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11th May 2010, 22:49 | #1 |
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nasty smell in car
can anyone please help me ive recently noticed when i use my wash wipes a nasty smell in car ive just serviced and changed all filters but smell still there can anyone suggest what problem could be many thanks
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11th May 2010, 22:54 | #2 |
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Bacteria in the heater air intake? Does it smell like a stagnant pond?
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What sort of smell?
Some windscreen washer fluids can be described as "nasty", had some cheap stuff years ago, and that really smelled bad.... smelled an acrid chemical detergent, which is what it was :-)
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Yeah screenwash can start to pong after a while, we had some years ago that smelled like rotten eggs
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SWMBO: It stinks in here! ME: Well its not me, its the car! Any solutions to this problem?
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sounds like you got water sitting in car somewhere ,or my ex is sitting in the back
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http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...IOV4PDPZ1#dtab Others have had success by using an anti bacterial spray directly into the air intake behind the pollen filter in the plenum. |
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If the smell appears to be specifically associated with using screenwash, then the reservoir is polluted with bacteria that are feeding on the detergent. You need to sterilise the water bottle. Best way is to remove it from the wing so you can give it a thourough clean out. I suggest using a chlorine type cleaner such as Domesdos. Put an eggcupful into bottle and top up with hot water. Leave as long as possible (overnight preferably) then flush and refill with new screenwash. The blue stuff you can get in 5l bottles is good. Contains alcohol which keeps the bugs down.
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nasty smell in car
yeah smells like pond water i fushed water bottle but after looking at comments i'll try taking it off and cleaning it out as suggested will post again if works many thanks
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