Calavera

It's been a few days now that I've noticed this. I think it's because of the hot weather here. Anyways, when I turn the air circulation off, in other words, let the air in from outside, it stinks as fawk!

The smell is horrible....like.....a very old public bathroom where the urinals are clogged up so bums **** in the corner and nobody ever cleans up........that kind of stench.

It dissappears when I turn AC on. So does anyone else have this problem and/or know how to get rid of this stench?

miketegra

http://integra.vtec.net/tips/
It seems strange that the odor disappears when you turn ON the A/C, but perhaps your problem is related to the solution above...?



[Modified by miketegra, 2:53 AM 8/30/2002]

dLo GSR-stolen-now-WRX

moooooooooooold

GSRaCeRbOI

spray some lysol disinfectant in the air vent and intake (not the motor air intake..where the HVAC system draws in air) and then let it run through w/ the fan on/blower on high... you can also turn the heat on full blast and it should go away but in this CA heat doubt u wanna use the heater so try the lysol w/ disinfectant...


[Modified by GSRaCeRbOI, 12:07 AM 8/31/2002]

vteg

If your car is prone to stinking after running the A/C you can do the heater thing about once a week or so, to keep the stink down. I used to do this in my last teg every couple of weeks or so.

Calavera

Thanx to the replies.

Hey gsracerboi, where can I get this lysol disinfectant from and where exactly is the HVAC intake located? Engine bay?

Calavera

Here's a random pic so this thread gets more attention. lol

Legacy_CPA

damn nice porshe, my favorite automobile manufacturer...btw hope you get that stench out

jeebusm3

stop farting in your vents.

maggsgsr

Mine does it too,it smells like freon and **** for the first couple minutes then goes away,and then its fine.I have no idea what it is,it started after my accident and they changed the condensor and recharged the system.

GSRaCeRbOI

damn you've never heard of Lysol? you can get Lysol disinfectant at Ralphs, Vons, or whereever you get your groceries in the isle w/ the household chemicals/cleaners.. its just a spray cleaner/disinfectant.. it'll work for a few weeks.. i think the system draws air from under the wipers you can spray it in the vents too...

maggsgsr

I think I have a leak in the system,it smells like chemicals and turdz,but only for the 1st couple minutes.

GSRaCeRbOI

you might have a leak.. I dunnoz.. I recharged my A/C about a month or so ago and it smelled for a while then went away.. however you said you got into an accident so maybe you have a leak still.. or maybe its just residue or whatever from when they opened up/took out the piping.. my friends cars A/C lines got messed up in an accident and he has the same problem and has to recharge it often but he doesn't wanna spend that much money on such an old car (90's accord)

Calavera

Another random pic for more attention. bwahahahaha.


Gsracerboi, I'll try that lysol stuff. Are you sure its the vents below the wipers that suck in air?

Veritas-Aequitas

Yeah it is...Or you maybe have a bunch of leaves and dirty crap in there and thats what smells, clean you fuggin' car dude

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[Modified by ReBornGSR, 5:34 PM 8/30/2002]

Kelvin96GSR

haha you postwhore, do our cars have filters for the air that comes into the car? I had stinky vents in my mom's volvo and it was fixed by installing a new air filter.

GSRaCeRbOI

yeah

The newer ones like 98+ MIGHT have a micron air filter I'm not sure though I have an old one... 95... but on their other models like accords I think it was around 1998 or 1999 when they started introducing the Micron Filtration filters and what not... I don't own a newer 98+ teg though so I'm not 100% sure...


[Modified by GSRaCeRbOI, 5:10 PM 8/30/2002]

vteg

I did not read gsracerboi's response fully. Turn on the heat and spray the lysol at the plastic area behind the wiper where the air is sucked in. Spraying in the vents from inside the car will not do much. You have to get it inside.

uNF$@#!

the problem with the vents is that mildew and mold/fungus can start to accumulate and grow in the venting system of these cars.

what you can do to alleviate this problem is to flush out the vents with simple green, wait about 2-3 minutes then flush with water this should get rid/kill some of the mold.

B00ST2nR

ummm... that's a damn nice porsche.


Blow your Heater on full blast for a couple minutes and the stench will go away. If it comes back over time, keep doin it. It works.

Paste

One time my grandma got a mouse stuck in the air vents and the fan cut it up and it smelled sooooo bad. She was like oh its not that bad, but i almost vomited. It was disgusting.

uNF$@#!

whats your grandma doing shoving mice into your vents

TrueZen

Ahh, the Uwe Gembella GTR 650, hey Calavera, did you get this from supercars.net? Excellent choice, definately more than enough to kill any of our cars.

Calavera

Okay, I'm going to try both the heater-full blast trick as well as the lysol stuff.

As for the porsche, forgot where I got it from, but daym that's one fast ****.

MugenCivic

my dad told me that if u leave the air on after u shut the car off ur air will smell like **** so before u turn ur car off turn air off then shut car off sounds dumb but try it it works