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i have an acura tl type s and i think something died in my car. When i turn on the ac an odor comes out like its a dead mice. The dealership wants like two bills to look at it. I was wondering if any one had this problem before. I beleive i am suppose to take a look at the ventilation sysytem. Anyone knows how to get to the ac ventilation system or knows a site where i can go too.
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I think most of the air that comes in for the AC is from the Windshield area of the hood. I might be a dead animal somewhere. My dad had a dead kitten in his engine compartment last winter. I guess they climbed up to stay warm and couldnt get out in time.
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Is your car under warranty still? Maybe it's the refrigirant or something? Is it normal to charge for something like that if it's under warranty? I mean, play it off like you don't think it's a dead animal, just say your A/C smells funny. That's what I would do.
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Originally Posted by mikelee223
I think most of the air that comes in for the AC is from the Windshield area of the hood. I might be a dead animal somewhere. My dad had a dead kitten in his engine compartment last winter. I guess they climbed up to stay warm and couldnt get out in time.
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when you pull the filters out get some lysol turn the fan on high and spray that in the opening for the filters. many have had issues of bad smells in the condenser area
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when you pull the filters out get some lysol turn the fan on high and spray that in the opening for the filters. many have had issues of bad smells in the condenser area
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Originally Posted by mikelee223
Bad Battery? I didnt know a bad battery had an odor.
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
yeah, it can happen. The corrosion on the terminals or something like that. I haven't personally seen it happen, but I've read on various forums of a few cases where it was the battery. I guess the smell somehow gets into the cabin. ![Dunno](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/dunno.gif)
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http://www.micronair.com/
go here and it has steps on how to replace it for a tl, there should be no cutting like the people in the other forms have been doing. this will take the rotten egg smell away
go here and it has steps on how to replace it for a tl, there should be no cutting like the people in the other forms have been doing. this will take the rotten egg smell away
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btw u have to click product finder on the left when u go to http://www.micronair.com/, and then u will see installation pics
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=cabin+filter
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=cabin+filter
when you pull the filters out get some lysol turn the fan on high and spray that in the opening for the filters. many have had issues of bad smells in the condenser area
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=cabin+filter
when you pull the filters out get some lysol turn the fan on high and spray that in the opening for the filters. many have had issues of bad smells in the condenser area