maximus96

my car has about 9000 miles on it and the ac is starting to smell after i turn it off and just blow wind out. i'm wondering if it has anything to do with my home-made cabin filter. does anybody else's AC smell yet? how do i get rid of it? i read somewhere that i should spray lysol into the recirculation vent...

XD40tC

First of all... what does it smell like? A$$???

Rivulent

If I have just hte fans on and no a/c, my air doesn't smell bad persay, but smells stale.

maximus96

smell like mildew.

sciontc_mich

i would take your cabin air filter that you made out of the car, and take it to the dealer.. there is a lysol type thing that the dealer sprays on the condenser mesh to get rid of mildew.. you are smelling mildew.. best thing one can do is to keep the fresh air open instead of re-circulate, especially once you park the car.. otherwise the moisture cannot escape and it turns into mildew..

maximus96

hm, when i drive with the AC on, i have it on recirc. then once i turn off the ac, i have it on fresh air, thats when the mildew smell comes out and it goes away after a few minutes. does mildew grow on the filter too? is that why i need it cleaned?

sciontc_mich

no the mildew isn't growing on the air filter you put in.. but that filter did prevent the moisture from escaping.. so now the smell is coming from the evaporator coils inside the a/c unit behind your glovebox.. the dealer can spray some stuff in there to kill the mildew..

maximus96

sweet, thanks. i'll go have them do that this weekend when i use up my last free oil change.

Orataro

Mine smells like ____ after being turn off and then when it's used again, it stinks! I had the same problem in my Toyota truck.

sciontc_mich

cool glad i could help.. if ya can find out if they actually use lysol or if it's something else