hey guy's

anyone have ay idea's....

when I put the heater controls to:
blower motor to full (on heated air NOT AC)
heater to full heat
and vent position to windscreen

I get a very musky feeling, smell in the car almost chocking, like theres dust in the air.

When I then switch the circ control to re-circulate interior air (it also moves the vent position to feet and windscreen), the feeling and smell goes away

 

I live on Maui where it's warm all year. I wonder if the drain line for the A/C might be clogged. When I bought the car the whole inside smelled moldy. I had a leak in the tail light assembly gasket. Very common problem for Neons. After that no more leaks or moldy smells.

 

can you advise where the A/C drain line is?

 

Never had to look it up before.... with the hood up stand in front of the oil filler cap. sight all the way back to the firewall and look down. You see s hose about 3/4" coming out of the firewall and bends down. I'm sure that is it. Make sure it's free of debris and draining good when A/C is on.....

 

thanks,

BTW I sprayed Lysole in the vents...
My cabin now stinks of the stuff, which is better,
but will give that a check out


cheers

 

run a can of lemmon lysol from the air vent cowl below the windshield with the sir vent on low then let it sit overnight should kill the mold if any buildup on the coil, I know it works good for smokers cars.

or you can pull that dash and get to it for a real cleaning with alcohol & pipe cleaners

 

thanks guys,
I got some lysol spray will give that a try this week, also saw/found the A/C drain, will get under the bonnet to give it a check

 

did the lysol do the trick for the odor?

 

haha,
Have'nt had a chance to try it yet, I got the lysol, but as the weater turned so did my back, so not able to do any work on anything !

 

hey tejas

ok so yesterdayIsprayed the lysol in, all the vents and had the SIR position down, so far its been fine, with a smell of lysol

although its very cold so I think the mould may be dead or frozen, but I'll keep an eye on it

many thanks