SMELL IS GONE!! THIS ISH WORKS
so when the guy before me had the car, he never ran the air, so im sure theres mold and other unknown crap up in there, and i would like to know where the cabin air filter is, and where it sucks in the air that it blows out. i was thinking that after i remove the old filter, i could get that stuff that kills germs in the air, and smells good too, then run the air system for a while and repeat, then replace the filter with a new one. if you guys have any better ideas, tell me! cuz its embarrassing when im with my girl and shes hot, and i turn the ac on and it smells nasty as hell. -thanks


Modified by Bull_head360 at 11:01 AM 9/11/2004

 

You don't have a cabin air filter...you'd have to remove the blower motor and box to completely do away with the filtration mechanisms, but that would still leave five meters of plastic tubing that is probably just as contaminated.

Get a can of lysol, turn your air on full blast and empty that bastard towards the slots in your wiper cowl. It'll kill the germs and reduce the smell greately. Keep it up and it might go away completely.

 

im glad i ahvent been smellign elephant *** enough to recognize it.


and id probably try febreeze first since lysol makes me sneaze a lot.

 

So is this smell like the stinch on the outer crevices of the elephant's *** or in the depths of the anus itself?

 

Here's what you do, spray Lysol on the cowl underneath the windshield wiper and spray some on the vents near the evaporator

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrokeAssPinoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here's what you do, spray Lysol on the cowl underneath the windshield wiper and spray some on the vents near the evaporator</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, tool...I guess that needed to be said since the first response to his inquiry was my statement:

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
You don't have a cabin air filter...you'd have to remove the blower motor and box to completely do away with the filtration mechanisms, but that would still leave five meters of plastic tubing that is probably just as contaminated.

Get a can of lysol, turn your air on full blast and empty that bastard towards the slots in your wiper cowl. It'll kill the germs and reduce the smell greately. Keep it up and it might go away completely.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You don't have a cabin air filter...you'd have to remove the blower motor and box to completely do away with the filtration mechanisms, but that would still leave five meters of plastic tubing that is probably just as contaminated.

Get a can of lysol, turn your air on full blast and empty that bastard towards the slots in your wiper cowl. It'll kill the germs and reduce the smell greately. Keep it up and it might go away completely.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL @ the title..

What Archidictus said will probably work.. If not you have to take the dash off and remove all the tubing and such and clean it all out..

 

Try bringing the car to an A/C shop. I'm sure they've run into this problem before. GL

 

thanks for all the comments guys, is there a better place to spray in the cowling? like in the center? im sure that when i look down in there, i'll see where the ducts are, and just to be sure, i want the air thing set on fresh air, not recirculating, right? and one more thing, for the recirculating air, that duct is underneath and behind my cd player. this should be easy since i have stripped interior...cant believe how nasty it smells...lol and for the guy who asked if its the inside, or the area around the elephant ***, i guess its the whole surrounding area of the elephant

 

bump, cuz i want this smell gone!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by johnb16a2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try bringing the car to an A/C shop. I'm sure they've run into this problem before. GL</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats probably a good bet

 

You broken up with someone lately?

Could be the old prawn (shrimp) and fish heads in the vents trick.

 

I have a similiar problem but it usually goes away after about a minute. Now my hatch area smells like *** though everytime I open up the back window. I dont know what was going on with the car before I owned it though.

 

nope no fish heads...another thing that works good is to take the lid off of a tuna can, and put the can underneath the seat...neeaaaasty. well i did the lysol thing, and my car was smelling pretty good....couldn't get the smell out of my nose though...i'll see how it smells tomorrow :: fingers crossed::

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eh6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So is this smell like the stinch on the outer crevices of the elephant's *** or in the depths of the anus itself? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh ****, too funny

 

LOL thats a rough quote, just picture that one

 

lol well i have the same problem, but the problem is my air only comes out through the front vents and I have NO clue where it comes from.

If anyone knows how i can fix this I would GREATLY appreciate it. Air doesn't go wher ei want it

 

sounds like your eletric motor thing that open and closes the ports aint workin...im not even sure if civics have these...but i figure thats the way it all works, since you dont physically change stuff when u push the buttons ya know? damn im tired. the lysol thing worked pretty good. i did it again today, ill give u guys another update tomorrow. this ish works good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eh6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So is this smell like the stinch on the outer crevices of the elephant's *** or in the depths of the anus itself? </TD></TR></TABLE>

LMFAO...man thats good...my gf's getting mad cuz im laughing at a computer...sighs...oh boy that made my night

 

I decide thats sig material

 

SMELL IS GONE!! WOOHOO!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">towards the slots in your wiper cowl. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Can someone post a pic of this? Just used my A/C the other day for the ride to work. Had to turn it off because it smelt as if an elephant was farting in my face.

Just went outside and took a look. Should I spray in all the openings or certain ones?

#13 in the pic

 

Im just curious how you know what elephant Azz smells like

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGCivicCoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im just curious how you know what elephant Azz smells like</TD></TR></TABLE>

Never been to the circus?

 

Picked up some green apple lysol. This stuff smells awesome compared to that flower / powder $hit that Lysol offers. Sprayed the exterior air induction vents last night and again today. Car smells lovely now

I will continue to spray the inductions for the next week or so......