Over the weekend I cleaned the engine bay on my 03 SE with Gunk Engine Brite. I must have gotten some of the Engine Brite in the cabin air intake area because now when I run the air, it smells of Engine Brite. Can someone tell me where the air intake is so that I can try to clean it out. After that I'll replace the microfilter and hopefully that will do the trick.

 

The cabin air filter is behind the glovebox.

 

Thanks, I know where the microfilter is. I'm trying to figure out where the air intake is under the hood.

 

I don't understand what you're asking then, there is an air intake for the motor and a cabin air filter for the air coming into the cabin...You want to know where the air enters the cabin through the filter I guess?!

 

for the outside air that enters, it between the hood and windshield

 

It's by the passenger wiper. You have to take some trim parts out. The GUNK smell will go away. I don't know if it's worth taking everything apart.

 

Thanks, if its hard to get to then I will give it a couple weeks before bothering with it. Hopefully the smell will be gone by then.

 

gunk didnt do any damages to your engine? i've used it once on a customers car at the shop i worked at.. the car ran afterwards, but i dunt noe if there are long term results from it since the car was towed away.

 

No damage that i've noticed so far. I think engine brite is designed for engine cleaning. I used some wd40 afterwards to lube the rubber hoses. I've heard engine brite can make them brittle.

 

lol...wd-40 dries out ruber as well....get some tire foam (armorall) and coat all the rubber lines with it then rines off whats left after letting it sit for a bit to soak in.

(wd-40 works by removing moisture...)