Cyt Posted 17October, 2018 Report Share Posted 17October, 2018 Anyone experiencing their air cond smell when first start up? Ive what’s new to me Macan s that does that on start up.. anyone know the sauce and fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 17October, 2018 Report Share Posted 17October, 2018 1 hour ago, Cyt said: Anyone experiencing their air cond smell when first start up? Ive what’s new to me Macan s that does that on start up.. anyone know the sauce and fix? Get the cabin pollen filter changed out, the one in my Macan started to smell horrendous at the nearly 18 month mark, it was replaced last service and all good... I know exactly that smell and its horrible lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyt Posted 17October, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 17October, 2018 5 minutes ago, edgy said: Get the cabin pollen filter changed out, the one in my Macan started to smell horrendous at the nearly 18 month mark, it was replaced last service and all good... I know exactly that smell and its horrible lol Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 18October, 2018 Report Share Posted 18October, 2018 Check your condenser drains. If blocked water wil go moldyvand stink like old socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81SC Posted 18October, 2018 Report Share Posted 18October, 2018 31 minutes ago, Coastr said: Check your condenser drains. If blocked water wil go moldyvand stink like old socks. And if you can't find these ?, I think you meant evaporator Coastr. Check the evaporator drains from inside the cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 18October, 2018 Report Share Posted 18October, 2018 Yes those too! evaporator, condenser, all just heat exchangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstone Posted 19October, 2018 Report Share Posted 19October, 2018 I had the smell in the cabin ac on. Did the cabin filter but was still there. A forum member suggested glen20 shot up the ducting and the filter box. That was the last of the smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyt Posted 26October, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 26October, 2018 I changed the filter and was told there were leaves etc in the ‘ plenum’so had that cleaned. I wondered which is the plenum in the diagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 27October, 2018 Report Share Posted 27October, 2018 On 19/10/2018 at 00:58, firstone said: I had the smell in the cabin ac on. Did the cabin filter but was still there. A forum member suggested glen20 shot up the ducting and the filter box. That was the last of the smell. When I did a full overhaul of my bmw air con I took all the ducting and used a can of glen 20 and compressed air and blew the mix through. All kinds of brown crap came out. It was a smokers car and I had never got the stink out. After the Ac clean out I never smelt cigarettes again, even after Parking in the sun. It smelt like glen20 for a while then just went to neutral. Its good stuff but I think the secret is allowing it to flush out the bad juju making the smell. If you can get it draining out the evaporator drains it might work a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 27October, 2018 Report Share Posted 27October, 2018 22 hours ago, Cyt said: I changed the filter and was told there were leaves etc in the ‘ plenum’so had that cleaned. I wondered which is the plenum in the diagram. Did it help with the odour to change the filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyt Posted 29October, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 29October, 2018 On 27/10/2018 at 19:56, edgy said: Did it help with the odour to change the filter? Seems to .. probably added with the plenum clean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY Posted 31October, 2018 Report Share Posted 31October, 2018 I turn off the A/C 2 mins from home and just run the fan on recirculate. Wife whines, but keeps the A/C smelling fresh on the next start up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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