Thread: smelly aircon

Hi,
every time I turn an the aircon you have to hold your breath. It smells like rotten water. The two holes for draining seem to be clean.
In my old car there was a plastic box and water sat there some times and it looked very ugly. So once a year I opened it and cleaned it with pine clean stuff and it was good for another year.
Anything like that with the Disco as well ?

Matt

you say the drain holes appear to be clean. May I make a suggestion that you climb underneath again this time take a bit of wire to prod into the drain hole. I had your problem once and all appeared clean. Till I probed with a bit of wire and had stagnant water come gushing out all over me. ( so duck for cover) The rubber finger plugs on the outlet pipes fuse together with dirt and mud preventing water escaping, so it builds up. I would also pull your carpet up and check your floor pan near the transmission tunnel, as blocked A/C drains are notorious for rusting out the floor as the Foam sponge underlay hold the moisture.
I ended up removing the rubber fingers from the drain holes and haven't had a problem since