Re: AC smells bad
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"SpiralKid" <jin0412@gmail.com> writes: >Hello everyone >I have a 98 Accord and whenever I turn on the AC, it smells bad about a >minute and gets better and finally I don't smell any. FYI, I have never >recharged the freon gas. Is it time to recharge it? >If I need to do that, how much is it going to cost me? >Many thanks in advance. It's Mildew. Here's the fix: (from the Dodge Trucks newsgroup) Fresh smelling A/C: results guaranteed Ingredients: 1 pint of common ordinary rubbing alcohol 3-ft piece of 3/8" copper tubing with a short "J" at 1 end 1 small funnel connect the "J" end of the copper tubing to the air conditioner condensate drain hose under the vehicle (where the water drips out when the A/C is running normally. Stick the long end of the tubing up through the engine compartment so you can reach it from above. The copper tubing must be long enough to extend above the center of the dash. Now pour the rubbing alcohol into the upper end of the tubing using the funnel. Continue adding more alcohol until it starts to spill over onto the floorboard of the car or truck. Don't worry, the alcohol will evaporate and won't harm the carpet. This will backflush the system and kill the mold & mildew spores. Now disconnect the copper tubing. If desired you can collect the alcohol in a cake or pie tin as it drains back out and reuse it again. A/C now all nice and fresh again, guaranteed. Now, to keep it nice and fresh, switch your A/C over to max heat about 1/2 block before stopping (every trip). This will dry out the system and prevent the mold and mildew from ever forming. |
Re: AC smells bad
In article <1123139043.898289.78770@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups. com>
"SpiralKid" <jin0412@gmail.com> writes: >Hello everyone >I have a 98 Accord and whenever I turn on the AC, it smells bad about a >minute and gets better and finally I don't smell any. FYI, I have never >recharged the freon gas. Is it time to recharge it? >If I need to do that, how much is it going to cost me? >Many thanks in advance. It's Mildew. Here's the fix: (from the Dodge Trucks newsgroup) Fresh smelling A/C: results guaranteed Ingredients: 1 pint of common ordinary rubbing alcohol 3-ft piece of 3/8" copper tubing with a short "J" at 1 end 1 small funnel connect the "J" end of the copper tubing to the air conditioner condensate drain hose under the vehicle (where the water drips out when the A/C is running normally. Stick the long end of the tubing up through the engine compartment so you can reach it from above. The copper tubing must be long enough to extend above the center of the dash. Now pour the rubbing alcohol into the upper end of the tubing using the funnel. Continue adding more alcohol until it starts to spill over onto the floorboard of the car or truck. Don't worry, the alcohol will evaporate and won't harm the carpet. This will backflush the system and kill the mold & mildew spores. Now disconnect the copper tubing. If desired you can collect the alcohol in a cake or pie tin as it drains back out and reuse it again. A/C now all nice and fresh again, guaranteed. Now, to keep it nice and fresh, switch your A/C over to max heat about 1/2 block before stopping (every trip). This will dry out the system and prevent the mold and mildew from ever forming. |
Re: AC smells bad
You could have kept mildew to a minimum by using the outside air selection
instead of the recycled air selection. If you are in a humid climate then outside air does not work as well. In that case it's best to run it on recycled air till the car cools down then switch to outside air. You can buy an can of aerosol which will kill the mildew. DaveL "SpiralKid" <jin0412@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1123173555.896073.302000@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com... > Thanks, the freon is not getting in. it's mildew. > |
Re: AC smells bad
You could have kept mildew to a minimum by using the outside air selection
instead of the recycled air selection. If you are in a humid climate then outside air does not work as well. In that case it's best to run it on recycled air till the car cools down then switch to outside air. You can buy an can of aerosol which will kill the mildew. DaveL "SpiralKid" <jin0412@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1123173555.896073.302000@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com... > Thanks, the freon is not getting in. it's mildew. > |
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