musty smell from vents 4th gen

[mud]

Now that it getting cold i have been useing my heat and when i do iget this musty smell threw the vents. I no theirs some stuff you can spray in their. Anybody else have this problem. 04.sr5.v8.

 

[slowginjoe]

1. wait until car is warmed up and while driving, turn the heat to highest it will go and turn fan on high. the heat will dry any condensation left in the airway.

2. with the car parked, turn fan on high using outside fresh air setting (not recycled air). stand outside and spray some lysol into where the air gets sucked into the cabin right below the windshield. (mechanic told me this trick)

3. make sure you use the outside fresh air setting every once in a while and not recirculate all the time.

also as a preventative measure, i always turn my ac off a mile or so before i reach my destination and turn up the fan with fresh air. this helps dry any water in the system before parking the car.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6416

 

[sharp4runr]

also as a preventative measure, i always turn my ac off a mile or so before i reach my destination and turn up the fan with fresh air. this helps dry any water in the system before parking the car.
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I do that also...

 

[Kanab]

Now that it getting cold i have been useing my heat and when i do iget this musty smell threw the vents. I no theirs some stuff you can spray in their. Anybody else have this problem. 04.sr5.v8.

Hey Mud, I bet it is from driving through too much Mud Change that filter that's in the glove compartment, bet that will help clear it up.

 

[schneidermj]

Maybe you're "growing a crop" on your cabin air filter. Have you checked it lately?

 

[mud]

musty smell

I have changed it twice still have the smell.

 

[Kanab]

Re: musty smell

I have changed it twice still have the smell.

Something else you might look at, how often do you change your underwear?

 

[mud]

musty undys

I don't wear underwear.