My A/C smells funny

mrnickleye · 06-20-2005, 10:06 AM

My A/C started getting that icky smell you get when you turn it off, and leave the fan running. A mildew thing. So I got some 'Lisol' disenfectant spray at the store and ran the A/C on high fan, sprayed about 1/3 of the can into the vent in front of the windshield.

Did it near the passenger side cause that's where it gets sucked into the fan. The smell went away cause it killed the mold and mildew grows in the moisture that sits in the box after you turn off the A/C.

In case you didn't know...the A/C works by the evaporator absorbing the heat and moisure from the air that if forced thru it. That is why you have water dripping out of the drain tube (on a humid day) when A/C is running. The tube must be free and unclooged to let the water out. I've seen many cars with plugged or kinked drain hoses.

The absorbed heat from the evaporator goes to the consensor (out front of the radiator), where it is the dispersed into the outside air.

06-20-2005, 10:06 AM	#3
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	My A/C started getting that icky smell you get when you turn it off, and leave the fan running. A mildew thing. So I got some 'Lisol' disenfectant spray at the store and ran the A/C on high fan, sprayed about 1/3 of the can into the vent in front of the windshield. Did it near the passenger side cause that's where it gets sucked into the fan. The smell went away cause it killed the mold and mildew grows in the moisture that sits in the box after you turn off the A/C. In case you didn't know...the A/C works by the evaporator absorbing the heat and moisure from the air that if forced thru it. That is why you have water dripping out of the drain tube (on a humid day) when A/C is running. The tube must be free and unclooged to let the water out. I've seen many cars with plugged or kinked drain hoses. The absorbed heat from the evaporator goes to the consensor (out front of the radiator), where it is the dispersed into the outside air. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.