Smelly heater vents

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04-17-2018, 01:51 PM

StrokinHer01

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Smelly heater vents

When I turn my heat in my 2001 7.3 250. It smells like old 15w40... I think it goes away after awhile of driving or I just get used to it not sure...

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04-17-2018, 01:59 PM

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take heater apart and clean all ducts and cores

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04-17-2018, 02:16 PM

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Since you will be there cleaning the blower and what not, you may want to go the extra mile. I did up a video a while ago on cleaning the evaporator, it is posted below.

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04-17-2018, 02:21 PM

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Is it bad that it smells like that? It seems like it does it when the motor is cold

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04-17-2018, 02:25 PM

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some jokester probaby dumped some oil in the defroster vent.

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04-17-2018, 04:51 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sous

Since you will be there cleaning the blower and what not, you may want to go the extra mile. I did up a video a while ago on cleaning the evaporator, it is posted below.

https://youtu.be/TqFf7tP7Nfw

Damn it, Sous...

...you just keep giving me more work. lol.

Nice job on the vid and cleaning that coil.

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