Remember though - all "smells" are generated from the internals of the A/C
box. Leaves, bugs, and other debris that accumulates in the evaporator fins
will generate a smell through the vents. No way around that at all.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bob Tom
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 2:50 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Air Vents & Funky Smells
At 09:19 AM 5/29/05, you wrote:
>P/N#: 4897625AA (Evaporator Cleaner/Disinfectant) is what is used by
>TSB#21-11-97 (Requires either drilling a hole into the evaporator case,
>removing the blower motor resistor, or removing the blower motor to
>gain access directly to the evaporator). <SNIP> The Wynns "Fresh Air"
>aerosol is also a vent treatment...not an evaporator cleaner.
That may well be, Bernd, but my post to Cory was a direct reply to what he
asked and what he says is the source of the smell.
"Looking for a quick cure for a funky smell coming out of the air vents on
my 97 dak. I have slowly been cleaning everything in my truck to get rid of
the smell and have recently found the cause to be the vents. If anyone has
a quick and easy method of cleaning the vents, please provide."
The Toronto Star writer who used Fresh Air (on his Caravan) for the same
problem as Cory's has been reviewing/testing/ recommending/writing about the
plus and minus of automotive products in a weekly column for the
do-it-your-selfer for well over a decade. I have tried some of his
recommendations and he has not been wrong nor have I ever found him to have
exaggerated his findings one way or the other to date.
Bob
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