My most recent 80 came with the funk of cigar smell. The only item left to clean was the AC system and specifically the evaporator, which is where a lot of foul smell and mildew gets trapped. For you non-AC types, the evaporator looks like a little radiator and lives up inside the dash and has refrigerant passing through it....its what the fan blows across to give you cold air.
So after a thread or two here I discovered BG Products' Frigi-Clean system, made especially for curing this problem. And as if things couldn't get any better I discovered that they have a warehouse 10 minutes from my house.
It comes in an aerosol can along with a standard pneumatic fitting that you install in the evaporator housing. With simple printed directions and a quickie 1/4 install I foamed and cleaned the system in about 10 minutes. It foams and rids the evaporator fins of mildew, nicotine, dust and funk. The residue runs out the AC drain hole onto the ground. I followed it up with their Frigi-Fresh Antibacterial Air Freshener, which as a last step you spray into the cowl vents. Wow, what a difference. Even before the air freshener, it knocked all the smell out of the vents. And whenever I want to do it again, all I have to do is get another can and attach it to the fitting and push the button.
So forgot air fresheners and sprays that cover up the smell, solve the problem by killing the bacteria and mildew at the source. $25 total from BG Products.
So after a thread or two here I discovered BG Products' Frigi-Clean system, made especially for curing this problem. And as if things couldn't get any better I discovered that they have a warehouse 10 minutes from my house.
It comes in an aerosol can along with a standard pneumatic fitting that you install in the evaporator housing. With simple printed directions and a quickie 1/4 install I foamed and cleaned the system in about 10 minutes. It foams and rids the evaporator fins of mildew, nicotine, dust and funk. The residue runs out the AC drain hole onto the ground. I followed it up with their Frigi-Fresh Antibacterial Air Freshener, which as a last step you spray into the cowl vents. Wow, what a difference. Even before the air freshener, it knocked all the smell out of the vents. And whenever I want to do it again, all I have to do is get another can and attach it to the fitting and push the button.
So forgot air fresheners and sprays that cover up the smell, solve the problem by killing the bacteria and mildew at the source. $25 total from BG Products.
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