Air con gas smell

[Wolfy3769]

anyone know what an air con gas smell like?

 

i had experience some smell form the aircon... (only a short period...like a 1 or 2 second burst)... was wondering whether is it the aircon gas leak.

 

so far my aircon still working fine.

 

thanks in advanced.

[Agentwilson]

u pump 98 petrol izzit?

wad car?

[Rainbowbiatch]

your aircon vent open?

i mean there's a vent that allows aircon to circulate within the car or allow air from outside to come in..

 

you get my drift?

[Wolfy3769]

@agentwilson... no.. 98.. but 95... make Lancer EX

 

@rainbowbiathc.... no.. vent was 99.9% closed all the time.... unless i fark in the car ... LOL

[Rainbowbiatch]

@agentwilson... no.. 98.. but 95... make Lancer EX

 

@rainbowbiathc.... no.. vent was 99.9% closed all the time.... unless i fark in the car ... LOL

 

fcuk or fart.. LOL!

 

 

[Hermit]

Air con smell is somewhat sourish..

and it should be constant.

 

Could be mold at your evaporator coils, have it checked at pro-car aircon workshop/ cleaned with chemical wash should take care of the prob.

 

Mine did.

 

Good luck.

[Wolfy3769]

@rainbowbiatch... Fart lah... fcuk.. try to.. but worry it will "dirty" my car and affect my luck on 4D ....Heehee

 

@hermit .. u mean using service like the Tuff Kleen?

[Rainbowbiatch]

Air con smell is somewhat sourish..

and it should be constant.

 

Could be mold at your evaporator coils, have it checked at pro-car aircon workshop/ cleaned with chemical wash should take care of the prob.

 

Mine did.

 

Good luck.

 

mould smell are usually funky.. like raining for many days and u didnt drive your car.

and when u do, the air tat comes out frm the aircon usually smell like wet socks... not gas one leh..

 

but yeah.. best is go get it check at aircon workshop..

[Kentebar]

Does changing aircon filter helps?

[Vangaat]

Does changing aircon filter helps?

 

Don't think so pal.. I swapped for a new A/C filter during my last major servicing (40K), a while (Maybe 1-2K) later the same sourish smell occurs everytime I start up my car and on the A/C. Went back to Toyota (50K) and feedback, smell gone, now close to 1K, start again..

 

[Kungfu]

AC very hard to get dirty...........maybe 2 years cleaned once ok.............dun always clean..........cuase the solvent used are quite strong

[Ninafrost]

Smells sweet like acetone or thinner right? And only like a 1 sec whiff then its gone correct? Its normal.

 

 

 

Nina

[Kelpie]

Air con smell is somewhat sourish..

and it should be constant.

 

Could be mold at your evaporator coils, have it checked at pro-car aircon workshop/ cleaned with chemical wash should take care of the prob.

 

Mine did.

 

Good luck.

 

I wonder what could be the problem, if instead of the sourish smell, it was some burnt smell that last for a few secs. Thanks.

 

Regards,

[Corgi]

i do have smell from my air con too and sometime it also last for a few second. anyway just put a refreshner might help though.

 

Corgi

[Colin03]

Hi Bros,

 

You might want to test this method which I have been using for years .

 

Turn up the air-con temp to High - wind up all window - of course you are out of the car.

 

Let the warm air circulate for 5-10 mins within the car.

 

This will dry up any mold along the air-con system.

 

 

Give a try - of course you still need to change your air-con filter 1-2 years period.

[Josho]

I also have the sourish smell before.

 

Was it due to the air refresher? It happened when I start the car with air con at 1.

I did the full blast before, but it is a bit irritating to do every time tho.

 

 

BTW, I tried the OWS before. No use. I suspect the mold too.