Air Con Help... Stinks!.. Blocked Drain?

[Chaos310]

Hi Folks,

So a while back I was not using my ute and now I have started driving it again, I have found the air con, when on, stinks like an old ashtray... No I dont smoke, no one has ever smoked in my car... I had let the thing sit for about 4-5 weeks in my driveway.

anyone experienced this?

anyone got good tips to get to the a/c drain?

cheers!

[sr71]

You might have had some moist air going through the AC duct/evaporator ( that has condensed) when it was last used. With the cooler weather, it hasn't had the chance to evaporate. Maybe mixed with some dust, to get some bacterial growth happening.

You can go to a Ford dealership and they hook up a machine that sends a cleaning agent through the system.

Or go to an Air conditioning/ refrigeration supplier and ask for an aerosol can that disinfects and deodorizes. Blast into return vents ( under dash) with fans on high, until it comes out of the supply vents.

Or a can of Glen 20 ( or similar ).

Edited 07/07/14 08:22 AM by sr71

[Chaos310]

Roger that mate. Cheers for the insight.

[genuine honest person]

have you looked at your air con filter behind the clove box (take clove box out and its in behind there ) I had the same problem ,leafs started to rot and gave of a bad smell

[Panda Eyes]

I give off a bad smell on occasion too...

[discostig]

Glen20, half a can in all the air vents and run it on recirc for an hour or something!

[Barnesy]

An a/c drain pipe may become blocked with debris and cause an overflow of condensate into the cabin. The drain pipe should be checked and cleared as part of each scheduled service.

The smell could be from condensate spillage from the heater core area due to improper sealing. There is a repair kit available involving a foam strip which is fitted within a half hour to fix the concern and is covered under warranty. The dash panel does not need to come out.

Quote Part # BA18B539ASF to Ford.

It fixed the smell issue and the leaking air con water on the drivers side footwell.

Edited 08/07/14 10:37 AM by Barnesy

[genuine honest person]

Glen20, half a can in all the air vents and run it on recirc for an hour or something!

when I had the dash out I sprayed everything with glen20 ,all the vents and fan .

[genuine honest person]

An a/c drain pipe may become blocked with debris and cause an overflow of condensate into the cabin. The drain pipe should be checked and cleared as part of each scheduled service.

The smell could be from condensate spillage from the heater core area due to improper sealing. There is a repair kit available involving a foam strip which is fitted within a half hour to fix the concern and is covered under warranty. The dash panel does not need to come out.

Quote Part # BA18B539ASF to Ford.

It fixed the smell issue and the leaking air con water on the drivers side footwell.

is that for ba ?as well mate

[Barnesy]

that's for FG, I got mine fixed last year. Bugger all labour