Re: A/C Stinking up the place

From: DGB (dgbcms@netnet.net)
Date: Tue Apr 03 2001 - 19:50:31 EDT


I read where there is a drain tube that comes out of the
firewall that on occasion gets plugged.

I read in a FSB that one should run the heater hot to dry
things out.

just thoughts ... Dwight

----- Original Message -----
From: <MALDBNSF@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 17:59 PM
Subject: Re: DML: A/C Stinking up the place

> Try sprying Lysol down the front vent just under the
windshield while the
> blower is running on full! I have done this in my cars for
years and it works.
>
> Don Mallett
> '00 QC 4.7L Auto SLT, Rest of info at
Geocities.com/mallett
>
> In a message dated 4/3/01 5:19:56 PM,
rparenti@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> << Speaking of hot weather, since it's spring now, I guess
I can broach the
>
> subject. The A/C on my 2000 stinks when I first turn it
on. It's going to
>
> be a long summer if I don't get this straightened out. I
read where
>
> plugging the drain hole and pouring denatured alcohol
inside would kill the
>
> fungus growing on the fins. I also wonder if it's just
not draining out
>
> completely. One, anybody have any ideas on how I would
get alcohol into the
>
> condenser cabinet? Two, anybody know where the drain hole
is? Ok, I found
>
> a hole in the firewall on the passenger side, but it's
really hard to reach
>
> with the 4.7 in the way, and it doesn't even seem low
enough to be a drain.
>
> Is that it? Anybody else have this problem?
>
>
> --Rob--
>
> >>
>



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