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buddy22
03-14-2006, 07:28 PM
Does anyone have a chemical odor that comes in intermittantly in the A/C?????
bparker
03-14-2006, 07:36 PM
Yes, this is due to running the A/C in a closed loop for a long period of time and moisture will build up in the vents due to the lack of outside air.

Try opening the vents to outside air more often to get rid of the moisture and this will not occur.
RubHer Yellow Ducky
03-14-2006, 08:32 PM
Parker...

Great idea, have the smell in both H-3's, will try it in one later today

Thanks again

RYD
fourfourto
03-14-2006, 08:43 PM
I have no smell.I do not use recirculate button
I assume all other air is outside?.
f5fstop
03-14-2006, 09:01 PM
Most of the time, a musty odoer, is caused by Microbial growth on the evaporator core, but can also be caused by debris being present in the HVAC module. Common with all AC systems; my Jeep was terrible.
lamric
03-14-2006, 11:16 PM
There are automotive A/C disinfectants that you spray into the fresh air intake that will kill off molds and bacteria.
killian
03-14-2006, 11:51 PM
Originally posted by buddy22:
Does anyone have a chemical odor that comes in intermittantly in the A/C?????

Yeah.
The odor that I get is more of a plastic / chemical smell, it goes away as fast as it shows up and it's happened since day one. I'm not sure that I'd chalk it up to moisture, it's not really that kind of smell. I had a/c moisture problems in one of my other cars and this is different. Also, the moisture smell seemed to lurk for a while unlike this smell that's gone in less than 15 seconds.
buddy22
03-14-2006, 11:55 PM
have you tried to have this fixed??
phantom2
03-15-2006, 01:09 AM
Originally posted by killian:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by buddy22:
Does anyone have a chemical odor that comes in intermittantly in the A/C?????

Yeah.
The odor that I get is more of a plastic / chemical smell, it goes away as fast as it shows up and it's happened since day one. I'm not sure that I'd chalk it up to moisture, it's not really that kind of smell. I had a/c moisture problems in one of my other cars and this is different. Also, the moisture smell seemed to lurk for a while unlike this smell that's gone in less than 15 seconds. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I've had exactly the same problem from day one.I don't always get the smell, but when I do it smells almost like anti-freeze
killian
03-15-2006, 04:36 AM
it smells almost like anti-freeze


Yaaaah, That it! Anti-freeze... I couldn't quite put my finger on it before but that's the smell, sort of like anti-freeze. Good call Phantom.

No, I've done nothing to try and fix it, in fact I haven't had it happen for so long I sort of forgot about it.