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08-02-2020, 12:29 PM | #1 |
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Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
I spent a lot of time wondering if I should ask this question, but here goes: Has anyone experienced their a/c or vent air smelling like crap- literally? Ever since I got the Mach out of storage this spring, every time I turn the fan on, it smells like I'm driving by a cattle farm. It doesn't matter if it's vent, a/c or max a/c. Does anyone have a clue as to what it might be?
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08-02-2020, 01:22 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
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08-02-2020, 03:33 PM | #3 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Thanks for the advice. I'll check out the blower motor. I couldn't find any info for a cabin filter for 2004.
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08-02-2020, 04:50 PM | #4 | |
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08-02-2020, 08:20 PM | #5 | |
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08-02-2020, 10:12 PM | #6 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
A cat pooped on the windshield cowl of my honda when I was at work a couple years ago. As soon as the air started coming over the hood, it was unbearable. I made it to about the first gas station and pulled over and found it. I'd check down in those slots in the cowl and everywhere under the hood for evidence of rodents. Since you stored the car, there's a good chance that's what it is.
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08-08-2020, 09:21 PM | #7 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Mouse
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08-09-2020, 10:06 AM | #8 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Agree with Big block.. had a Chrysler LHS, went on a vacation at the beginning of Winter, left it parked at the Airport for a week and a half. Came back and found napkins and insurance slip all chewed up in the glove box. Could not find any rodent but then about 2 weeks later the smell in the vents was disgusting.
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08-09-2020, 11:45 AM | #9 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
It’s a dead mouse.
Just a question of finding it.
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08-12-2020, 08:08 AM | #10 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
I'm pretty sure it's not just a dead mouse. I know what that smells like, and it should have gone away by now, right?
However, mice are definitely involved. I went to the car wash to power wash the engine. I popped the hood, and there was Mr. Mouse standing on the battery, staring at me. He then jumped into a hole in the fender. I sprayed the heck out of that hole. On the way home, the car still stunk. I took off the cowl near the windshield, pulled the cabin fan motor, blew compressed air everywhere, but the smell continues. By the way, Mr. Mouse hopped out of that fender hole, on top of the battery, dry and cool as can be. So, with my cat-like reflexes, well... the mouse is no more. So, what's my next step? Max A/C doesn't smell, but regular a/c and vent do.
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08-12-2020, 06:05 PM | #11 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Max AC pulls from under the dash on the passenger side. I would start looking for dead critters there.
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08-12-2020, 10:37 PM | #12 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Max a/c does not have the smell. It's only on vent or regular a/c.
When I removed the blower motor and felt around with my hand, I was able to pull small amounts of grass from beneath the heater core, but saw no evidence of mouse droppings. Not convinced that it was a rodent nest, but I could be wrong.
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08-13-2020, 04:17 PM | #13 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Sorry, read it backwards.
Non recirc modes pull from the cowl, so pull off the cowl plastic and start working in from there. |
08-22-2020, 09:00 AM | #14 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Stink-mystery solved. I had a friend look around with a boroscope, and found a softball sized mouse nest under the cowl, near the "fresh" air intake. We couldn't vacuum or blow it out, but were finally able to grab it with a cable retrieving tool (don't know what it's called). It came out in one disgusting chunk.
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08-22-2020, 12:25 PM | #15 |
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08-22-2020, 09:42 PM | #16 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
Yeah. I found out just how delicate the cowl is, especially around the windshield wiper hole.
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08-23-2020, 08:33 AM | #17 | |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
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Glad you found the nest. We get tons of claims due to rodents...Walked up on a few that you could barely get closer than 10feet to the vehicle without wretching...
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08-25-2020, 10:16 AM | #18 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
The crack on the cowl piece can hardly be seen when it's installed. I was thinking the the next time I remove it, I'd apply some JB weld to the underside.
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08-25-2020, 06:47 PM | #19 |
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Re: Vent and a/c air smells like a$$
If it's cracked, it'll be the first of many. Plan on replacing it, it's not that hard. The plastic succumbs to the UV and it fall to pieces, literally.
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