Vinil 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 (edited) Hi all i need urgent advice on this, The last 2 days my whole car was smelling like a dead rat . I tried those air con smell diffuser spray but not working . After some time managed to find out it is not the air con it is the fan which is bringing the bad smell. Further checks reveled it is the driver side vent that is the one making the unpleasant smell . How can i solve this issue, now i completely closed the vent and driving around Your immediate advice greatly appreciated Edited September 19, 2011 by Vinil ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amuroboy 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 Something died inside..? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerwoods Turbocharged September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 Hi all i need urgent advice on this, The last 2 days my whole car was smelling like a dead rat . I tried those air con smell diffuser spray but not working . After some time managed to find out it is not the air con it is the fan which is bringing the bad smell. Further checks reveled it is the driver side vent that is the one making the unpleasant smell . How can i solve this issue, now i completely closed the vent and driving around Your immediate advice greatly appreciated service your aircon system and flush clean all the vents. My car also got strong oil an grease smell one time and after I did a full clean up, the smell gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinil 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Author Share September 19, 2011 Something died inside..? i suspect this too any advice where can i do a full clean up of the vents . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinil 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Author Share September 19, 2011 service your aircon system and flush clean all the vents. My car also got strong oil an grease smell one time and after I did a full clean up, the smell gone. Bro where did you go for the sytem flush do i need to go back to the agent ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrestcat 2nd Gear September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 service your aircon system and flush clean all the vents. My car also got strong oil an grease smell one time and after I did a full clean up, the smell gone. Hi Bro Tigerwoods, Care to share which workshop u went to? If not convenient u can pm me. I have the same problem as TS and i went to a reputable aircon workshop 1 month ago. They changed my cabin filter and compressor oil. 2 weeks later the smell came back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerwoods Turbocharged September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 Hi Bro Tigerwoods, Care to share which workshop u went to? If not convenient u can pm me. I have the same problem as TS and i went to a reputable aircon workshop 1 month ago. They changed my cabin filter and compressor oil. 2 weeks later the smell came back I did mine from my AD. cost me $400... The smell of the Oil, grease I had was said to be residue found on the Condenser Tray which normally only water drips there but probably some mechanic accidentally smear grease there. I guess I paid alot for some small problem. Maybe you should ask your mechanic to clean that area and see how... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbert1973 Clutched September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 I had this unfortunate experience early this year was in my wife car, saw a lizard, tried to flick it out but it ran into an aircon vent 2 days later when we use the car, a very bad smell came out of the aircon, and I knew the bloody lizard KO inside the aircon system no choice but to send to the workshop to strip the aircon out to remove the dead lizard workshop told me if it died near the vents, will cost less than $100 to solve the problem as easy to remove. but he said most likely is died deep inside the cooling vents. in the end it was deep inside near the filters. cost me $300 to strip the whole aircon out from the car and clean it, and replace the filters and re-install good news is the smell is totally gone, but bloody waste of money. workshop gave me back the lizard as a souvenir Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 (edited) I had this unfortunate experience early this year was in my wife car, saw a lizard, tried to flick it out but it ran into an aircon vent 2 days later when we use the car, a very bad smell came out of the aircon, and I knew the bloody lizard KO inside the aircon system no choice but to send to the workshop to strip the aircon out to remove the dead lizard workshop told me if it died near the vents, will cost less than $100 to solve the problem as easy to remove. but he said most likely is died deep inside the cooling vents. in the end it was deep inside near the filters. cost me $300 to strip the whole aircon out from the car and clean it, and replace the filters and re-install good news is the smell is totally gone, but bloody waste of money. workshop gave me back the lizard as a souvenir Workshop gave you back lizard? Was it the same lizard that went in? Edited September 19, 2011 by Hulk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrestcat 2nd Gear September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 I did mine from my AD. cost me $400... The smell of the Oil, grease I had was said to be residue found on the Condenser Tray which normally only water drips there but probably some mechanic accidentally smear grease there. I guess I paid alot for some small problem. Maybe you should ask your mechanic to clean that area and see how... Hi Bro Tigerwoods, Thanks for your advise! I went to my mech this morning, he says it's dust smell and will go away eventually. The thing is, he didn't even check. I think he lazy to strip and check Anyway, I will go to another workshop after lunch for a 2nd opinion later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help1 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Share September 19, 2011 (edited) hmm...if passenger side no smell and only driver side has it...then isn't the answer is very obvious, driver got BO???? ...have the aricon duct check Edited September 19, 2011 by Help1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinil 1st Gear September 19, 2011 Author Share September 19, 2011 I had this unfortunate experience early this year was in my wife car, saw a lizard, tried to flick it out but it ran into an aircon vent 2 days later when we use the car, a very bad smell came out of the aircon, and I knew the bloody lizard KO inside the aircon system no choice but to send to the workshop to strip the aircon out to remove the dead lizard workshop told me if it died near the vents, will cost less than $100 to solve the problem as easy to remove. but he said most likely is died deep inside the cooling vents. in the end it was deep inside near the filters. cost me $300 to strip the whole aircon out from the car and clean it, and replace the filters and re-install good news is the smell is totally gone, but bloody waste of money. workshop gave me back the lizard as a souvenir I think mine is the same issue may be some lizard was so curious to have a ride in an Alfa and too overvelhmed by the beauty of the car and drop dead in the vent. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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