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Old 05-20-2009, 11:52 PM   #9 (permalink)
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What year Lexus and model do u have? Certain toyotas and lexus models had that same issues in the 90's and on forward in the 2000's. I've seen this issue numerous times and the cause of this is the a/c expansion valve going bad causing bad odors in the car. Have your lexus dealer look it up instead of doing cover ups, thats sum shady sh** they doing. As a Toyota tech, that would be the smelly moldy issue that u are complaining about.

The most recent case in my dealership was a 93 MR2 turbo. The expansion valve was covered in icky greenish mold and smelled so nasty. The master tech replaced the expansion valve, along with new o rings for the lines, recharged and retrofitted to r134a instead of the old r-12, flushed and cleaned the system and used a good deodorizer through the a/c vents. Worked great after that.
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