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Re: Musty A/C Odor
"Savalas" <thegaffler@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:UiFOf.19910$n%2.526@tornado.texas.rr.com...[color=blue]
> Hello all, I have a problem that maybe someone in these groups can help me
> with. I not too long ago got my A/C working on my '90 Camry DX, 3SFE
> engine with over 280,000 miles on the odometer. If I had known all was
> needed was to have the system charged I would have done it 5 years ago
> instead of driving around in the heat of Houston. Anyway, when I run the
> A/C for a while and cut off the engine for like a day or a few hours and
> start it again, there is a musty odor that comes from the vents. I asked
> my mechanic about it and he said that it was most likely the evaporator
> which probably had mold growing inside it from the moisture build up from
> the A/C running. He said that on cars old as mine that they werent
> serviceable. There has got to be some way of killing the odor and mold. I
> have sorta solved the problem by just leaving the vent open and opening
> the windows and try to dry the moisture out a while before I cut off the
> car. If anyone knows of some way of solving this problem please let me
> know. It will be much appreciated.
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Either steam clean your floor mats or replace them. Or, I highly recommend
Oust. Don't use Lysol it can attack your lungs. It's not meant to be used as
a air spray and definitely not in such a closed space. Read the warning
label.
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