Curry smell

[Big G]

Anyone had a blast of curry smell from the air con in the 182?

Probably my fault for not having it well used during the winter and there may be germs in the system somewhere. Its not all the time, only had it twice since the warmer weather came in.

Do you think i should swing by the dealers and have it looked at?

 

[Ben H]

I read the other day that 10 minutes on full blast cold, follow by another 10 on full blast hot should help.

 

[Big G]

ok ill give that a try

 

[Clarkie172]

u didnt drive past an indian at the time did u? i smelt pizza when i drove past an italian resteraunt?

 

[Lunner]

Dont put curry donw the air vents

 

[danb]

I had a friend throw up in one of my air vents. Not the 182 thank god, but my first car. Never did get it out either.

I think all Air-Con smells bad if you dont use it for long periods. The company Astra I was driving prior to getting the 182 used to reek of long-dead small furry animal after long periods of not using the Air-Con, I just used to leave it running for a while on hot (while I got out, obviously) and it cleared in 10 - 15 minutes, as per Ben Hs post above.

 

[Liam]

so everyone use their air con for a couple of hours pre week like i do. should be ok then.

 

[CocoPops]

I have my climate control on 18 degrees, so its almost always kicking in and out. No problems that way

 

[Iain C]

curry smell.....lucky u!!!

 

[Boroboy182]

was thinking that,can think of worse things to stink of.

 

[DAVE_RSi]

on my gti-6 it reaked of b.o. really badly so i bought some aircon cleaner to sort it out

will have to give it the 10 mins of cold and 10 mins of hot every now and again to make sure it doesnt get bad again as i dont really use it that much