Air vents smell

[carob]

Hi everyone

First time over here.

I bought a 320d 5 months ago and every now and then when i have the vents on i get a right horrible smell out of them, any ideas

Cheers

Rob

[bazking69]

What sort of smell? Mouldy socks smell?

[trickywoo]

Run it on the hottest setting for about 1/2 hour. All vents open.

I'd wait for a cold day and do it with the windows open on a normal trip to save wasting fuel

Edited by trickywoo on Monday 26th October 10:42

[carob]

Mouldy socks

New i had smelt it somewhere before.

Joking aside it does smell kind of mouldy.

Rob

[Fuzzy Wuzzy]

Check the pollen filter, may be saturated?

[selwonk]

Yep - change the pollen filter then run this through the system:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comma-Air-Conditioning-Cle...

[carob]

Thanks for the info, i will change the filter.

Cheers

Rob

[GoLo]

Just mouldy or a bit like rotten eggs? Any linkage with just having used the screen washers?

I'm not being funny but there are some screen wash combinations where the dregs of the old and the new react and create a god awful honk. Had it on an old car and subsequently seen it in two or three other cars on the forums so rare but possible. If it is, just use your hose to wash out the tank then spray through before refilling ... then stick to one type only.