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CarGuru > Chrysler > Bad smelling air through vents. 17 February 2005 17:50:15
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Bad smelling air through vents.

Mark T. 16 February 2005 22:25:42
 I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a
bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes
away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and
drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds
up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do
to clean it out?
--
Thanks in advance.


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Lawrence Glickman 16 February 2005 22:48:59 [ permanent link ]
 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:25:42 -0600, "Mark T." <wtrumbo@bellsouth.­net>
wrote:
I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a>bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes>away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and>drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds>up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do>to clean it out?

Pour bleach through your air vents ( the ones in front of your
windshield ). Let it sit there for a while before you flush it away
with plain water.

Lg

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Spud Demon 16 February 2005 23:31:07 [ permanent link ]
 "Mark T." <wtrumbo@bellsouth.­net> writes in article <6sMQd.117$Pt1.87@b­ignews5.bellsouth.ne­t> dated Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:25:42 -0600:>I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a>bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes>away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and>drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds>up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do>to clean it out?

Is it a car chemical smell such as gasoline or antifreeze, or a mold smell?

If you were running the AC the last day you drove it before parking it, it
could be from condensate sitting there so long.

Bleach will definitely kill mold, but pouring it in the top vent like that
other guy said sounds a little risky to me -- who knows where it will come
out? (My first guess would be the bottom vent by your feet so at least
protect the carpet if you do this.)

A safer way to try to kill mold would be to get the engine good and hot by
driving the car, then park it and turn the heater on hot/recirculate (on
American cars recirculate is called "Max AC") and spray an airborn
disinfectant such as Lysol Room Deodorizer, then close the door and leave it
running for 20-30 minutes.

-- spud_demon -at- thundermaker.net
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
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Mark T. 17 February 2005 04:57:59 [ permanent link ]
 I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a
bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes
away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and
drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds
up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do
to clean it out?
--
Thanks in advance.



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Arthur 17 February 2005 09:50:21 [ permanent link ]
 If it smells a bit like horse sweat, it could be a/c refrigerant.


"Mark T." <wtrumbo@bellsouth.­net> wrote in message
news:ZXRQd.491$1x1.­298@bignews6.bellsou­th.net...>I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a> bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes> away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and> drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds> up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do> to clean it out?> --> Thanks in advance.>


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William R. Watt 17 February 2005 17:50:15 [ permanent link ]
 
Spud Demon (klewis@LUMINA.MITR­E.ORG) writes:
Bleach will definitely kill mold, but pouring it in the top vent like that> other guy said sounds a little risky to me -- who knows where it will come> out? (My first guess would be the bottom vent by your feet so at least> protect the carpet if you do this.)

Out of ignorance I'd try it with plain water first.

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Steve 18 February 2005 00:04:07 [ permanent link ]
 Arthur wrote:
If it smells a bit like horse sweat, it could be a/c refrigerant.

I don't think so. Horse sweat smells like ammonia, and there hasn't been
ammonia in car refrigeration systems... well... EVER. And it hasn't been
used in any other kind of consumer refrigeration system since the
1930s. Both R-134a and R-12 (the only OEM automotive refrigerants) are
odorless, although the oils that escape with them have an odor somewhat
like transmission fluid.


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Geoff 18 February 2005 22:42:16 [ permanent link ]
 

Lawrence Glickman wrote:
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:47:02 -0600> From: Lawrence Glickman <Lawrence_Glickman@­comcast.net>> Newsgroups: alt.autos, rec.autos.makers.ch­rysler, rec.autos.tech> Subject: Re: Bad smelling air through vents.>
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:22:22 -0500, Geoff> <geoff_gariepy@nosp­amhotmail.com> wrote:>
Lawrence Glickman wrote:> >> >
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:25:42 -0600, "Mark T." <wtrumbo@bellsouth.­net>> >> >> wrote:> >> >>
I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a> >> >>>bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes> >> >>>away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and> >> >>>drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds> >> >>>up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do> >> >>>to clean it out?> >> >>
Pour bleach through your air vents ( the ones in front of your> >> >> windshield ). Let it sit there for a while before you flush it away> >> >> with plain water.> >> >>
And just WHERE do you think the bleach is going to go?> >>
Out a drainhole under the car door.> >
Whaddya know, Glickman's wrong again. He has the temerity to call other> >folks 'car-breakers' then posts this drivel.>
Here assfucker, I am doing an experiment JUST FOR YOU.> Right this minute, I am hooking up my garden host and will FLOOD the> air vents under my windshield. I'll be back in a minute to tell you> where the water egresses the vehicle....>
///////////////////­////////////////////­////////////////////­////////////////////­////////////////////­///////>
Well fuckstick, I just completed putting 10 GALLONS OF WATER INTO MY> AIR INTAKE UNDER THE WINDSHIELD. Where did it come out?>
Not a single drop into the passenger compartment, ALL under the car> behind the front wheel wells.>
So you ignorant moron, I suggest you SHUTTHEFUCKUP and go back to the> peanut gallery before you open your stupid mouth again in the future> and only embarrass yourself in front of the entire planet.>
Wow, Glickman. Too bad you didn't use some of that water to bathe
instead.

--Geoff
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Geoff 18 February 2005 22:43:46 [ permanent link ]
 

Lawrence Glickman wrote:
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:59:47 -0600> From: Lawrence Glickman <Lawrence_Glickman@­comcast.net>> Newsgroups: alt.autos, rec.autos.makers.ch­rysler, rec.autos.tech> Subject: Re: Bad smelling air through vents.>
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:54:38 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel@flycast.ne­t>> wrote:>
Lawrence Glickman wrote:> >
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:22:22 -0500, Geoff> >> <geoff_gariepy@nosp­amhotmail.com> wrote:> >>
Lawrence Glickman wrote:> >>>>>
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:25:42 -0600, "Mark T." <wtrumbo@bellsouth.­net>> >>>>>>wrote:> >>>>>>
I have an 84 Chrysler New Yorker and when I turn the air on, the air has a> >>>>>>>bad smell coming through the vents for the first few minutes then it goes> >>>>>>>away. Now I did have the car setting up for a while (almost 2 years) and> >>>>>>>drove it very seldom during this period. So is there something that builds> >>>>>>>up in the duct lines when you let a car sit up? Is there anything I can do> >>>>>>>to clean it out?> >>>>>>
Pour bleach through your air vents ( the ones in front of your> >>>>>>windshield ). Let it sit there for a while before you flush it away> >>>>>>with plain water.> >>>>>>
And just WHERE do you think the bleach is going to go?> >>>>
Out a drainhole under the car door.> >>>
Whaddya know, Glickman's wrong again. He has the temerity to call other> >>>folks 'car-breakers' then posts this drivel.> >>
Here assfucker, I am doing an experiment JUST FOR YOU.> >> Right this minute, I am hooking up my garden host and will FLOOD the> >> air vents under my windshield. I'll be back in a minute to tell you> >> where the water egresses the vehicle....> >>
///////////////////­////////////////////­////////////////////­////////////////////­////////////////////­///////> >>
Well fuckstick, I just completed putting 10 GALLONS OF WATER INTO MY> >> AIR INTAKE UNDER THE WINDSHIELD. Where did it come out?> >>
Not a single drop into the passenger compartment, ALL under the car> >> behind the front wheel wells.> >>
So you ignorant moron, I suggest you SHUTTHEFUCKUP and go back to the> >> peanut gallery before you open your stupid mouth again in the future> >> and only embarrass yourself in front of the entire planet.> >>
OK, so you just proved that your suggestion won't help him at all. Did> >you have a point?>
Nobody has proven it WON'T work.
*Find any air input ducts _INSIDE_ the vehicle, and spray Lysol mist> into them with blower motor running at full speed.>
Hey, Glickman,
Do this bit while you're in the car. You'll come out smelling better.

--Geoff
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Itsallgood 19 February 2005 15:12:17 [ permanent link ]
 Perhaps you've been providing free rent to a family of mice for two
years. They left some presents and even some of their loved ones.

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Billy Bad Assr© 20 February 2005 22:41:13 [ permanent link ]
 
Absolute garbage.

It's a pre 85 chrysler product not a gm or a ford numb nuts!
Water cannot get inside vehicle thru air vents.>
Unless the vehicle is submerged.


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High Sierra 21 February 2005 18:52:50 [ permanent link ]
 So, what's your point. I've owned pre 85 Chrysler products. Never had an issue
with water getting in through the air vents unless the vehicle was flooded.


Billy Bad Assr© wrote:>>Absolute garbage.>
It's a pre 85 chrysler product not a gm or a ford numb nuts!>
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Jack VR4 25 February 2005 01:17:51 [ permanent link ]
 This could def be the case... but the smell would not go away after a
while, it would get worse.

If it smells sweet (like coolant) it could be the heater core. You
usually smell it initially, but after time you either get used to it
and don't notice it anymore, or it leaks so slowly that the initial
smell was the result of sitting for an extended perios of time.

Sometimes the pump could be at fault... if it smells like burning, but
not like a mouse is on fire, it could be the pump or a belt.

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Bill Putney 25 February 2005 02:48:26 [ permanent link ]
 Jack VR4 wrote:
...not like a mouse is on fire...

Oh don't you just hate it when that happens! My cat doesn't know what
to do in those situations!

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')
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