Air Conditioning Smell Qry?

[akv]

Hi,

Can anyone help - I am getting a funny smell from the Air Conditioning unit when starting the car up ..then its Ok.

Cheers

 

[grober]

Its usually due to bacteria growth on the cabin heat exchanger. They thrive in damp conditions so check your drain lines are not blocked. Any reputable air-con specialist should be able to sort this at little expense. Alternatively there are DIY aerosol cans.

 

[Fandango]

Also, change your cabin filter. It's worth paying the extra for active carbon filters.
Cured the smell from the air-con in my car instantly.

 

[jpwilliams]

Turn your heater controls up to max for the last 5 mins of your journey -every journey.This will dry the system out and you should not have that smell the next morning.
Mercedes will charge you £100 per hour for this information,an Indie will charge £40/50-this forum charges nowt.
Happy motoring!

 

[robert.saunders]

Can of Comma will do the trick short-term, filters a more mid-term solution. You takes your choice

 

[shadowninja]

As you can see, my car's a bit smelly, too.





Da ho's be dissin' my ride. Innit.

Thought I should get in character.

 

[akv]

Thanks for the advice... Any one know how to replace the Pollen filter on W209 ( o4 CLK ) and where to look for the drain pipe ?? to see if its blocked

 

[mark.t]

ask the local dealer for filter postion .... get comma from e-bay change filter .... clear blockage ....... and wait for this thread to be moved as you may get a better responce if you posted it in the right section

 

[akv]

How and when does this "thread|" get moved and to what area ?

 

[mark.t]

if you take a look at the main page you will see different headings .... I beleave this on should have gone in interior as it refers to a interior issue ....you posted your thread in Mercedes specialist across the uk....we have all done it ...the mods get a bit frumpty about it, they like to keep thing tidy and in most cases you get a faster reply

 

[Kaz959]

Get an Air Con service, they usually cost 99.99 but they last for 4 years and the smell of the chemical cleaner goes away after 2 hours.