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uiuc240 · 11-13-2002, 08:46 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (hachiroku @ Nov. 13 2002,01:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">no...there's no dead animal, otherwise it'd be a rotting smell

it's like the smell of stale air or something like that....

it comes on right after i turn off the a/c or at the beginning of my drive when the car has been parked overnight in the cold/rain</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
you probably have mold growing on the A/C condenser or the little drip pan.  I'm not sure what you need to take out to clean it, though...I've never looked at the system that closely.  Get an FSM...that'll show ya.

Eric

11-13-2002, 08:46 AM	#12
uiuc240 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Naperville, IL Age: 46 Posts: 2,093 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (hachiroku @ Nov. 13 2002,01:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">no...there's no dead animal, otherwise it'd be a rotting smell it's like the smell of stale air or something like that.... it comes on right after i turn off the a/c or at the beginning of my drive when the car has been parked overnight in the cold/rain</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> you probably have mold growing on the A/C condenser or the little drip pan.  I'm not sure what you need to take out to clean it, though...I've never looked at the system that closely.  Get an FSM...that'll show ya. Eric __________________ 2002 Mazda Protege5 1989 S13 w/SR20DET (sold)

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