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Old 02-28-2006, 05:03 PM
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Does anyone have funky smells comming from their vents when turned on?

Solutions?
Old 02-28-2006, 05:07 PM
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whoever smelt it delt it...........

smell not here! afaik but there isnt a incabin filter iirc from reading other post.
you should definitely have it checked out.

Have you hit a small animal lately? maybe something crawled up but never got out?
check the under body pan, i found a dead bird in there once.
Old 02-28-2006, 09:42 PM
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There might be some mildew/mold build up in your condenser (or evaporator I forget which one). One quick solution is turn your A/C on and spray some Lysol into the A/C intake vents (should be outside near bottom of the windshield) to kill the mildew. I do this periodically. Another solution is to have the dealer check it out as well.
Old 02-28-2006, 09:45 PM
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my preivous car's AC used to smell like humidity (Pee)..... I though that it was probably a cat going on top of my car and peeing..
Old 02-28-2006, 10:10 PM
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Well if its mildew a quick way to find out is to run heat for a solid 10 mins. This should kill the mildew and dry out the vents. Plus your can wont smell of that odd not so "fresh scent" disinfecting spray

Been doing this method for years in my explorer, because it’s happens to fit my budget...

But if it’s not a mildew smell, do as the others said... look for something that isn’t supposed to be there. About a year ago I hit a bird, didn’t think anything of it till about a month later when this smell creped into the truck...

Cars are really bad about things crawling up inn them since they sit so low to the ground. Sometimes things don’t move out when they should. Or in the case of a friend while it was not a creature being dead under the car creating the smell, but the place where it slept did (and bad i might add).

Could be a number of things, but at least they can all be free to fix, run your heat or clean out what’s causing the problems. Free is always good in my books
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bg sells a foam cleaner that you put into the condensor...it expands, cleans the condensor, then drains out...
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When the last time you changed your cabin micro-filter?
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Originally Posted by cessna
When the last time you changed your cabin micro-filter?
the one nissan never bothered designed into your Z.
Old 03-01-2006, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by n8vz
the one nissan never bothered designed into your Z.

Ops

Sorry , I assumed that the 350Z had one like the G35...my bad....
Old 03-01-2006, 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by SpeedRcr
bg sells a foam cleaner that you put into the condensor...it expands, cleans the condensor, then drains out...
What's bg?
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Alka-seltzer might help
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If your cats are going then you could smell rotten eggs.
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