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Horrible Smell through vents when using Outside air not Inside
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<blockquote data-quote="gary333" data-source="post: 791863" data-attributes="member: 40620"><p>Hi guys,</p><p></p><p>Really hope you might be able to help me. </p><p></p><p>I have recently got my partner a 2007 Micra K12 1.2. When the vents are on outside air source the car really stinks. I am not entirely sure what the smell is or how to describe it apart from maybe a musty cheesy pongy sensation. This issue is not there when on internal recirc. I've never smelt this smell before.</p><p></p><p>To try and find what was causing this I had the internal pollen filter out and hoovered the casing out. It wasn't a particularly dirty filter. I ran the car on internal only without the pollen filter nor it's cover plate in for many days and noticed no smells.</p><p></p><p>I have replaced the pollen filter with a Bosch carbon activated one however the smell is still there.</p><p></p><p>At first I thought it might the oil strewn all over the inside of the bonnet. I have cleaned this away and it's not that. You can notice the smell if you sniff near the windscreen cowling through either side of the air vents. I have had this cowling off previously and it didn't look dirty of anything like that, however access is very difficult.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas what I could look for? I was going to get a air vent cleaner, however am I correct to assume if the vents are not smelly on the internal re-circ then this won't really make much of a difference.</p><p></p><p>I asked Nissan dealer if they could tell me where abouts the air enters the car from below the cowling so I could try and spray a cleaner in, however their "Master Technician" didn't know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gary333, post: 791863, member: 40620"] Hi guys, Really hope you might be able to help me. I have recently got my partner a 2007 Micra K12 1.2. When the vents are on outside air source the car really stinks. I am not entirely sure what the smell is or how to describe it apart from maybe a musty cheesy pongy sensation. This issue is not there when on internal recirc. I've never smelt this smell before. To try and find what was causing this I had the internal pollen filter out and hoovered the casing out. It wasn't a particularly dirty filter. I ran the car on internal only without the pollen filter nor it's cover plate in for many days and noticed no smells. I have replaced the pollen filter with a Bosch carbon activated one however the smell is still there. At first I thought it might the oil strewn all over the inside of the bonnet. I have cleaned this away and it's not that. You can notice the smell if you sniff near the windscreen cowling through either side of the air vents. I have had this cowling off previously and it didn't look dirty of anything like that, however access is very difficult. Any ideas what I could look for? I was going to get a air vent cleaner, however am I correct to assume if the vents are not smelly on the internal re-circ then this won't really make much of a difference. I asked Nissan dealer if they could tell me where abouts the air enters the car from below the cowling so I could try and spray a cleaner in, however their "Master Technician" didn't know. [/QUOTE]
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