stinky air con - 996

[BERGS2]

Bit of an odd one this -

occasionally when using the climate control in the 996 there is the smell of what can only be described as 'old rugby kit' is emitted rom the vents.

fairly unpleasant and somewhat spoils the mood of summertime roof down hooning.

i'm guessing that some mould has grown somewhere - is it accessible? cleanable?

(is it covered by my OPC warranty )

Cheers all

BERGS

[Crimp a Length]

I think the filter may need changing.

[Vesuvius 996]

You've not recently binned Nervous' ex have you?

[ADM777]

I always thought the trick with this was to run the A/C regularly at a warm temp to stop the mould growth. If you run it at full heat for a day or two (with a/c on) it may well clear it. HTH.

[LeeME3]

Used this on my 996 after I got it regassed and seemed to do the trick:

http://www.netparts.co.uk/store/index.php?main_pag...

But I did sell the car 2 months later so not sure how long lasting, probably worth getting the filter changed as well.

[30121980]

Have you tried Kwik Fit....

[Raven Flyer]

Very interesting, I've had this smell. I'll give the cleaner a go.

Where is the air intake for the system?

[Jappo]

I posted about this some time ago, I still have the problem but I described the smell as a sort of sweaty curry (never played Rugby so have no frame of reference for your description).

Of course this proved an immense opportunity for PH'ers who came back with recommendations like "get someone to tikka look at it" and the like. OPC Guildford said there was nothing wrong but it's still there.

[Vesuvius 996]

It's not bhuna problem for me.

[Slippydiff]

Everything you wanted to know about "smells", but were too embarrassed to ask about, here : -

http://autorepair.about.com/cs/heatingac/a/aa07160...

[The Griffalo]

Vesuvius 996 said:

It's not bhuna problem for me.

Phall lot of good you are.....

You do need to run the AC fairly regularly to keep the smells away, it also helps to stop the seals drying out and saves an expensive bill somewhere in the future