.
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Problem ended up going away. Happened so gradually that I totally forgot about the issue. I started using the recirculate button sparingly as it's supposed to be used, and the cheesy turd farts slowly vanished.
