bad car smell....HELP!!!

[zzap]

When you cars fAN/AC is OFF pour baby powder into the vents. When you do this let it sit for 5 minutes then crank the fan. This should help get rid of your problem. I find that you have to put alot of Baby powder, half or sometimes a full bottle in order to get rid of the smell completely.

Good Luck

You got to be joking right????

So the guy turns on his air conditioning while driving and baby powder blasts out all the vents in his face, eyes and up his noise!

What ever you do don't be spraying anything into your cars AC systems that not designed to be going in there. Baby powder and even Lysol could ignite from the sparks produced by the fan motors brushes. You don't want to start a fire in there... that will set the dash on fire and very quickly consume your car completely. Then try explaining this to your insurance company how you set the car on fire! Hahhahaha

 

[l69norm]

...(AC off) an spray half a can of Lysol into the vent holes that are near th wind sheild wiper blades on you car (exterior)
Turn of the car and let it settle for about an hour. Then turn your car on with the vent fan motor turned on high for 10 minutes to evaporate the Lysol.....

Don't use Lysol as it leaves a sticky residue behind. Try the same thing with a little bleach and water in a spray bottle...

 

[l69norm]

..Also, try Ultrashield A/C .....

This works, but the perfume like smell is almost as bad as the stinky smell that was originally there.

 

[dj1470]

Lately when im inside my car and i turn on the A/C i get an appalling odour that comes out of the vents. Yesterday i had a guest in my car and when they mentioned the smell to me i was so embarrassed and i finally want to get to the root of it..

I heard a story before and im not sure if its an urban legend or not, but its about a cat that crawled up into a car's air filter where it died, sending a bad odour throughout the cars ventilation system. Well i checked my air filter and there was nothing there so could there be a dead animal anywhere else in my cars ventilation system??

Anyone have any other possible ideas of what the root of the smell could be or where its coming from? I dont need no wise ass comments here just real honest help please!!!

Didn't I see this on an episode of "Seinfeld"?

 

[hi up in the sky]

If its a newer car, replace the micron filter thats somehwere under the dash. Then try the Ultrashield stuff. Follow the instructions and you will find a big improvement. If you have a recirculate button, ignore it. Leave it in fresh air mode. Some European manufacturers thaq I used ot work with tried suggesting that you turn off the AC a few minutes before you got to your destination but leave the fan on. This way you leave the car smelly rather than smelling!