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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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bad odors and cleaning

my car is 97, now bad odor comming from it. I need to clean it.

In hayness Repair Manual, 3-14 tilte " Eliminationg air, conditioning odors".
If you see the pic 12.32, where is this location?

for amomont it seems uder the driver side.

anyone!!!!!!!!
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 04:36 AM
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Here's a product that cleans the evaporator. http://www.dwd2.com/

The kit comes with instructions and will guide you to the correct location in your car.
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
Here's a product that cleans the evaporator. http://www.dwd2.com/

The kit comes with instructions and will guide you to the correct location in your car.
Sweet, I've been looking for something like this. Have you personally used it and does it work well?
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 06:34 AM
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is it comming from your A/C?
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 06:54 AM
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Has anybody used this product yet? If so how hard is it??

thanks
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 06:56 AM
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answer's in the stickies, too. nice, detailed instructions in there.
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 09:21 AM
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yeah i've tried the lysol spray suggested in the stickies but all that does is mask the smell for a few days. i suspect that most of the lysol evaporates before it gets to the a/c components, and that's exactly why the product above is a foam.
Old Aug 5, 2005 | 09:34 AM
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take the rotting corpse out of the trunk before you try to eliminate any odors
Old Aug 6, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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ow no, I was cleanning the the turnk to installer the wirring for my system and guss what....

I found dead Mouse, yes you readed right "Dead mouse"
It was dried up, like it had been there for a year or more.

.....
Old Aug 6, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FunLovinMaxima
yeah i've tried the lysol spray suggested in the stickies but all that does is mask the smell for a few days. i suspect that most of the lysol evaporates before it gets to the a/c components, and that's exactly why the product above is a foam.
i tried the same thing w/ apple lysol, car smelled like lysol for a day, but the moldy smell just came back.
Old Aug 6, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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Get under the dash and take out the fan. It's fairly easy and like all fans you will see mold or dust or whatever on the fins. Use rubbing alcohol or something even bleach to clean it. Then spray lysol or whatever cleaner in the air ports. Replace the fan after it's dry. Should be good to go and no smell.
Old Aug 6, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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Make sure nobody took a dump under the passenger seat. Thats the #1 place for hidden dumps.
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