Eliminate the unpleasant smell of the autoconditioner. How to remove the unpleasant smell from the air conditioner?! Why stinks when you turn on the air conditioner in the car

Cleaning the air conditioner evaporator (owners' tips)
Each owner of a car with air conditioning or climate control is sooner or later faced with the problem of unpleasant odor at the start of the air conditioner. Even if in the cabin of your car do not smoke, all the same from the evaporator there are unpleasant odors. This is due to the fact that the moisture collected on the evaporator, at the time of its work, is a factor contributing to the development of various bacteria, which, in turn, are a source of unpleasant blows. By the way, it is relevant for home split systems and air conditioners.
So:
Over time, all the owners of air conditioners in the car are asked the same question: what smells (stinks) in my car? Why, when the ignition is turned on, when the fan begins to work, in the face beats a jet far from incense? Air-conditioned services are responsible for definitely nicely: wash the evaporator (this is the thing that can be said, the cold and produces: air passes through it and, cooling, blows into the face and legs). And they call the price: $ 70-90. Although, the answer containing only part of the answer is alarming. They correspond to the harder that the procedure lasts 4 hours. All that managed to learn this:
1. Do not disassemble the system.
2. Do not reissue.
3. The client will immediately feel the difference.
What and how can they do during this time? Knowing our services, one and a half hours you can safely take the order at the receipt of the order and the delivery of the client. Up to the hour led to the search for free boxing and rolling back the car / order it to the client. From half an hour, you can safely withdraw to the preparation of servicemen themselves to work and remove traces of dirty robs from the seats of cars. There will be an hour. Well, let two. Since the disinfection of the evaporator is required, then it is still necessary to get to it. This is also time - from half an hour for those who know it will be enough to get to the evaporator and return everything into place. So the procedure itself is simple and short.
So what to do to eliminate the smell?
Why in summer, when we turn on the fan after the car parking in the sun or on the heat (especially after a short parking) in the face hits the smell wave, comparable to the one that you feel by opening the washing machine in which you have broken a week ago wet lingerie?
First about the origin, the source of the smell.
When we turn off the engine, the air conditioner is turned off. And the cold air ducts and evaporator gets wet hot air from the street. Finding on the cold parts of the air ducts and evaporator, moisture is instantly condensed from the air. And only water would be fine. The composition of moisture is wide. The moisture is mixed with mud and dust in the system, moisturizes mold, fungi and bacteria, inevitably located there. Here you are the smell. With a working air conditioner, moisture is carried out into the salon and dries the air ducts. But part of it remains when the fan is turned off. And with each subsequent inclusion of moisture is added, the polystands of the bacteria. And over the years, the smell exceeds the threshold of the tolerance of our nose.
What to do to prevent the problem?
The first suggestive answer is to keep the system dry, if possible, turning the air conditioner shortly before we come to the parking lot. This will allow the condensed moisture to dry out the flow of warm air and reduce the subsequent condensation of moisture, increasing the temperature of the air ducts. But this will not solve the problem with the existing smell.
It suggests a solution to the problem, suggested by services - disinfection. That is killing bacteria.
How to do this and how can this services do? It is clear that chlorine will solve all the problems. But riding in gas mask sharply reduces the driver's review. Let us turn into medical institutions and ask what they disinfect everything that is allowed to disinfect?
Answer: Lizol, it is a solution of cresol on a soap-oil basis. It is used for disinfection of surgical instrument, hands before surgery, operating and toilets, by the way! As well as for the destruction of flies, the source of cholera, etc. What is this miracle, in its disinfectant properties exceeding everything known (and even chlorine!)? This is phenol. And it is precisely on the basis of this phenol, professional preparations for disinfection of air conditioners in cars, schools, hospitals, motels, etc. And these professional funds are up to $ 40 for 12 pieces of 250 gram cans! Those. For 3 liters. For one car processing, the manufacturer recommends using ½ banks. Well, let's say on services for reliability use one aerosol jar. Further silent.
So what should we do?
1. Get lisol concentrate or lisol-containing solutions (even with smells!).
2. Dilute pure lizol in proportion 1: 100 (the surgical instrument is disinfected at 1:20), to obtain 300-400 ml. Solid.
3. Pour the solution into a manual sprayer or an empty jar from under the wiper, if you wish to add perfume spindles.
4. Open all windows in the machine lash.
5. Wash the car, turn on the air conditioner at full power, turn on the fan as much as possible. Direct the stream of air in the cabin in the face / feet, lowering the nozzle down.
6. Get out of the car and spray from the sprayer to spray the remedy into the air intake holes at the windshield. Try not to save and not pour jets, namely sprinkle fog: it should do a normal sprinkler. It was disinfection of the air ducts, what services do not write about (they only speak about the evaporator).
7. Turn off the engine. We are waiting for ten minutes - let Lizol behave unequal for bacteria battle.
8. We start the engine (air conditioning and fan we did not touch - they begin to work with might and main). Open the car from the passenger side. We turn on the internal recycling of air (close air access from the street). Windows are open. We spray, not stupid, water dust under the passenger's feet, under the glove box (glove box). There is a fence of air during recirculation mode. Air falls on the evaporator and is further on the system. If possible, it would be nice to reach the evaporator actually and pour it abundantly. But it will go (at such a value of the procedure and the possibility of regular repeat!). Turn off the ignition. If necessary (if it still displays the smell), repeat every other day.
And that's all! Enjoy clean air.
By the way, this tool is used even to eliminate the smell from the grill in restaurants! All clean air!

Car enthusiasts that are particularly often air conditioned, often face the problem of an unpleasant smell of air from the salon ventilation system. So you turn on the fan, and instead of the expected cool breeze, the smell of the garbage bucket is "dumped". This unpleasant smell is especially strong in case of high humidity. There are already two alternatives, or to roast on the heat, or tolerate the smell, covering the nose with your hand. Although no, there is one more. Try to find the source of the smell and eliminate it. It is the question wherever he and on alternatives to get rid of this smell we will deal with this article.
In fact, the smell is the result of rotational processes, the reproduction of microorganisms on the surfaces of the ventilation system of the car. Indeed, the most favorable place for the growth of bacteria and for accumulation of garbage is an air conditioner evaporator. In fact, the evaporator is a radiator that cools the air. The air is dragged through the cabin filter or through the air intakes in the cabin (if recycling is enabled), then passes through the evaporator and is sent to the cabin. The evaporator at the same time, as all radiators have a very developed area and a complex shape, it is this feature that contributes to a large number of dirt and dust on its surface. At a time when air conditioning is turned on, the evaporator has a temperature below the ambient air, respectively, condensate will be formed on it. When we come to the parking lot and turn off the air conditioner, then the evaporator often remains the moisture, which now, together with the mud, heats up to the ambient temperature.
As a result, we have all the factors for breeding bacteria, the occurrence of rotting on the evaporator is water and dirt. So it turns out the smell, which as is not called: the wet rag, the smell of the refrigerator and in a joke, the smell of the old Japanese.

Of course, bacteria accumulates on other elements of the ventilation system, the fungus multiplies, but it is less massive. So, with the source of the smell of going on when the air conditioner is turned on, we figured out, now consider the options to get rid of it.

How to get rid of smell from the car's air conditioner do it yourself?

The answer to this question is simple, but the solution is multifaceted. Of course, from ventilation of the car, it is necessary to remove all the garbage, or at least neutralize bacteria living in secluded corners. In order to clean like the ventilation and get to the evaporator of the air conditioner, in some cases it is necessary to disassemble the instrument panel, and this oh, how not to hunt, and sometimes it is also not easy. An alternative to not to disassemble the instrument panel and not climb in search of malicious bacteria in the debris of your car, the use of gas, foam and liquid antibacterial drugs. Of course, the effectiveness of such treatment is torn, and relapse with an unpleasant smell higher, but the complexity is significantly lower.

Getting rid of the smell of air conditioner using a gas antiseptic

One of the most simple ways to get rid of smell, this is a gas antiseptic.

The sequence of its use is as follows. First of all, we turn on the air recirculation mode in the cabin, turn on the fan to the middle position. We find holes through which the saloon air fence occurs. As a rule, they are located at the foot of the driver and passenger. To detect air flow, you can apply a flame lighter. We base the cylinder in such a way that the emerging stream is headed into the air duct. Next, open the cylinder.

We close the car and leave minutes by 10. The processing was carried out.
If we talk about the pros, then this is the minimum effort. If we talk about minuses, then minimal efficiency.

Such a version of the antiseptic for cleaning the air conditioner resembles a cylinder with mounting foam and tube extension.

Used as follows. We remove the cabin filter and release the maximum volume of foam into the ventilation and air conditioning system.

Next, we start the engine and warm up the cooling system. The foam will still expand somewhat and go further. We are waiting for the foam, after about 10 to 15 minutes. After turning on the heater to work in different modes, in order to dry the foam and pull the antiseptic pairs into the system. The effectiveness of this method is somewhat higher than the previous one. Here foam is used locally and the concentration of the substance is higher, even there is a chance that it comes to the evaporator (if it is under the panel).

Processing with a liquid antiseptic will require you to maximize the penetration of the dislocation of bacteria, as in other times and in the previous cases.
In order to prepare an antiseptic with its own forces you need to have:
- chlorhexidine - 500 ml 0.05%. (Medical preparation is used to handle medical instruments, surgeon's hands, for preventing sexual diseases)
- You can add alcohol to this solution (1 part of the alcohol to 5 parts of chlorhexidine)
- At your request, aromatic fragrance can be added.

Without high-quality education, steam is an antiseptic, the effectiveness of its application will be minimal. To spray the system, it is best to use a spray gun for spraying plants. The mixture is used to flush the air ducts and evaporator.

Couples are absorbed through recycling air intakes with a fan turned on. Next, the processing is carried out through the hole for the installation of the cabin filter, towards the evaporator, also with the operating fan
Of course there are specialized solutions in liquid form for washing air conditioners. (example in the photo below)

Their main feature is a loyal effect on the evaporator materials, they do not react, do not oxidize the metal. If you apply COMET, DOMESTOS or their analogues, then in the future you can easily fear for serviceability, the tightness of your evaporator. Household chemicals can harm the integrity of aluminum parts. That is, if you decide to wash a liquid solution purchased in the store, then take the specialized composition.

And here is the apogee in the methods of cleaning the evaporator and the ventilation system and, as a result, getting rid of the unpleasant smell by 100%. This method will not be replaced if your evaporator is in the depths of the instrument panel. You have to disassemble the ventilation system, cleaning the ribs of the evaporator radiator, plastic cabinet parts with a dust and a rotor fungus.
To clean the aluminum parts, apply the composition of the liquid described in the previous version (not importantly purchased or manufactured by himself). For cleaning plastic can apply household chemicals.
As they would not be simple and at first glance, the methods described above are effective, but you will never remove the reason from the air ducts - the body - the body (dust, insects, seeds, foliage), if they were there, then there will be a "slow motion bomb", Which will show itself again. The photo below shows that it was found in disassembling the ventilation system, which filter did not cope with which volume of garbage he missed the evaporator.

Fungus on the walls of the ventilation system parts.

The fungus sometimes and with direct contact is very difficult to destroy, and remotely do it even more difficult. Disassemble and clean the most effective, but the most time-consuming way for those who want to get rid of the unpleasant smell.

Recommendations of preventing not pleasant smell when you turn on the air conditioner in the car

First of all, follow the cabin filters. Filters must effectively cope with their task. If possible, even in the interval between the replacement of the cabin filter, pull it out and remove the dirt and dust from it. The use of high-quality filters is also associated with the filter efficiency. So sometimes saving, we buy not an original filter. There is nothing terrible in this if the filter is made according to the size of the original. There are cases when the filter has obvious gaps through which an alternative, not purified air flow falls, such a filter is evil, and the savings are doubtful.
The second is a simple rule. Dry the evaporator before you put the car on a long parking lot. For this, prudently need to turn off the air conditioner in advance, 3-5 minutes before arriving at the place of your following. Fan Do not disconnect until the end of the trip. The warm air dries the evaporator, relieves it from moisture, respectively and bacteria will deprive the possibilities comfortably fruit in the womb.

In the instructions for classic type air conditioners (not climate control) there is an indication of how to avoid unpleasant smell from the air conditioner, however, few people pay attention to it. It is recommended before turning off the engine, for a couple of minutes, turn on the heating of the cabin to full to dry the air conditioner evaporator from water condensate. As you know, it is a water condensate that creates conditions for breeding bacteria, from here and an unpleasant smell of air conditioning.

We will talk about how to get rid of the unpleasant smell from the air conditioner when the car owner, by ignorance, neglected the instructions. The simplest thing is to come to the service and tell about the problem. The intervention of professionals will long eliminate the unpleasant smell and facilitate the wallet for several thousand rubles. How do they work? There is nothing particularly difficult in professional cleaning, but the procedure is quite laborious. It is necessary to provide access to the air conditioner evaporator in order for the effect of the cleaner (antibacterial fluid) to be as efficiently as possible. Often, to get to the evaporator, partial disassembly of the front panel of the car is required, and the removal of the salon filter is necessarily in all cases. But the qualitative result and elimination of unpleasant odor from the air conditioner is long possible to achieve only high-quality cleaning solutions of multifunctional action.

For professional use Liqui Moly offers the newest two-component disinfectant solution of Klima-Anlagen-Reiniger 2K with cleansing functions and, most importantly, with the water repulsion effect. That is, after using the drug, all pathogenic bacteria and fungi will be destroyed, but water will not accumulate on the evaporator, which will significantly increase the duration of the cleaning effect. Klima-Anlagen-Reiniger 2K is a novelty, but has already received approval for use from Jaguar & Land Rover, confirming the high quality of the product. The advantage of professional cleaning in the duration of the effect, the problem with the smell leaves at least half a year, you breathe fresh air.

However, when cleaning the air conditioner from unpleasant smell and bacteria, you can do without the help of professionals. Assortment Liqui Moly has custom simple use products. No need to partially disassemble the car. In order to remove the unpleasant odor from the air conditioner, the car will help, or rather its ventilation system. It is enough to place the Liqui Moly Klimafresh spray spray spray in the cabin, in the recycling air intake zone (usually in the front passenger's feet) and turn on the ventilation system to recirculation mode. Next, the ventilation system will do everything itself, the aerosol from the cylinder will be held through the air conditioner evaporator, the air ducts and the salon itself. All pathogenic microorganisms will be destroyed in 10 minutes, it is so much the composition of the cylinder is sprayed. There will be a pleasant perfume fragrance in the cabin. For details using Liqui Moly Klimafresh, see the product label or in the product description on our website.

The use of Klimafresh will bring a noticeable effect, you will immediately feel fresh air and the absence of odors, although of course it is worth noting that the effect of professional cleaning will be slightly higher.

We understand the root cause and remove the unpleasant smell of the air conditioner in the car.

The problem of unpleasant odor with the subsequent inclusion of air conditioner or climate control worries, perhaps, of any car enthusiast. Someone is simply not happy with the disgusting smell, the other in addition are aware of the harm of this air.

In this article, we will look at the reasons for its occurrence, indulgence and, actually, the possibility of its removal.

And it is worth starting with the fact that the principle of operation of cooling the cabin (that the air conditioner is that climate control) is one, with the exception of temperature control. With air conditioning, you yourself decide which intensity and duration of work you need. "The climate" is doing everything for you - put the temperature, and he himself, at the expense of sensors in the cabin, it will reach and will support it.

Where does the unpleasant smell occur?

The air conditioning system is constructed in such a way that the warm air, passing through the radiator cooled by Freon, significantly reduces its temperature. This process is accompanied by condensate falling on the cooling radiator itself. The warm and wet environment creates ideal conditions for the appearance and subsequent reproduction of the colonies of bacteria. The most fruitful this process is developing when you drove with air conditioning or "climate", and then drowned the car and left.

In this case, the system stopped ventilating, and the condensate already formed in excess and bacteria arranged a feast. With the subsequent inclusion of the fan, be something with or without air conditioning, avalanche of bacteria with the incoming air fills the interior.

What's wrong with such a smell?

Many things that bad smells, but does not harm. But not in our case. The bacteria breathed by us, and even in such a concentration, significantly reduce immunity, provoking different types of respiratory diseases. It is also worth noting that a sharp decrease in the temperature of the inhaled air, as, in fact, the hypothermia itself, inevitably fraught with at least cold.

Thus, it is simply necessary to fight this smell in order to stay in health.

How to deal with him?

The most correct way is the cleaning of the evaporator in order to remove mechanically all sediments and pollution. But for this you have to make out part of the car, which is not entirely comfortable and quickly. The most optimal, but, in fact, partial solution will be special sprays for cleaning auto air conditioners. They are easy to use and do not even require partial disassembly of the car. They are a soap-chloro alcohol solution, which perfectly disinfects both the evaporator and air ducts.

Partial this solution can be called because of only a minor removal of dirt from the evaporator. Yes, the smell will disappear due to disinfection on a couple of weeks, but such a procedure is not deleted by all sediments, and therefore his secondary appearance is inevitable.

It should be understood that the timely replacement of the salon air filter is capable of significantly postpone all the above problems.

What is this cleaner in practice?

This is a very bulky spray, having a long but thin hose. Its length can sometimes reach one meter. At the end there is a sprayer.

In use, everything is simple - turn off the climatic installation, insert alternately into all air ducts the spray tube - and spray the solution. Dirt from the evaporator merges through the drain hose under the bottom of the car. After that, let's work climate (air conditioning) 15-20 minutes at maximum intensity with the enabled recirculation mode. All, cleaning is over.

conclusions

Each will decide how to overcome the problem: someone will remove the evaporator and cleaner everything thoroughly, without regretting the time. Others will be forced to resort to the help of spray. But in that case, you not only get rid of the unpleasant smell, but also worry about the health of yourself and our loved ones.

• , 28 Jul 2016

How nice to hot and silent day consciousness. It happens when dangerous bacteria are formed on the edges of the internal evaporator of the air conditioner.

Over time, all the owners of air conditioners installed in cars are asked the same question: how does it smell or stink in my car? Why when the ignition is turned on, when the fan begins to work, in the face beats a jet far from incense and not pure air flow? This question appears in the conference "Air conditioners". There is an air conditioning service on it. Definitely nicely: wash the evaporator (this is a device that can be said, cold and produces air through it and, cooling, blows through the channels in the cabin). And the same simply call the price: 70 - 100 $ USD. Although, the answer containing only a part of the answer is alarming. They also answer that the procedure lasts about 4 hours. All that they managed to learn from the answers to the conference, is the following information:

1. Do not disassemble the system;

2. Do not reissue;

3. The client will immediately feel the difference.

Since I am as much as conditioned, and it is a pity for money, I wondered: what and how can they do during this time? Knowing our services, one and a half hours you can safely take the order at the receipt of the order and the delivery of the client. Up to the hour she will learn to search for free boxing and rolling back the car and order it to the client. From half an hour, you can safely withdraw to the preparation of servicemen themselves to work and remove traces of dirty robs from the seats of cars. There will be an hour. Well, let two. Since the disinfection of the evaporator is required, then it is still necessary to get to it. This is also time - from half an hour for knowledgeable will be enough to achieve to the evaporator and returning everything to its place. So the procedure itself is simple and not long.

So what to do to eliminate the smell? What smells like this in the car's cabin?

Why in the summer, when we turn on the fan after the car parking in the sun or in the heat, especially after a short parking in the face hit the wave odor, comparable to the one that you feel by opening the washing machine in which you have broken you forgotten a week ago, almost even wet lingerie?

First of origin, about the source of unpleasant smell in the car

When we turn off the engine, the air conditioner is turned off. And the cold air ducts and evaporator gets wet hot air from the street. Finding on the cold parts of the air ducts and evaporator, moisture is instantly condensed from the air. And only water would be fine. The composition of moisture and dampness is wide and smelly. Moisture or dampness is mixed with mud and dust in the system, moisturizes mold, fungi and bacteria, inevitably located there. Here you have the smell of dampness from the air conditioner in the car. With the air conditioner, the moisture is carried out into the cabin and the air ducts are dried. But part of it remains when the fan is turned off. And with each subsequent inclusion of moisture is added, the polystands of the bacteria. And over the years, the smell exceeds the threshold of the tolerance of our nose.

What to do to resolve the problem with the elimination of the smell?

The first suggesting answer is to keep the system dry, if possible, turning the air conditioner shortly before we come to the parking lot. This will allow the condensed moisture to dry out the flow of warm air and reduce the subsequent condensation of moisture, increasing the temperature of the air ducts. But this will not solve the problem with the existing smell.

It suggests a solution to the problem, suggested by services - disinfection. That is, killing harmful bacteria.

How to do this and how can this services do? It is clear that the chlorine will solve all the problems. But riding in gas mask sharply reduces the driver's review. Let us turn into medical institutions and ask what they disinfect all that they should be disinfected?

Answer: Lysol, it is a solution of cresol on a soap-oil basis. It is used for disinfection of surgical instrument, hands before surgery, operating and toilets, by the way. As well as the destruction of flies, the source of cholera, and so on, other, so on. What is this miracle, according to its disinfectant properties, superior all the well-known and even chlorine. This is such a phenol. And precisely on the basis of this phenol, professional preparations for disinfection of air conditioners in cars, schools, hospitals, motels, etc. are available. And these professional agents are worth up to $ 40 USD for 12 pieces of 250 gram cans, i.e. For 3 liters. For one car processing, the manufacturer recommends using ½ banks. Well, let's say on the services for reliability use one aerosol jar ....

So, what do we, motorists do?

More details we consider the solution to this problem.

1. Get lisol - concentrate or lisol-containing solutions (even with smells).

2. Dilute pure lizol in proportion 1: 100 (the surgical instrument is disinfected at 1:20), to produce 300-400 ml. mortar (this is what kind of savings).

3. Pour the solution into a manual sprayer or an empty jar from under the wiper, if you wish to add perfumeful fragrances.

4. Open all windows in the machine lash.

5. Take the car, turn on the air conditioner to full, turn on the fan as much as possible. Direct the stream of air in the cabin in the face / feet, lowering the nozzle down. Since theoretically, the solution can be passed through the system and remain with a solution and get on glass and seats, take measures to prevent this. But who knows it as a material in the cabin, the skin or velor will behave, although this is a miracle of the bourgeois and in kindergartens on furniture and carpets.

6. Get out of the car and spray from the sprayer to the air intake holes at the windshield. Try not to save and not pour jets, namely sprinkle the fog - it should do a normal sprinkler. Since we all love our cars, I would check the action of the solution on the paint and glass in an invisible place. You can simply cover up a rag with a newspaper so that there are no water flots on the hood. It was disinfection of air ducts (what services do not write about - they only say about the evaporator).

7. Turn off the engine. We are waiting for ten minutes - let Lizol lead an unequal battle (unequal for bacteria).

8. We start the engine (air conditioning and fan, we did not touch, they begin to work with might and main). Open the car from the passenger side. We turn on the internal recycling of air (close air access from the street). Windows are open. We spray without bothering water dust under the feet of the passenger, under the glove box (glove box). There is a fence of air during recirculation mode. Air falls on the evaporator and then on the system. If possible, it would be nice to reach the evaporator actually and pour it abundantly. But it will go (at such a value of the procedure and the possibility of regular repeat). Turn off the ignition. If necessary (if still the smell ullants) repeat every other day.

And so everything! Enjoy clean, fresh air in the cabin of your car.