The smell in the car when the stove is turned on: causes and solutions
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The professional method gives a 100% guarantee of eliminating the annoying stench. Car services have installations that supply a chlorine-based gas mixture to the air ducts of the car's climate system.
A car is a second home for many owners. In such a dwelling on wheels should be clean and comfortable. A comfortable microclimate in the car is created by air conditioning and a heater. But it happens that by turning on the latter, you get an aromatic "bouquet", like in a city dump. A similar smell in the cabin from the car stove can not only spoil your mood, but also affect your health. We will understand the nature of the phenomenon and learn how to get rid of it.
Causes of an unpleasant smell when turning on the car stove
The first thing motorists do when they smell a sour, putrid smell or the stink of rotten eggs is to deodorize the air. Aerosols and fragrances are a mask for the problem, but not a way to solve it.
Causes of an unpleasant odor
Independently or with the help of specialists, it is necessary to find and eliminate the cause of the "aroma" from the furnace when starting the heating.
Device malfunctions
There are many reasons why the stove emits unpleasant odors into the cabin:
- the coolant has dropped below a critical level;
- internal corrosion appeared in the system, which disrupted the circulation of antifreeze;
- the thermostat and temperature sensor failed;
- the power supply to the fan was interrupted, which, when burned, emits a specific smell into the cabin.
Contamination
The car, like its owner, exists in wildlife. Everything that is in the atmosphere enters the car's systems: dust, soot, organic and inorganic compounds, exhaust emissions, gasoline and oil fumes. Air and cabin filters trap suspended solids. But when the cleaning elements get dirty, the crew of the car becomes hostage to disgusting odors.
Why does the car smell:
- Fungus and mold in the air conditioner. In summer, water droplets form on the air conditioner evaporator (heat exchanger). This is condensation that falls on a cold surface. Dust settles on moisture, dirt particles stick. Dampness is a beneficial environment for the reproduction of various kinds of pathogenic bacteria. Since the heat exchanger is located under the dashboard, when the heating is turned on, smelly air will go inside.
- Mold in the air sleeves and on the stove radiator. Although moisture does not get here often, the consequences are identical to the problem on the heat exchanger.
- Dust and plant debris in climate control equipment. Insects, plant pollen, inflorescences get into tubes and hoses. Decaying in the air ducts, this mass poisons the air in the cab of the car.
Heating system pollution
Pollution of the heating system is a natural phenomenon that must be fought hard.
Other reasons
Sometimes the cause of the suffocating stench is rotten meat. Incomprehensible ways rodents and small birds penetrate into the engine compartment. Living beings die in the engine compartment. And in the cabin there is a heavy smell for a long time, which is difficult to weather through the open windows.
How to remove bad smell from car oven
All biological deposits, fungal mold, dirt must be periodically removed from the climate system. Discomfort is not the worst problem, worse is poor health.
With your own hands
Use an amateur tool - an aerosol can with a tube.
Disinfect the system with antibacterial cleaners according to the following algorithm:
- Turn on the climate system so that the fan rotates at maximum speed.
- Locate the technological opening for air intake from the passenger compartment.
- Insert the tube of the can into the hole, spray the drug.
Aerosol can with tube
Another, technically more complex, but inexpensive way requires basic plumbing skills:
- Disassemble the equipment: dismantle the dashboard, fan, evaporator box.
- Wash parts with chlorine detergent. Especially carefully clean the fan blades - this is a breeding ground for bacteria.
- Dry and reassemble all components.
The stove will stop smelling, and the excellent work of the air conditioner will be a bonus to your efforts.
Chemical processing
The professional method gives a 100% guarantee of eliminating the annoying stench. Car services have installations that supply a chlorine-based gas mixture to the air ducts of the car's climate system.
Professional equipment turns the reagent into the smallest mist. Fine particles penetrate into all corners and air ducts of the system, killing viruses, fungus, mold, pathogenic microbes.
Professional cleaning is not cheap: you need to sign up for a service station, pay for the work (by the way, dangerous for servicemen). And also spend a few hours of personal time. At the same time as chemical treatment, locksmiths change air and cabin filters.
Extreme cases
Here we are talking about the same birds that accidentally got into the engine compartment and mice that found "shelter" under the hood. Rodent incidents often occur in city parking lots near garbage cans. Typically, mouse raids are observed in autumn, when animals are looking for warm shelters for wintering.
The air conditioning of the car may be in perfect order. But a running fan spreads a disgusting stench throughout the cabin, soaking covers and interior details with it. The perpetrators of the problem must be found and removed, the car must be disinfected.
What is the danger of using a faulty stove
The smells of burnt oil, hydrogen sulfide, melted wiring annoy travelers. But pathogenic microbes, viruses and fungi living in air ducts, cavities, filter elements of the system are also dangerous to health.
Passengers pass air contaminated with fungus spores through the lungs. Allergy sufferers are the first to suffer: they begin to cough, suffocate. The health of other riders also worsens: dizziness, distracted attention, weakness, drowsiness appear.
If you do not change the filters in time, do not sanitize the cabin, do not clean the climate equipment, the consequences can be severe, up to pneumonia.
